Life sucks, and then you die. Or, if you're James Stark, you spend eleven years in Hell as a hitman before finally escaping, only to land back in the hell-on-earth that is Los Angeles.
Now Stark's back, and ready for revenge. And absolution, and maybe even love. But when his first stop saddles him with an abusive talking head, Stark discovers that the road to absolution and revenge is much longer than you'd expect, and both Heaven and Hell have their own ideas for his future.
Resurrection sucks. Saving the world is worse.
Darkly twisted, irreverent, and completely hilarious, Sandman Slim is the breakthrough novel by an acclaimed author. - from Goodreads.com (picture from Amazon.com)
This is the first book of a series of (to date) five, centered about James Stark. Stark is a man with some magical abilities who is 'betrayed' by his Circle, and sent to Hell, alive. There he survived eleven years as a sort of gladiator in arena fights for the generals of Lucifer, before finding a way to escape Hell, and returning to Earth. Once back in L.A. (from where he had been taken from, he starts to get revenge on those that caused his exile to Hell. While in the midst of this, other problems come about, getting both Angels and Hellions trying to get him to side with them for a battle against a third party. Without spoiling the story, I can't say much more.
Loved the writing style Kadrey displays. There is some great dark, sarcastic humor and conversational exchanges, and plenty of action. The paranormal aspect is there, without focusing too much on one type. I nice almost gritty noir detective sort of story. I found myself hearing some low, gutteral-gritty voice saying the words in my head as I read ... way cool!! Totally enojoyed the read, and will be reading the whole series!!
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