God Country

In God Country, readers meet Emmett Quinlan, an old widower rattled by dementia. Emmett isn’t just a problem for his children, his violent outbursts are more than the local cops can handle. When a tornado levels his home,as well as the surrounding West Texas town, a restored Quinlan rises from the wreckage. An enchanted sword at the eye of the storm gives him more than a sound mind and body, however. He’s now the only man who can face these otherworldly creatures the sword has drawn down to the Lone Star State.

God Country sets out as a thoughtful examination of dementia, its dehumanizing effects on its victim and its tragic consequences for family. 

It ends as a fight to the death between an old fat guy with a sentient magic blade, and a snide god patriarch who predictably views humans as vermin.