December 2, 2018

The Mussorgsky Riddle (Fugue & Fable Book 1)

Psychic Mira Tejedor possesses unique talents that enable her to find anything and anyone, but now she seeks a comatose boy wandering lost inside the labyrinth of his own mind. 13-year-old Anthony Faircloth hasn’t spoken a word in weeks and with each passing day, his near catatonic state worsens.

Pulled into Anthony’s mind, Mira finds the boy’s psyche shattered into the various movements of Modest Mussorgsky’s classical music suite, Pictures at an Exhibition. As she navigates this magical dreamscape drawn from Anthony’s twin loves of Russian composers and classical mythology, Mira must contend with gnomes, troubadours, and witches in her search for the truth.

The real world, however, holds its own dangers. The onset of Anthony’s mysterious malady coincides with the disappearance of his older brother’s girlfriend, a missing persons case that threatens to tear the city apart. Mira discovers that in order to save Anthony, she will have to catch a murderer who will stop at nothing to keep the secrets contained in Anthony’s unique mind from ever seeing the light.

The entire Fugue and Fable Trilogy is available:

The Mussorgsky Riddle (Fugue & Fable Book 1)
The Stravinsky Intrigue (Fugue & Fable Book 2)
The Tchaikovsky Finale (Fugue & Fable Book 3)

NOTE: The Mussorgsky Riddle is a 2016 Manly Wade Wellman Award nominee, and The Stravinsky Intrigue received a 2018 nomination for the Manly Wade Wellman Award.


The Mussorgsky Riddle is available for purchase direct through the Falstaff Square store and through our partner distributors:

  • Amazon (eBook, Hardcover, Trade Paperback)

NOTE: All three books of the series are also available as audiobooks, self-published by the author on Audible.