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The Reaper
The Chimera Chronicles (Book 1)
- Author
- Rob Jung
- Narrator
- Steve Hendrickson
- Publisher
- Audio-Visceral Productions
- Publish Date
- 5 May 2026
- Run Time
- 9 hours 42 minutes
- Format
- Audiobook
What to expect
Against the backdrop of the Spanish Civil War and the rise of the Third Reich, powerful and dangerous interests compete for possession of The Reaper, a painting by Spanish artist Joan Miro. The painting disappears in 1937 at the end of the Paris Exposition, leaving the art world and law enforcement authorities to speculate about the unsolved mystery.
Seventy-five years later, Magnolia Kanaranzi, estranged mother of struggling artist Hamilton Blethen, learns of the vanished painting and contrives a scheme to atone for casting him aside as a toddler. When she secretly arranges to have him paint a copy of The Reaper, Hamilton is convinced he is being asked to paint a forgery, posing an ethical dilemma for the artist at the same time he is being forced by his love for a woman to come to terms with the pain of being abandoned. The scheme turns violent when it interferes with Magnolia’s rise to the highest levels of social prominence, but a shattered Blethen finds redemption in The Reaper.
Critics Review
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“A tour de force story of one painting and a collection of characters whose greed, passion, and determination force them to come violently at odds over the span of decades.”
28th Annual Writer’s Digest Self-Publishing Book Awards
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Details
- Author
- Rob Jung
- Narrator
- Steve Hendrickson
- Duration
- 9 hours 42 minutes
- Release Date
- 5 May 2026
- ISBN
- 9798228965201
- Format
- Audiobook
- Publisher
- Audio-Visceral Productions
- Genre
- Crime and mystery fiction, Thriller / suspense fiction
Synopsis
Against the backdrop of the Spanish Civil War and the rise of the Third Reich, powerful and dangerous interests compete for possession of The Reaper, a painting by Spanish artist Joan Miro. The painting disappears in 1937 at the end of the Paris Exposition, leaving the art world and law enforcement authorities to speculate about the unsolved mystery.Seventy-five years later, Magnolia Kanaranzi, estranged mother of struggling artist Hamilton Blethen, learns of the vanished painting and contrives a scheme to atone for casting him aside as a toddler. When she secretly arranges to have him paint a copy of The Reaper, Hamilton is convinced he is being asked to paint a forgery, posing an ethical dilemma for the artist at the same time he is being forced by his love for a woman to come to terms with the pain of being abandoned. The scheme turns violent when it interferes with Magnolia’s rise to the highest levels of social prominence, but a shattered Blethen finds redemption in The Reaper.
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