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Death is a person and he has people who work as POMPS
who aid the souls departure from the mortal world..... they can see dead people..
POMPS also stop STIRERS from trying to sneak into the dead body....from the 'other' side
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Death is a person and he has people who work as POMPS
who aid the souls departure from the mortal world..... they can see dead people..
POMPS also stop STIRERS from trying to sneak into the dead body....from the 'other' side
(view spoiler) ...more
This is a well-contructed, expertly written story about Steven, a young man with an unusual profession: He helps the newly departed to the other side. Without Grim Reaper types like Steve (Pomps, as they're called here), the dead would have no way into the afterlife. When our young hero is confronted by ghost, Lissa, in the middle of busy Brisbane one day and it's clear no one has been assigned to 'pomp' her, Stevn gets the feeling something is amiss. When the undead begin shooting at him, he kn
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Set in Brisbane (where I lived for five years so I was familiar with much of the settings), it's a horror novel with some wit. The reluctant hero Steve is a "pomp". The souls of the recently departed must pass through a pomp to travel to the afterlife. The trouble is, someone is killing all of Australia's pomps. What is worse, stirrers (angry murderess souls) are jumping into the bodies of anyone who dies and causing havoc. With the aid of the soul of a beautiful recently killed pomp, Steve has
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This is the first book in the Death Works series. It’s the story of a hungover pomp named Steven (no, he’s not a pimp, he’s like…a modern day, living grime reaper), who needs to focus to get the job done. People are dying all around him, someone or something is trying to shot him and there’s a dead girl distracting him. And that’s just how the story begins…
The story is set in Brisbane, Australia and takes the reader to the underworld where we meet Death himself.
The book is different. It's writt ...more
The story is set in Brisbane, Australia and takes the reader to the underworld where we meet Death himself.
The book is different. It's writt ...more
This was so awesome! So much action happened in Brisbane that I will not be able to look at it the same way. Every time I go to Mount Coot-tha or pass Toowong cemetery I'll be thinking of stirrers and the one tree ! Great job! I need the next book now !!'
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This is my lunch time read at the day job at the moment. I am quite enjoying it, I like the voice, as well as the Brisbane location. Though it is currently a little bit slow to get off the ground. But to be honest that works for me with my lunch reads.
And then we got to the second half of the book and I was glomming. I really ended up enjoying it, I loved the ending.
Though I don't think I will go on with the series, but that is more because of series burnout, than the book/series itself. ...more
And then we got to the second half of the book and I was glomming. I really ended up enjoying it, I loved the ending.
Though I don't think I will go on with the series, but that is more because of series burnout, than the book/series itself. ...more
A great opening book to a superb new series. Check my blog for a full review and subscribe to my podcast as we have an interview with Trent Jamieson coming in the next ep.
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