Tyler McMahon pens a thoughtful review of Forest of Fortune at Fiction Writers Review, an online literary journal with the noble mission of exploring “not only how fiction reads but how it works and why it matters.” An excerpt: 

In Forest of Fortune, Ruland combines the tropes of hardboiled crime fiction with the creepy appeal of a ghost story, and riffs on elements from addiction/recovery narratives. What results is an absolutely unique novel: smart, funny, and masterful in its characterization.