Hell's Horizon: Includes Reading Group Guide (The City) - Softcover

Shan, Darren

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9780446551748: Hell's Horizon: Includes Reading Group Guide (The City)

Softcover

ISBN 10: 0446551740 ISBN 13: 9780446551748

Publisher: Grand Central Pub, 2011

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In the City, The Cardinal rules, and Al Jeery is a loyal member of his personal guard. But when Al is pulled from his duties at Party Central to investigate a murder, an unexpected crime scene discovery leads him to question all his loyalties and beliefs.
Al is drawn into a terrifying mystery that features a series of corpses, the City's Incan forefathers, the imposing figure of The Cardinal, and the near-mythical assassin Paucar Wami.
Wami is a law unto himself. A shadowy, enigmatic figure of astoundingly graceful skill, he kills anyone he chooses without fear of punishment or retribution. And Al is about to find out that he has a lot more in common with Wami than he could ever have imagined...

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Review:

‘Thrilling, chilling and a great read.’ Sun

‘Plenty of twists and thrills ... Shan is adept at grabbing the attention with bursts of shocking violence’ SFX

Praise for Procession of the Dead:

‘A beguiling read ... a fantastic revelation at the end’ SFX

‘Explicit, brutal fantasy ... the narrative voice is engagingly cocky and the action races along’ The Times

From the Back Cover:

The City: Book Two

In the City, The Cardinal rules, and Al Jeery is a loyal member of his personal guard. But when Al is seconded from his duties at Party Central to investigate a murder, an unexpected discovery leads him in a new direction, where his loyalties and beliefs will be severely tested.

Soon he is involved in a terrifying mystery that draws in the dead, the city's Incan forefathers, the imposing figure of The Cardinal, and the near-mythical assassin, Paucar Wami.

Wami is a law unto himself, a shadowy, enigmatic figure who can apparently kill anyone he chooses without fear of punishment or retribution. And Al is about to find out that he has a lot more in common with Wami than he could ever have imagined...

Praise for Procession of the Dead:

'Explicit, brutal fantasy ... the narrative voice is engagingly cocky and the action races along' The Times

'A beguiling read ... with a fantastic revelation at the end' SFX

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