Godfall

Jensen unfolds his gripping cosmic mystery with huge bravura and real heart.

Jensen unfolds his gripping cosmic mystery with huge bravura and real heart.

A suspenseful, well-written blend of science fiction and serial killer thriller.

A gripping blend of sci-fi mystery and small-town suspense, Godfall delivers an unforgettable ride.

I felt slapped awake by Godfall ’s brilliant conceit and the profound change witnessed in a small town that suddenly finds itself on a global - and even cosmic - stage. This book is thought-provoking, awe-inspiring, and visionary but always grounded in human particulars.

A well-wrought, high-concept treat , offering both a satisfying detective story and a timely exploration of the dissonance between rural and urban America.

Engrossing, genre bending . . . will have you staying up long past your bedtime.

A fresh and surprising genre mashup , bringing a laconic small-town sheriff together with a crash-landed alien and a series of brutal killings, beautifully interweaving otherworldly images and naturalistic details of rural Nebraska life. Van Jensen is a terrific writer, and I was under the book’s strange and extraordinary spell from start to finish!

Delivers a doozy of a premise . . . Van Jensen does a good job tapping into a Stephen King-adjacent tone . . . keeps the mystery entertaining while pulling off some impactful action sequences.

The genre-mashup novel of my dreams. With breathtaking imagery and razor-sharp prose, Van Jensen gives us a story that is part alien sci-fi, part mystery - with a doomsday cult, a serial killer, and a dash of Sandhill cranes - all set against the beautiful backdrop of rural Nebraska.

Van Jensen delivers the sense-bending strange in this tale of mystery and wonder .

Van Jensen was born and raised in the farm country of Western Nebraska where he wrote and drew stories as soon as he could hold a pencil. He became a newspaper crime reporter, then a magazine editor, and eventually an author of comic books and graphic novels.
He has written some of the world’s biggest characters, including James Bond and The Flash, Superman, Wonder Woman and the Green Lantern Corps for DC Comics. He also has co-created acclaimed series including Two Dead (with National Book Award-winning artist Nate Powell), Cryptocracy (with Pete Woods), and Pinocchio, Vampire Slayer (with Dusty Higgins).

Known for creating fiction that combines mind-bending genre concepts with deeply emotional, character-centred stories that have earned praise from fans and critics alike, Jensen's work can be thrilling, hilarious or terrifying, but it is always heartfelt. Godfall is his first novel.
He lives in Atlanta, Georgia.