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The Domino Men (2008)

by Jonathan Barnes

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Series: Victoriana (2)

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In an earlier century, Queen Victoria made a Faustian bargain, signing London and all its souls away to a nefarious, inhuman entity. Now, generations later, the bill has finally come due.
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I liked the first book but I really liked this one. The book didn't seem to get away from him at the end (I thought the last one did). I really like the style, it feels like a modern gothic. I can't wait to see what he does next. ( )
  cdaley | Nov 2, 2023 |
Changed this now that I read the Somnambulist. I'm glad I read them out of order, or I would never have picked this one up. This is much more interesting than the Somnambulist and the groundwork laid in the first book is pointless. I personally wouldn't waste my time with either of them if I had the choice again.

Anyhoo, entertaining enough and I'll be picking up the Somnambulist soon. The title characters, or "Prefects," felt like weak sauce versions of Gaiman's Mr. Croup and Vandemar from the book Neverwhere. Supposed to be creepy, but were just a little too silly. I wanted more sinister elements, I guess, if we're talking about the end of the world as we know it. ( )
  invisiblecityzen | Mar 13, 2022 |
Changed this now that I read the Somnambulist. I'm glad I read them out of order, or I would never have picked this one up. This is much more interesting than the Somnambulist and the groundwork laid in the first book is pointless. I personally wouldn't waste my time with either of them if I had the choice again.

Anyhoo, entertaining enough and I'll be picking up the Somnambulist soon. The title characters, or "Prefects," felt like weak sauce versions of Gaiman's Mr. Croup and Vandemar from the book Neverwhere. Supposed to be creepy, but were just a little too silly. I wanted more sinister elements, I guess, if we're talking about the end of the world as we know it. ( )
  invisiblecityzen | Mar 13, 2022 |
A better read that one might expect, and while its sometime unclear if its a peon or a paradody of the genre, its well written in either form. ( )
  A-S | Jan 6, 2019 |
A worthy follow-up to Barnes' The Somnambulist by my estimation. If you liked the crazed victoriana of the earlier book, you should like this stand alone story set in the same world, but in modern day this time. The same major ingredients apply here: a cup of Terry Pratchett/Douglas Adams style fantastical humor, a couple tablespoons of Tim Burton/Terry Gilliam imagery, a chunk Alan Moore's subversive comic book adventure, and of course a sprinkling of H.P. Lovecraft to make it just right. Maybe he added a dash of James Bond this time around? Smart, witty, fast paced fun for fans of the dark and creepy. ( )
  Chamblyman | May 20, 2018 |
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I'm horribly aware, as I sit at the desk in this room that you've lent me, that time is now very short for me indeed.
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In an earlier century, Queen Victoria made a Faustian bargain, signing London and all its souls away to a nefarious, inhuman entity. Now, generations later, the bill has finally come due.

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Shadowy figures working for a covert government agency called the Directorate inform Henry Lamb, a clerk with London's civil service archive unit, that his grandfather, recently felled by a stroke, was once a major player in their secret war against the House of Windsor. In 1857, Queen Victoria promised the souls of the people of London to a monstrous Lovecraftian entity known as the Leviathan. Now the bill is due. Since Lamb's grandfather held the secret to the whereabouts of a woman named Estella, who's critical to containing the Leviathan, the members of the Directorate regard Lamb as their best hope for locating Estella.
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