Portland author Isaac Adamson will read from his new thriller, Complication.

A serial killer with a penchant for severed hands. A watch that runs backward and forward at the same time. An Eastern European gangster known only as Rumplestiltskin. The Nazi invasion of Prague, Soviet-era Czech secret police, 16th century alchemy and black magic. All figure in this twisted, mind-bending contemporary thrill ride set in the dark heart of Europe.