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Loading... Agents of Light and Darkness (Nightside: Book Two) (original 2003; edition 2003)by Simon R. Green
Work InformationAgents Of Light And Darkness by Simon R. Green (2003)
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Sign up for LibraryThing to find out whether you'll like this book. No current Talk conversations about this book. In this second installment of Green's Nightside series, John gets commissioned by the Vatican to find the Unholy Grail. Add always, things are never what that seem in the Nightside. However, with the help of friends, enemies, and those who are a little of both, his search takes him all over and to the moon and back. I think that this book was better than the first, so I'm still going to stick with the series to see if it continues to get better. no reviews | add a review
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John Taylor works in the Nightside-the gaudy, neon noir, secret heart of London, where it's always three in the morning, where gods and monsters make deals and seek pleasures they won't find anywhere else. He has a gift for finding things. And sometimes what he's hired to locate can be very, very dangerous indeed. Right now, for example, he's searching for The Unholy Grail, the cup that Judas drank from at the Last Supper. It corrupts all who touch it-but it also gives enormous power. So he's not the only one hunting. Angels, devils, sinners, and saints-they're all out there, tearing apart The Nightside, seeking the dark goblet. And it's only a matter of time until they realize that the famous John Taylor, the man with the gift for finding things, can lead them straight to it . . . No library descriptions found. |
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The plot hinges around a MacGuffin. The minor characters seem to only be there for shock value, and the main characters are one-dimensional at best, and repulsive at worst. The writing is cliche and repetitive. (Green mentions the angels have come to Nightside at least a dozen times, which is 11 more times than necessary.) And the overwhelming amount of gore and violence feels gratuitous throughout.
The book's only saving grace is its relative brevity. At 234 pages for the paperback edition, I flew through it in a couple of days; and not a moment too soon! ( )