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The King Never Dies
The World is slowly being overrun by strange beings called Uppers and Downers, the former looking like renegade angels, the latter like resurrected devils. Aitch McKean had to confront the leader of the Uppers, the Godhead, and get something to him, something he can't reveal even to his closest friends. Along the way, he tangles with Religious Armed Forces, London gangsters and mercenaries, all the time struggling to complete his mission.
183 pages, Paperback
First published April 27, 2001
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August 3, 2016
This is the second novel after Jigsaw Men that I read by Gary Greenwood and the second one I enjoyed.
Like always in my short 'reviews' there are NO SPOILERS following:
The King Never Dies presents yet another really interesting, well designed world and though the story also takes place in London, it could not be more different from the one in 'Jigsaw Men'.
This one is a horror scenario, not gruesome (thankfully), but a world dominated by "uppers" and "downers" - possibly angels and demons - who appeared in the recent past and as far as England is concerned it is ruled by the "Godhead", who was elected Prime Minister as a religious dictatorship.
The protagonist is a former drug dealer recently returned from the US (because of it's size and the relative number of supernatural beings), like most other countries not yet controlled by the church. He has been given an item to pass on, but knows next to nothing about it other than the recipient.
That's all I want to give away about the story. With 'Jigsaw Men' I am hoping for another story in that universe, and with this one a lesser writer would turn it into a series, but I have a feeling Greenwood is too good for that.
Very much recommended.
Like always in my short 'reviews' there are NO SPOILERS following:
The King Never Dies presents yet another really interesting, well designed world and though the story also takes place in London, it could not be more different from the one in 'Jigsaw Men'.
This one is a horror scenario, not gruesome (thankfully), but a world dominated by "uppers" and "downers" - possibly angels and demons - who appeared in the recent past and as far as England is concerned it is ruled by the "Godhead", who was elected Prime Minister as a religious dictatorship.
The protagonist is a former drug dealer recently returned from the US (because of it's size and the relative number of supernatural beings), like most other countries not yet controlled by the church. He has been given an item to pass on, but knows next to nothing about it other than the recipient.
That's all I want to give away about the story. With 'Jigsaw Men' I am hoping for another story in that universe, and with this one a lesser writer would turn it into a series, but I have a feeling Greenwood is too good for that.
Very much recommended.
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