Lay Your Armor Down

"Every year there is a novel that comes out of left field and sticks with me for a long time. This year, it was Michael Farris Smith’s Lay Your Armor Down. A novel that shyly dips its toes into the supernatural while anchored in crime fiction, this story of desperate men caught up in a strange situation with a child who may or may not have special powers is raw and violent. But it’s also full of lyrical passages and the kind of sharp prose that has made Smith a household name."