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The Invisible Gun
Paperback
Publisher: Authors Publishing House
Published: Feb 17 2026
Pages: 494
Weight: 1.94
Height: 1.34 Width: 6.00 Depth: 9.00
Language: English
Under the faded canvas of the Kraft-Ebbing Wonder Circus, miracles are manufactured nightly-and death is never far from the spotlight.
Set against the harsh backdrop of the Great Depression and shadowed by the psychological scars of World War I, The Invisible Gun is a sweeping literary novel about illusion, faith, race, ambition, and the desperate hunger for belief in a collapsing world.
Bruno Maxwell Hollenbeck, a war-scarred performer, clings to a set of bones he believes to be the relics of Christ-his private talisman against gravity, failure, and obscurity. Johnny Spotless Washington, a high-wire dancer risking his life without a safety net, gambles everything for survival and dignity in a divided America. Around them swirls a traveling circus of broken dreamers, con men, mystics, lovers, and philosophers-each selling spectacle while wrestling invisible fears.
As performers tempt fate above the sawdust ring, deeper questions loom below:
Is faith real-or simply the most profitable illusion?
Who controls destiny-the believer, the crowd, or the unseen forces of history?
And what invisible weapon drives men toward love, cruelty, glory, and self-destruction?
Darkly satirical, psychologically layered, and richly atmospheric, The Invisible Gun blends historical fiction with literary depth, exposing the fragile boundary between miracle and manipulation. For readers who appreciate thoughtful, character-driven novels exploring moral ambiguity, American mythology, and the spectacle of survival, this haunting story lingers long after the final page.
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