The Flesh King

Zur Hölle geschickt zu werden, ist schlimm.Zurückzukehren ist schlimmer.Aber die Welt zu retten ist am schlimmsten.Früher war Stark der beste Magier von Los Angeles. Bis ein Konkurrent seine Freundin ermordete und ihn - buchstäblich - zur Hölle schickte. Als Stark nach elf Jahren die Flucht gelingt, kennt er nur ein Ziel: Rache. Und wer in der Unterwelt überlebt, ist eigentlich gegen jeden Gegner gewappnet - auch gegen unsterbliche. Doch neben Menschen, Engeln und Teufeln treibt noch eine übernatürliche Spezies in L.A. ihr Unwesen, vor deren Bosheit alle Höllenfeuer verblassen. Stark muss noch skrupelloser sein als sie. Aber nach über einem Jahrzehnt in der Hölle, sollte das kein Problem für ihn sein.<BR><BR>Der erste Band der düsteren Urban-Fantasy-Serie über Sandman Slim von 'New York Times'-Bestsellerautor Richard Kadrey. Weitere Bände sind bereits in Vorbereitung.

A gripping, snappy creature feature from the master of horror noir about two detectives--one dead, one living--hired by an embittered old landowner to banish a bloody cosmic monster from his ancestral home, perfect for fans of Cassandra Khaw, Charles Stross and Lucy A. Snyder. Ford and Neuland are paranormal mercenaries--one living, one undead; one of them kills the undead, the other kills the living. When a job goes bad in New York, they head west to wait for the heat to cool down. There, a young woman named Tilda Rosenbloom hires them on behalf of wealthy landowner, Shepherd Mansfield, to track and kill a demon haunting a mansion in remote northern California. As Ford and Neuland investigate the creature they uncover a legacy of blood, sacrifice and slavery in the house. Forced to confront a powerful creature unlike anything they've faced before, they come to learn that the most frightening monster might not be the one they're hunting...

Sandman Slim returns in this stunning, high-octane ninth thriller in the series, filled with the intense, kick-ass action and inventive fantasy that are the hallmarks of New York Times bestselling author Richard Kadrey.Sandman Slim has been to Heaven and Hell and many places in between, but now he finds himself in an unknown land: the far, far edge of the Tenebrae, the desolate home of the lost dead. Making his way inland with nothing but his unerring instinct for trouble to guide him, he collides with a caravan of the damned on a mysterious crusade, led by the ruthless Magistrate. Alone and with no clue how to get back home, he throws in with this brutal bunch made up of human souls, Hellion deserters, rogue angels—and Father Traven. Slim didn’t land in Tenebrae by chance. His little stunt of trying to open Heaven has set off a tsunami across the universe. Now, the afterlife is falling apart because of the ensuing warfare. And when Heaven finds out Slim is close by, the angels put a fat bounty on his head. It’s one thing to ride with a ferocious criminal pack across the treacherous plains—it’s another to do it when everyone in the land of the dead is itching to keep you there permanently. But Slim’s not too worried. He’s been fighting cosmic forces bent on destroying Heaven, Hell, Earth, and him for years. A pack of vicious bounty hunters, vengeful angels, and dangerous enemies with friendly smiles isn’t going to stop him fixing the chaos he’s caused . . . one way or another.

"The best B movie I've read in at least twenty years' William GibsonA smart, kick-arse Urban Fantasy from a new master of the genre. Perfect for fans of Jim Butcher.Sandman Slim must save himself-and the entire world-from the wrath of some enraged and vengeful ancient gods in this sixth high-octane adventure in the New York Times bestselling series.Being a half-human, half-angel nephilim with a bad rep and a worse attitude-not to mention temporarily playing Lucifer-James Stark aka Sandman Slim has made a few enemies. None, though, are as fearsome as the vindictive Angra Om Ya-the old gods. But their imminent invasion is only one of Stark's problems right now. L.A. is descending into chaos, and a new evil-the Wildfire Ripper-is stalking the city.No ordinary killer, The Ripper takes Stark deep into a conspiracy that stretches from Earth to Heaven and Hell. He's also the only person alive who may know how to keep the world from going extinct. The trouble is, he's also Stark's worst enemy . . . the only man in existence Stark would enjoy killing twice.