![]() ![]() This is a fast-paced fun read from start to finish. ![]() Kadrey has filled his stage with impressive props, magical weapons, potions, tools and pathways. If you thought that having one’s head cut off would be a conversation killer, think again. There is a nice cast of supporting characters here, including a centuries old French alchemist, a spider-like person who survives by liquefying humans and drinking them, angels, anti-angels, magicians and at least one video store clerk who aspires to a bit more from life. Kadrey maintains our interest by adding bigger-picture detail to Stark’s personal mission. I suppose it might be argued that Sandman Slim is derivative, but the weaving of magical and the real has become a staple and what counts more is how the tale is told. I love Kadrey’s dark sense of humor, which reminds me very much of the Hell Boy series and Christopher Moore’s vampire books. Richard Kadrey has created a world not unlike Kim Harrison’s Inderland, a blended world in which the magical and non-magical co-exist. Los Angeles comes in for some laugh-out-loud funny noir treatment. He has a fondness for stealing cars and making mayhem. Having recently exited Hell, Stark is rather peeved at those who had sent him there for eleven years, and is eager for revenge. ![]()
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