Hell or High Winter
Book One in A Holy Trinity
Published on 4. December 2025
Book
Hardback
356 pages
978-1-64428-409-4 (ISBN)
Description
Hell or High Winter is a contemporary, urban reimagining of the myth of Hermes and Persephone. A supernatural action/adventure with sharp wit and a deep soul. Over the Ages, gods and goddesses have come in and out of fashion. Each deity struggles to cope with their dwindling popularity. Some fade into oblivion, refusing to answer the desperate prayers of mortals as they establish a new identity beneath the stars. Others spend the millennia waiting by the proverbial phone...desperate to be called into service. Hermes and his godly cohorts confront a new challenge-how to survive without constant worship and adoration. It may just be that even mystical beings can become addicted...gods and goddesses are junkies for the thrill of controlling a mortal's fate. In the digital age of the 21st Century, what the hell is Hermes, Messenger of the Gods, to do? ...Because no one is listening.
Reviews / Votes
"I loved Andrew Rubin's witty, imaginative, thrillingly inventive comic novel, a panoramic joyride through the religious omniverse. Read it or be cursed by every kind of God." -Simon Rich"Hell or High Winter is a crazy delight of a book, a rollicking comedic and thrilling fantasy with gods and goddesses and regular people tied together in a kind of Rube Goldberg adventure, told at rocket speed by a very, very clever writer. A terrifically funny romp, and if escapism is what you need, jump into this book now." -Bonnie MacBird, author of the Sherlock Holmes Adventure series "Richly imagined, and highly (highly) irreverent, Rubin's action-packed take on gods' searching for meaning in the modern era is as much an exploration of faith as it is a coming-of-age story that wears its heart on its filthy winged Converse."-Christina Hammonds Reed, New York Times bestselling author of The Black Kids "The way that Andrew represents the focus of humanity switching gears from worshipping gods and idols to worshipping technology is genius. The modern-day take on the gods that we all know was fun and relatable."-Reese's Bookworm Rating
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Language
English
Place of publication
California
United States
Product notice
sewn/stitched
Cloth over boards
With dust jacket
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Illustrations
Dimensions
Height: 229 mm
Width: 152 mm
Thickness: 28 mm
Weight
653 gr
ISBN-13
978-1-64428-409-4 (9781644284094)
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Person
Andrew Rubin is a filmmaker, writer, and cofounder of the mental health education company Symptom Media. A graduate of NYU's Tisch School of the Arts, where he studied Film Production and History, he has spent over a decade in the trenches of Hollywood development as a screenwriter. Andrew codirected the inspirational documentary Ride with Larry, about Parkinson's, inspired by his father's battle against the disease. The film's segment exploring Parkinson's and medical marijuana received global attention, and helped spark a broader conversation about dignity, treatment, and the role of alternative medicine. He is also the cofounder and president of Symptom Media, an innovative mental health education platform used by over 500 universities, hospitals and medical schools worldwide to help train students and clinicians and destigmatize mental illness. Andrew lives in California, where he divides his time between San Diego and Los Angeles.