Synopses & Reviews
In this darkly luminous thriller, John Meaney blends gritty futuristic noir with gothic fantasy to create a stunningly seductive world of death and desire. Here an honest cop must face his own darkest impulses as he hunts a perverse killer through a city of the dead.
There have been four celebrity murders already. Now its up to Lieutenant Donal Riordan to make sure that Tristopolis isnt the scene of a fifth. But the necropoliss vast underground network is already mobilizing for a battle of epic proportions against a powerful death cult whose dark influence reaches up to the highest echelons of Tristopoliss elite. Riordans only hope is an unlikely alliance with a para-live female agent as they hunt—both aboveground and below—among gargoyles and zombies, spirit slaves and assassins, for the killers even the dead have reason to fear.
Synopsis
The first book in an exciting new series of suspense, "Bone Song" is a dark urban fantasy set in the bone-fueled city of Tristopolis, the ultimate noir city where horror lurks beneath the city streets.
About the Author
John Meaney is the author of four previous novels. His novelette
Sharp Tang was short-listed for the British Science Fiction Award, and
To Hold Infinity and
Paradox both appeared on the BSFA short lists for Best Novel. Meaney has a degree in physics and computer science and holds a black belt in Shotokan karate. He lives with his wife in Kent, where he is at work on his next novel,
Black Blood, the sequel to
Bone Song.From the Hardcover edition.