Thursday, April 16, 2009

scar night




DO YOU LIKE DARK NOVELS?

If so you will be served by this book (the first of a trilogy) by Alan Campbell.

It is set in a city that is held by chains over a chasm where demons and gods roam.

If you have read China Mieville, you will probably find that the city and its inhabitants will remind you of New Corbuzon.

Cambell describes a world where a 3000 year old angel has to drink blood on scar night to survive. Why scar night? Because when she drinks blood she dies, resuscitates, sees what she has just done, stabs herself, creating new scars. It starts every month or so when a black moon rises.

A world where an young angel falls in love with the assassin sent to train him, where sould are sent to hell and where poisoners seek revenge.

Where priests are afraid that their god is building an army of the dead to climb up the chasm to claim more souls.

Where some humans have found the way to immortality only to be cut, have their bones taken out and be buried in the desert.

Etc, etc, etc.


I am in the middle of the second book which is even darker and I highly recommend the series



9/10

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