The Devil You Know
A Felix Castor Novel, vol 1
$35.95
- Paperback
480 pages
- Release Date
24 May 2006
Summary
Felix Castor is a freelance exorcist, and London is his stamping ground. At a time when the supernatural world is in upheaval and spilling over into the mundane reality of the living, his skills have never been more in demand. A good exorcist can charge what he likes - and enjoy a hell of a life-style - but there’s a risk: sooner or later he’s going to take on a spirit that’s too strong for him.
After a year spent in ‘retirement’ Castor is reluctantly drawn back to the life he rejecte…
Book Details
| ISBN-13: | 9781841494135 |
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| ISBN-10: | 1841494135 |
| Author: | Mike Carey |
| Publisher: | Little, Brown Book Group |
| Imprint: | Orbit |
| Format: | Paperback |
| Number of Pages: | 480 |
| Release Date: | 24 May 2006 |
| Weight: | 300g |
| Dimensions: | 158mm x 133mm x 30mm |
| Series: | Felix Castor Novel |
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Sleazy and down-at-heel and quintessentially London, Mike Carey’s Felix Castor steps effortlessly into the growing field of supernatural noir and brings with him a blast of fresh, British air. Think Shoestring meets Constantine, with backing vocals from the shades of Leslie Charteris and Anais Nin. Carey’s plotting is tight and laconic, and laced with shivery, understated horrors from both the human world and beyond. It grabs you from the first out-of-nowhere nasty surprise, and rarely lets go thereafter. You’ll be up all night finishing this one. - Richard Morgan, bestselling author of ALTERED CARBON
Imagine an unholy cross between Buffy, Jonathan Creek and hardboiled noir, set it in the sleazier bits of London, and you’ve got Mike Carey’s The Devil You Know, a supernatural crime novel featuring Felix Castor, reluctant magician and part-time exorcist - THE GUARDIANEntertaining, well-paced, intelligently plotted and full of memorable characters - THE TIMESWitty, deadpan and shudderingly noir … With a plot nailed down tighter than a coffin lid, Carey drives this thriller like Chandler at the wheel of a runaway hearse, combining the mundane with the monstrous to depict a capital city where demons, ghou - DAILY EXPRESSAbout The Author
Mike Carey
Mike Carey is the acclaimed writer of Lucifer and Hellblazer (now filmed as Constantine). He has recently completed a comics adaptation of Neil Gaiman’s Neverwhere, and is the current writer on Marvel’s X-Men and Ultimate Fantastic Four. He has also written the screenplay for a movie, Frost Flowers, which is soon to be produced by Hadaly Films and Bluestar Pictures.
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