Bücher von Richard Kadrey

Julie Crews is a coked-up, burnt-out thirty-something who packs a lot of magic into her small body. She's trying to establish herself as a major Psychic Operative in the NYC magic scene, and she'll work the most gruesome gigs to claw her way to the top.Desperate to break the dead-end grind, Julie summons a guardian angel for a quick career boost. But when her power grab accidentally releases an elder god hellbent on the annihilation of our galaxy, the body count rises rapidly.The Dead Take the A Train is a high-octane cocktail of Khaw's cosmic horror and Kadrey's gritty fantasy?shaken, not stirred.

A gripping, gruesome creature feature about supernatural detectives hired to exorcise a terrifying monster, from the master of horror noir. Ford and Neuland are paranormal mercenaries - one living, one undead; one kills the undead, the other kills the living. Heading west to look for work and wait for the heat from their last job to cool down. There Tilda, a young woman, hires them to track and kill a demon haunting a mansion in remote northern California for wealthy landowner, Shepherd Mansfield. As Ford and Neuland investigate the creature they uncover a legacy of blood, sacrifice and slavery in the house. Forced to confront a powerful creature unlike anything they've faced before, they come to learn the biggest monster in this story might just be the person paying them.

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.

Und wieder ist es an ihm, die verdammte Welt zu retten - aber warum sollte er eigentlich? Der zweite Band der düsteren Urban-Fantasy-Serie über Sandman Slim. James »Sandman Slim« Stark, seines Zeichens Magier in Los Angeles, kehrte aus der Hölle zurück, um blutige Rache an denen zu üben, die ihn dort hinschickten. Doch womit verdient man sein Geld, wenn man frisch aus dem Untergrund zurück ist? Stark wählt eine Laufbahn als Kopfgeldjäger und zählt bald sogar Luzifer höchstpersönlich zu seinen Auftraggebern. Doch als eine Zombieseuche ausbricht und Stark gebissen wird, verkompliziert sich die Sache. Seine menschliche Seite beginnt zu sterben, was ihn in eine unaufhaltsame Tötungsmaschine ohne Gefühle oder Rücksicht auf seine eigene Zukunft verwandelt. Doch das kann auch von Vorteil sein, wenn die eigenen Optionen sowieso begrenzt sind. Stark muss sich entscheiden: Will er überhaupt ein Heilmittel gegen die Zombieseuche finden? Die »Sandman-Slim«-Reihe: 1. Höllendämmerung 2. Höllenjäger Der nächste Band ist bereits in Vorbereitung.

Sandman Slim has been to Heaven and Hell and many places in between, but now he finds himself in an unknown land: the far, far edge of the Tenebrae, the desolate home of the lost dead. Making his way inland with nothing but his unerring instinct for trouble to guide him, he collides with a caravan of the damned on a mysterious crusade, led by the ruthless Magistrate. Alone and with no clue how to get back home, he throws in with this brutal bunch made up of human souls, Hellion deserters, rogue angels?and Father Traven. Slim didn't land in Tenebrae by chance. His little stunt of trying to open Heaven has set off a tsunami across the universe. Now the afterlife is falling apart because of the ensuing warfare. And when Heaven finds out Slim is close by, the angels put a fat bounty on his head. It's one thing to ride with a ferocious criminal pack across the treacherous plains?it's another to do it when everyone in the land of the dead is itching to keep you there permanently. But Slim's not too worried. He's been fighting cosmic forces bent on destroying Heaven, Hell, Earth, and him for years. A pack of vicious bounty hunters, vengeful angels, and dangerous enemies with friendly smiles isn't going to stop him fixing the chaos he's caused . . . one way or another.

Zur Hölle geschickt zu werden, ist schlimm.Zurückzukehren ist schlimmer.Aber die Welt zu retten ist am schlimmsten.Früher war Stark der beste Magier von Los Angeles. Bis ein Konkurrent seine Freundin ermordete und ihn - buchstäblich - zur Hölle schickte. Als Stark nach elf Jahren die Flucht gelingt, kennt er nur ein Ziel: Rache. Und wer in der Unterwelt überlebt, ist eigentlich gegen jeden Gegner gewappnet - auch gegen unsterbliche. Doch neben Menschen, Engeln und Teufeln treibt noch eine übernatürliche Spezies in L.A. ihr Unwesen, vor deren Bosheit alle Höllenfeuer verblassen. Stark muss noch skrupelloser sein als sie. Aber nach über einem Jahrzehnt in der Hölle, sollte das kein Problem für ihn sein.Der erste Band der düsteren Urban-Fantasy-Serie über Sandman Slim von »New York Times«-Bestsellerautor Richard Kadrey. Weitere Bände sind bereits in Vorbereitung.

-- A beautiful, ambitious angel stands on a mountaintop, surveying the world and its little inhabitants below. Our angel usually doesn't get to do field work, and if he does well, he's certain he'll get a big promotion.And now it's time .