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| Original Title: | Scar Night |
| ISBN: | 0553384163 (ISBN13: 9780553384161) |
| Edition Language: | English |
| Series: | Deepgate Codex #1 |
| Characters: | Dill, Carnival, Rachel Hael |
Alan Campbell
Hardcover | Pages: 421 pages Rating: 3.62 | 3813 Users | 318 Reviews
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Suspended by chains over a seemingly bottomless abyss, the ancient city of Deepgate is home to a young angel, an assassin, and a psychotic murderer hungry for revenge or redemption. But soon a shocking betrayal will unite all three in a desperate quest.... The last of his line, Dill is descended from legendary Battle-archons who once defended the city. Forbidden to fly and untrained even to wield the great sword inherited from his forebears, he has become a figurehead for a dying tradition. Now he lives a sheltered existence in one of Deepgate's crumbling temple spires under the watchful eye of the Presbyter who rules the city. Spine assassin Rachel Hael has better things to do than oversee the Presbyter's angel. Each dark moon she must fight for her life among the city chains, hunting an immortal predator with a taste for blood. But when a traitor brings enemies to Deepgate's doorstep, Dill and Rachel are forced into an uneasy alliance with the city's oldest and most dangerous foe. They must journey down into the uncharted chasm to save their sprawling metropolis and themselves from annihilation. Once they descend however, they learn that what lies below is far more sinister than what they've been taught to expect.
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| Title | : | Scar Night (Deepgate Codex #1) |
| Author | : | Alan Campbell |
| Book Format | : | Hardcover |
| Book Edition | : | Special Edition |
| Pages | : | Pages: 421 pages |
| Published | : | December 26th 2006 by Bantam Spectra (first published 2006) |
| Categories | : | Fantasy. Science Fiction. Steampunk. Fiction. Dark Fantasy |
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To quote the blurb: "Suspended by chains over a seemingly bottomless abyss, the ancient city of Deepgate is home to a young angel, an assassin, and a psychotic murderer hungry for revengeor redemption. But soon a shocking betrayal will unite all three in a desperate quest...."There is so much more to this book. I felt that it had a great premise and intriguing characters. I thought it was tightly plotted and I was never bored while reading it. I won't say that IT WAS THE BEST BOOK EVAR!!!1!!! orThis one kinda blew my mind.It's a mash up of Neil Gaiman's American Gods, Neverwhere and Wayne Barlow's God's Demon. If that's not sweet enough for you, it's set in a city hanging by chains over an abyss.Yep. You know I love cool places. Deepgate is one of the coolest places. Ever.Industrial city, flying ships, alchemy, angels. It's at least Steampunk-ish.We're used to gods existing and operating outside the universe. These gods (ok, most of them) are inside the universe, operating within the
The first ummmmm what 200+ pages was sooooooo slow, here the author starts to introduce his characters (Dill the last of the battle archons, this world's version of an angel, Rachel Hael, spine with a heart, the author's version of an assassin, Carnival a bad angel, and my favorite of the lot Devon the villain, I am not sure if he is the main villain but this is just the first book.Ok, the story Iril the despot goddess of this realm, was challenged by her son Ulcis, although Ulcis won, he was
This is a good introductory novel for the fantasy/sci-fi sub genre, Steampunk. It's a Victorian setting with technology based on steam power and Babbage's Difference Engine . The gadgets are often Rube Goldbergian as a result. The transport is often zeppelins or balloons. It's no surprise that Jules Verne is a patron saint of sorts for this literary category.The debut novel by Alan Campbell not only has echoes of Verne, but Mary Shelly with the darkest of Dickens thrown in for good measure. The
Scottish author Alan Campbell - best known for his "involvement" in designing the popular game Grand Theft Auto - spent ten years, on and off, working on his debut novel Scar Night, the first book in the Deepgate Codex. For fans of "steampunk" fantasy writer China Mieville (Perdido Street Station, The Scar, Iron Council), Scar Night is a solid, original addition to the subgenre. The city of Deepgate hangs suspended by chains above the Abyss, its foundations built by Callis, the angel Herald of
When it was good, it was really good. Unfortunately, the vast majority was not good. It rambled on in places, used a lot of exposition for not much information.... It just didn't capture my attention, until like, the last three chapters, at which point I was already skimming most of the book in an effort to. Just. Finish. It. I loved the world Campbell built here, tho. It's a really interesting concept, a city built on chains. The imagery is strong and powerful. Unfortunately, the overall story,
Wow, what a debut! Excellent book....great atmospherics, characters, weird city-scapes with roughed-up angels and Victorian gaslights illuminating plankways & narrow cobbled streets leading to upside down citadels and topsy-turvey houses. LOVED it - great Steampunk yumminess! Hope Campbell writes another series as great as this one - utterly capitvated me.
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