Arizona-based painter Ray Tigerman will celebrate the release of his debut novel, A Knight on Wolf Island, with a party and book release at Western Spirit: Scottsdale’s Museum of the West in Scottsdale, Arizona. The October 22 bash will not only feature the release of the book and a book signing, but also food and drinks, as well as a live concert from country singer Wade Hayes.
A Knight on Wolf Island, by Ray Tigerman.
The event, which takes place from 5 to 9 p.m., will unite many different forms of art. For Tigerman, Western Spirit was the ideal location for the party. “When I began thinking about the event, I didn’t want it to simply be a traditional book signing. I proposed something that would bring together all the different parts of my creative life—art, music, storytelling and, of course, the release of my debut novel,” he says. “Western Spirit: Scottsdale’s Museum of the West felt like the perfect place to do that. My career as an artist has always been deeply connected to the American West, and even though A Knight on Wolf Island ventures into supernatural, that same sense of landscape, mythology, resilience and storytelling runs through the novel.”
In a synopsis released by the author, the book involves Native American mythology. “A Knight on Wolf Islandis a supernatural survival novel set in the mid-1800s. It follows Tayen, a young half-Navajo blacksmith aboard a whaling ship who becomes stranded alone on a remote and mysterious island. What begins as a fight against the elements—hunger, brutal weather and isolation—quickly becomes something much darker when he realizes he isn’t alone. Drawing from Indigenous mythology, the story becomes a battle not only for survival but against forces Tayen doesn’t fully understand.”
Painter Ray Tigerman
The debut novel has already received positive reviews, including from the Independent Book Review.
For more information about the Scottsdale event and the book, visit www.raytigerman.com. —
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