[books 2013] Felix Castor novel
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inulro71. The Devil You Know by Mike Carey
When I reserved London Falling from the library, it reminded me that I never got around to reading the rest of the Felix Castor novels after reading and loving Dead Men's Boots some time ago. So I reserved the lot (there are only 5 in total).
Read this one on the train to and from London last weekend.
It's closer to the Dresden Files than London Falling or the Peter Grant series in that Felix Castor is a freelance exorcist rather than part of an official institution. It's a world just like ours, except that just before the turn of the millennium, the dead started to rise, and they're everywhere, in various forms (ghosts, zombies).
It definitely suffered from being read so close to London Falling, but on the other hand it's a quicker, easier read with some good one-liners and some thought-provoking points. Although it's still pretty dark, it's less - for want of a better word, malevolent - than London Falling.
Good clean fun, as it were.
When I reserved London Falling from the library, it reminded me that I never got around to reading the rest of the Felix Castor novels after reading and loving Dead Men's Boots some time ago. So I reserved the lot (there are only 5 in total).
Read this one on the train to and from London last weekend.
It's closer to the Dresden Files than London Falling or the Peter Grant series in that Felix Castor is a freelance exorcist rather than part of an official institution. It's a world just like ours, except that just before the turn of the millennium, the dead started to rise, and they're everywhere, in various forms (ghosts, zombies).
It definitely suffered from being read so close to London Falling, but on the other hand it's a quicker, easier read with some good one-liners and some thought-provoking points. Although it's still pretty dark, it's less - for want of a better word, malevolent - than London Falling.
Good clean fun, as it were.
