Lanceheim

Celebrated composer and conductor Reuben Walrus fears his career may be over. He has just been diagnosed with a rare, inoperable condition that will cause him to completely lose his hearing in three weeks. The news sends him into a fury, and he works around the clock to finish his last symphony. But then, a glimmer of hope. Reuben hears about a fabled creature named Maximilian that is rumored to work miracles. Soon, Reuben embarks on a frenzied search with the help of Philip Mouse, a cynical private investigator, but will he find the elusive Maximilian before time runs out? Tim Davys' "Lanceheim" is a fantastical novel that is part literary thriller and part philosophical meditation.