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Kill City blues
383 pages
A blood-soaked, neon-drenched joyride through the supernatural underbelly of Los Angeles with a chain-smoking antihero.
What it feels like
Reading this book feels like riding shotgun in a stolen muscle car tearing through a demon-infested Los Angeles at midnight. It is a relentless, adrenaline-fueled plunge into a gritty urban fantasy world where the magic is as dirty as the smog. The narrative voice is dripping with cynical, hardboiled snark, offering dark laughs even as the body count rises and the apocalyptic stakes escalate. The prose is punchy and visceral, hitting like a brass knuckle while painting a vivid picture of a neon-lit, grimy underworld. It is perfect for readers who crave their fantasy with a heavy dose of noir, preferring flawed, chain-smoking antiheroes who solve supernatural crises with sarcasm, heavy weaponry, and sheer, stubborn grit.
- Mood
- grimy
- neon-lit
- chaotic
- adrenaline-fueled
- Tone
- cynical
- snarky
- irreverent
- hardboiled
- gritty
- Pace
- propulsive
- Themes
- reluctant heroism · the burden of power · supernatural underworlds · survival against odds
- The writing
- Punchy, visceral, and dripping with dark humor and hardboiled noir sensibilities.
- The arc
- The protagonist moves from cynical detachment to a grudging, blood-soaked acceptance of responsibility as the apocalyptic stakes escalate.
- Who it's for
- Fans of gritty, fast-paced urban fantasy who love antiheroes, dark humor, and supernatural noir.
Content notes
- graphic violence
- gore
- profanity
- substance abuse
- body horror
About the book
Settled back in L.A., James Stark (aka Sandman Slim) must find a dead man, recover an ancient artifact, and outwit and outrun the angry old gods -- and natural-born killers -- on his tail.
Description from Open Library.
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