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    The Perdition Score

    Written by Richard Kadrey

    Narrated by MacLeod Andrews

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    A smart, kick-arse Urban Fantasy from a new master of the genre. THE PERDITION SCORE is the eighth book in the fantastic Sandman Slim series.

    Sandman Slim returns in a stunning, high-octane thriller filled with the intense kick-ass action and inventive fantasy that are the hallmarks of New York Times bestselling author Richard Kadrey.

    The request from Thomas Abbot, the Augur of the Sub Rosa council, couldn’t come at a better time for James Stark, aka Sandman Slim. For a man who’s most recently met Death—and death’s killer—a few months of normal life is more than he can handle. He needs a little action, and now Abbott wants Stark and Candy to investigate the disappearance of a young boy—and help uncover council members who might be tied to Wormwood’s power brokers.

    Stark’s plans change when he meets a dying angel who gives him a vial of a mysterious black liquid that could be a secret weapon in the ongoing war between angels who want to allow human souls into Heaven and rebel angels willing to die to keep them out. When one of Stark’s closest friends is poisoned with the black liquid, Stark and Candy have to go to the only place where they might find a cure: Hell.

    But standing in their way are the damned souls who, even after death, still work for Wormwood. The secret deal they’ve struck with the rebel angels is darker than anything Stark has encountered. Not only does the fate of the world hang in the balance, but also the souls of everyone in it. Stark has to find a way to break the stalemate in the angel war, score the Perdition cure for the black poison, and make it back to LA in one piece—where an old enemy waits to finish him once and for all.

    LanguageEnglish
    PublisherHarperCollins
    Release dateJun 30, 2016
    ISBN9780008121051
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    The Perdition Score
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    Richard Kadrey

    Richard Kadrey is the New York Times bestselling author of the Sandman Slim supernatural noir books. Sandman Slim was included in Amazon’s “100 Science Fiction & Fantasy Books to Read in a Lifetime,” and is in development as a feature film. Some of his other books include The Wrong Dead Guy, The Everything Box, Metrophage, and Butcher Bird. He also writes the Vertigo comic Lucifer.

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    • 4/5
      Wow, now that's a cliffhanger~
    • 3/5
      Stark investigates an offshoot of the war in Heaven, a substance called black milk that seems to have both healing and destructive properties, and works like speed for angels. This involves a return trip to Hell and a major change in his status right at the end.
    • 5/5
      This was an excellent continuation of the Sandman Slim series. I felt like this book was more in keeping with earlier books in the series. It does start a bit slow, but once it finds its stride the book was very hard to put down. This book did a great job of starting a newish storyline for Stark. I feel like the last few books have kind of been a bit wandering and transitional. Stark does spend some time whining and bitching in the beginning of this book, but he does hit his stride again as the story continues.I loved the mystery behind black milk. I also enjoyed Stark’s working relationship with Abbott. Stark and Candy continue to have an awesome relationship. The plot around Wormwood was really fleshed out in this book and dealt with nicely. The ending was very well done and I can’t wait to see what happens in the next Sandman Slim book.Overall this was a wonderful addition to the Sandman Slim series. I was happy to see our gritty butt-kicking Stark make a return to the story. I liked the new plot around Wormwood and continue to enjoy all the sassiness, grittiness, and action in this series. Kadrey has a very distinctive writing style and it’s one I enjoy a lot. I would recommend this whole series to those who enjoy gritty and action-packed urban fantasy.
    • 4/5
      This review is based on an ARC that I received from the HarperCollins booth at the Public Library Association Conference. And I'm not going to lie, it's the only book I went to a booth in the exhibit hall asking about specifically. I actually don't think I've ever paid for a book in this series. I got all of them either through the Library Thing Early Reviewers program, at conferences for the American Library Association or its divisions, or a couple as gifts, but I have changed my plans at conferences to make a beeline for the exhibit hall if I found out that Richard Kadrey was signing the latest.It can be a little difficult to get back into the Sandman Slim world because James Stark's circumstances have a tendency to change radically in each book. On the other hand, it does keep things fresh. In this edition, he starts out working for Thomas Abbott, the augur of the Sub Rosa Council, to investigate a missing boy and some council members who may have ties to Wormwood. Stark's having trouble adjusting to a relatively stable existence, made worse by the problems of no longer having access to the Room of Thirteen Doors. Things don't stay calm for long, and a chain of events involving angels, a mysterious weapon, and an old flame of Vidoc's culminates in finding a new way to go back to Hell, with all of the grisly humor of the previous books in the series. And once again, at the end, Stark finds himself in a drastically different position at the end of the story.
    • 5/5
      This is book 8 in the Sandman Slim series. If you have got this far you know what to expect. The author does throw in enough background that catches you up on what you might have forgotten or for new people you could jump in here, but I would strongly recommend starting at the beginning of the series. James is one of those great flawed characters that is trying his best to do the right thing and get a somewhat normal life. The problem is nothing is normal where he is concerned. As usual he just can't stay out of trouble and bad things happen around him despite his best intentions. Then the Sandman Slim side comes out and all bets are off. Pull up a seat at the Bamboo House of Dolls with a shot of Aqua Regia and enjoy another visit as James, don't ever call him Jimmy, and the rest of the usual cast of motley characters do what they do best. Which is give us another kick ass ride. Book 9 won't get here soon enough.