false 6186355 6 Two years after his untimely death, Matthew Swift finds himself breathing once again, lying in bed in his London home. Except that it's no longer his bed, or his home. And the last time this sorcerer was seen alive, an unknown assailant had gouged a hole so deep in his chest that his death was irrefutable...despite his body never being found. He doesn't have long to mull over his resurrection though, or the changes that have been wrought upon him. His only concern now is vengeance. Vengeance upon his monstrous killer and vengeance upon the one who brought him back. 6366640 6 4 2009 A Madness of Angels: Or The Resurrection of Matthew Swift total:70|5:15|4:31|3:13|2:4|1:7| 70 253 216 32 5 3 false false Fri May 22 13:24:35 -0700 2009 Fri May 22 13:31:02 -0700 2009 more...]]> 4 0 false true Tue Oct 27 00:00:00 -0700 2009 Sat Oct 24 15:30:05 -0700 2009 Tue Oct 27 08:19:49 -0700 2009 more...]]> 4 0 false false Thu Oct 01 00:00:00 -0700 2009 Tue Oct 13 17:15:22 -0700 2009 Fri Oct 23 19:13:44 -0700 2009 more...]]> 0 1 false false Sat Jun 20 05:08:12 -0700 2009 Sat Jul 11 05:37:10 -0700 2009 5 0 false false Fri Mar 20 00:00:00 -0700 2009 Tue Mar 10 09:34:59 -0700 2009 Fri Mar 20 21:13:11 -0700 2009 This is a straight-up urban magic fantasy and I generally avoid such; originally I thought it's something subtler like Ninth Circle or Mortal Coils, so I decided to try it, and then when I got it I was hooked by its narrative pull.

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Matthew Swift is no ordinary person. He's a sorcerer. And in the two years he's been gone, other sorcerers have disappeared or been killed. Wh...more...]]> 4 0 false false Sun May 10 00:00:00 -0700 2009 Tue Feb 17 08:30:33 -0800 2009 Wed May 13 07:31:40 -0700 2009 A Madness of Angels: Or, The Resurrection of Matthew Swift was just as “dark fantastic” as The Dark Volume and The Watch. In The Dark Volume blue glass alchemy brings a man back to life, whereas in A Madness of Angels blue elec...more...]]> 4 0 false false Sun Mar 01 00:00:00 -0800 2009 Thu May 21 16:36:13 -0700 2009 Thu May 21 16:38:57 -0700 2009 more...]]> 3 0 false false Wed Jun 10 15:08:18 -0700 2009 Wed Jun 17 11:07:08 -0700 2009 more...]]> 1 0 false false Thu Apr 09 00:00:00 -0700 2009 Thu Apr 09 08:52:35 -0700 2009 Thu Apr 09 08:55:39 -0700 2009 more...]]> 4 0 false false Mon Oct 26 00:00:00 -0700 2009 Wed Jul 01 07:24:08 -0700 2009 Tue Oct 27 04:24:32 -0700 2009 more...]]> 4 0 false false Sun Feb 01 00:00:00 -0800 2009 Tue Apr 28 13:41:55 -0700 2009 Tue Apr 28 13:44:13 -0700 2009 more...]]> 5 0 false false Wed Dec 31 00:00:00 -0800 2008 Sun Mar 08 10:59:55 -0700 2009 Sun Mar 08 11:03:15 -0700 2009
I loved the worldbuilding and the rules of magic within -- what else would you offer the spirits of the London Underground, besides a book of crossword puzzles, a pack of gum and a trashy romance novel?

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