Hell's Horizon (City) - Softcover

Shan, Darren

Softcover

ISBN 10: 0007261330 ISBN 13: 9780007261338

Publisher: Harper Voyager, 2010

Synopsis

When Al Jeery is seconded by The Cardinal from guard duties at Party Central to investigate the murder of a woman at a hotel he little suspects that the dead woman will turn out to be his girlfriend. Soon he is involved in a terrifying mystery.

About this title

About the Author:

Darren Shan was born in London but at an early age he moved to Limerick, Ireland, with his parents and younger brother.

From Booklist:

Shan’s second book about the City takes place during roughly the same time period as the first (Procession of the Dead, 2010) but features many new characters, only tying together events from both books at the very end of the story. Al Jeery is a dedicated soldier for the Cardinal and happy to do his job until the day he takes a body to the morgue only to discover it is his girlfriend. Asked by the Cardinal to investigate, Al takes on the duty, persevering through a complex and often seemingly impossible investigation. Like Procession of the Dead, this story takes place entirely within Shan’s fictional yet modern-day city, run by the Cardinal, but the plot is constructed in the fashion of a mainstream police procedural. With almost too many twists to believe, dozens of characters, and the complex mythology of the City itself, Hell’s Horizon is not an easy read, yet it may appeal to those who enjoyed China Miéville’s The City & the City. --Jessica Moyer

About this edition

• Publisher: Harper Voyager
• Publication date: 2010
• ISBN 10: 0007261330
• ISBN 13: 9780007261338
• Binding: Paperback
• Edition number: 1
• Number of pages: 389