I love the way Blackmore describes the magic within this world he's created. ![]() He's back to investigate the brutal murder of his sister and try and avenge her death. This introduction takes Alex back to his hometown, a place he left to protect those he cares about - although they might see it that he abandoned them. It's a fast, gritty and endlessly entertaining story that as you might expect given the protagonist, edges into the hardboiled genre with a subtle noir ambience. ![]() He is poster boy and wikipedia entry for anti-hero, getting more knocks than a professional boxer and yet someone who will sacrifice himself for others at the drop of a fedora. He's got more power than he's willing to use and a past that would haunt the stoutest of souls. It's an urban fantasy adventure that follows the life of Eric Carter.Įric's a necromancer, an angry young necromancer who finds the dead often easier to deal with than the living. Dead Things was one of the few books I bought with post-christmas vouchers, after first seeing the author on twitter where he regularly trades jokes with Chuck Wendig.
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