Ring (Coash House Books), the latest novel by Trinidad-born Andre Alexis, is the fifth and final novel in his groundbreaking “Quincunx Cycle”, which began with 2014’s Pastoral. Although the five novels each stand alone, they are linked by recurring characters, locations, situations, and themes. In Ring, Alexis explores the form of literary romance through the relationship between Gwen and Tancred, with elements of the magical, and a poem about the Greek goddess Aphrodite at the book’s heart.