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OverviewSomething More Than Night is a Dashiell Hammett and Raymond Chandler-inspired murder mystery set in Thomas Aquinas's vision of Heaven. It's a noir detective story starring fallen angels, the heavenly choir, nightclub stigmatics, a priest with a dirty secret, a femme fatale, and the Voice of God. Somebody has murdered the angel Gabriel. Worse, the Jericho Trumpet has gone missing, putting Heaven on the brink of a truly cosmic crisis. But the twisty plot that unfolds from the murder investigation leads to something much bigger: a con job one billion years in the making. Because this is no mere murder. A small band of angels has decided to break out of Heaven. They need a human patsy to make their plan work. Much of the story is told from the point of view of Bayliss, a cynical fallen angel who has modeled himself on Philip Marlowe. The yarn he spins follows the progression of a Marlowe novel--the mysterious dame who needs his help, getting grilled by the bulls, finding a stiff, getting slipped a mickey. Angels and gunsels, dames with eyes like fire, and a grand maguffin, Ian Tregillis's Something More Than Night is a murder mystery for the cosmos. Full Product DetailsAuthor: Ian TregillisPublisher: Tor Books Imprint: Tor Books Dimensions: Width: 15.20cm , Height: 2.50cm , Length: 22.90cm Weight: 0.318kg ISBN: 9780765375780ISBN 10: 0765375788 Pages: 304 Publication Date: 30 December 2014 Audience: General/trade , General Format: Paperback Publisher's Status: Active Availability: In stock  We have confirmation that this item is in stock with the supplier. It will be ordered in for you and dispatched immediately. Table of ContentsReviewsSuperlatives seem superfluous. Instead...wow. Just-wow. Kirkus Reviews Superlatives seem superfluous. Instead...wow. Just-wow. Kirkus Reviews Superlatives seem superfluous. Instead...wow. Just-wow. --Kirkus Reviews Superlatives seem superfluous. Instead...wow. Just-wow. Kirkus Reviews The C oldest War is like a cross between the devious, character-driven spy fiction of early John le Carre and the mad science fantasy of the X-Men...eloquent and utterly compelling. -- Kirkus Reviews An excellent journey into an alternate Britain and should please fans of Harry Turtledove and Naomi Novik. -- Library Journal on The Coldest War A white-knuckle plot, beautiful descriptions, and complex characters--an unstoppable Vickers of a novel. --Cory Doctorow on Bitter Seeds Bitter Seeds may rival Naomi Novik's Tales of Temeraire as a sustained historical fantasy. -- Booklist Superlatives seem superfluous. Instead...wow. Just-wow. Kirkus Reviews The C oldest War is like a cross between the devious, character-driven spy fiction of early John le Carre and the mad science fantasy of the X-Men...eloquent and utterly compelling. -- Kirkus Reviews An excellent journey into an alternate Britain and should please fans of Harry Turtledove and Naomi Novik. -- Library Journal on The Coldest War A white-knuckle plot, beautiful descriptions, and complex characters--an unstoppable Vickers of a novel. --Cory Doctorow on Bitter Seeds Bitter Seeds may rival Naomi Novik's Tales of Temeraire as a sustained historical fantasy. -- Booklist Superlatives seem superfluous. Instead...wow. Just-wow. <i>Kirkus Reviews</i> Author InformationIAN TREGILLIS is the author of a triptych of alternate history series, Bitter Seeds, The Coldest War and Necessary Evil. He lives near Santa Fe, New Mexico, where he works as a physicist at Los Alamos National Laboratory. In addition, he is a member of the George R. R. Martin Wild Cards writing collective. Tab Content 6Author Website:Countries AvailableAll regions |
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