Sharper Than a Serpent's Tooth
A Novel of the Nightside
by Simon R. Green
John Taylor lives on the Nightside - a city within the city of London, if you can slip between
dimensions. Nightside is an "anything goes" kind of town where human beings mix with virtually
any fantasy creature you can imagine - fairies, ogres, demi-gods, monsters, magicians, and
the reanimated dead all play a part. In this Nightside outing, the city is in danger of
destruction by John Taylor's mother, who is none other than Lilith, Adam's mythical first
wife. Turns out Lilith created Nightside as a place where creatures could dwell outside
the authority of either heaven or hell - but she's disappointed in what Nightside's become
and wants to destroy it and recreate it ...and everything in our world along with it. John
Taylor is both a part of her plan, and the only hope for preventing it.
The novel is very dark and very violent - more horror than fantasy -- but compelling in
its unusual look at human motives and human philosophy. It also moves very fast with almost
breakneck plot twists and turns. I found myself looking up Green's other novels - I think
I'll take another walk on the Nightside. It's an interesting place, if you don't mind the entrails. |
The Book |
Ace Fantasy |
February 2006 |
Paperback |
0441013872 |
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The Reviewer |
Jan Fields |
Reviewed 2006 |
NOTE: Reviewer Jan
Fields is the editor of Kid Magazine Writers emagazine and has written dozens of
stories and articles for the children's magazine market. |
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