Ron Rash’s new novel Serena catapults him to the front ranks of the best American novelists. This novel will make a wonderful movie, and the brave actress who plays Serena is a shoe-in for an Academy Award nomination.
-- Pat Conroy
Rash is a storyteller of the highest rank and Serena confirms this from the opening sentence to the final page. An epic achievement."
-- Jeffrey Lent, author of In The Fall
"An Appalachian retelling of Macbeth, a thriller, a word-perfect evocation of an era and a people, a grim chapter in the history of conservation: if SERENA doesn't finally win Ron Rash the overdue attention of the national literary (and cinematic) establishments, I can't imagine what they're holding out for."
-- Arthur Phillips, author of Prague, The Egyptologist, Angelica
"A gorgeous, brutal writer."
-- Richard Price, best selling author of Lush Life