HOWARD NIGHT was born and raised in the Mt. Airy section of Philadelphia which is what inspired the fictional city of Mountairy Rock.
The SERPENT CULT is his first novel and the first of the MOUNTAIRY ROCK CHRONICLES

The Serpent Cult can be found here:

a in print.

Or here in Barnes and Nobles E-book:

Or here on KINDLE:

Amazon also has it in print:

Then there's the short story "Race War" on Kindle!