Early Praise!

Dante's Divine Comedy meets Office Space in Vance's devilishly snarky workplace satire, which proves that hell is other fiends. —Alex Shvartsman, author of The Best of All Possible Planets

"The best speculative fiction holds a mirror up to the world we actually live in. Soul Proprietor does that and then cracks the mirror and rents it out by the hour. Vance takes the absurdity of corporate culture completely seriously, applies it to eternal damnation, and somehow delivers something far richer than a joke. Imagine The Good Place if it had a sales quota. I finished it and immediately wanted to press it into someone else's hands." —Don Schechter, author of Ascendants

"Hell, yes! Clever, twisty, and snort-level funny, Soul Proprietor paints a generous layer of hilarity over Vance’s subversive message of rights for humans and inhumans alike. Ambitious but seemingly misanthropic demon Tiffani’s struggles with what good and evil throw her in the way with a collection of crafty, memorable characters on both sides of the afterlife firewall, each of which deserves their own novel. As the story hauls readers to hell and back (and back again), each ride is a thrilling road trip you won’t want to miss." —Randee Dawn, author of Tune in Tomorrow and We Interrupt This Program

"[A] lively novel about ambition, guilt, and the ugly logic of systems that treat people as units. . . . Soul Proprietor is funny, dark, and brisk. . . . it knows that satire works best when the laughter catches in your throat." —Manhattan Book Review (Click here for the full review)

Soul Proprietor

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