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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 show more 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... show lessTags
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This was actually better than the first book. I'm enjoying this series and most of the characters are back from the first book, looks like these will be re-curing characters in the rest of the series. John Taylor (lol) seems to be a reluctant bad ass, more by reputation, and I'm loving that.
Agents of Light and Darkness, book two of Simon R. Green's Nightside series, is my introduction to John Taylor. In some ways he's similar to the three other Simon R. Green heroes I've read about: J. C. (Josiah Charles) Chance, Eddie Drood, and Ishmael Jones. All four are flawed men with a bedrock core of principles, an unusual power or three, deal with nasty situations a sensible person would flee from, and wind up with a kickass girlfriend. J.C. works for the Carnacki Institute, Ishmael for the Organization, and Eddie more often than not the extended Drood family. John is different because he doesn't work for the Authorities of the Nightside. He's a private eye.
I haven't read book one, but this was the earliest I found to sample. show more Nightside is not a place that I would care to visit even if I were just looking out the window of some well-protected vehicle speeding through it.
Remember how the 'Batman: the Brave and the Bold' series would start an episode with Batman finishing up a case before getting to the menace of the week? This book starts with the last scene of a frightening case before John meets his client for the main story.
According to this book, the cup that Judas Iscariot drank from during the Last Supper became the Unholy Grail. It's EVIL in humongous flashing neon letters with little demons dancing up and down their sides. John has been hired to find it before it can cause any more trouble or corrupt anyone else. After all, John Taylor's gift is to be able to find anything.
As if the likes of the Collector, or the Fourth Reich, or the Warriors of the Cross aren't bad enough prospects, both the Angels and the Fallen Angels are coming to the Nightside to acquire it.
Can John, partnered with the deadly Shotgun Suzie, find the Unholy Grail before there's an angel war in the streets?
Notes:
Chapter 1: Taylor has two unpleasant encounters in St. Jude.
Chapter 2:
a. Strangefellows bar and Alex Morrisey are described.
b. Taylor is offered a job. Taylor mentions Grendel Rex (one of the Droods) as he shows off for the client.
c. Taylor meets three Mafia hit men.
Mentions: King Crimson rock band, the Olympics, smoke ghost, undines, Baron Frankenstein, 'Cheers' TV show, Graceland, Elvis, vampire, werewolf, reptiloids, angels, demons, fallen angels, St. Michael, the Vatican, Pilate, Torquemada, Rasputin, Adolph Hitler, and the Pentagon
Chapter 3:
a. Taylor meets interference when he tries to use his power. (Before that, he makes an observation about the Little Sisters of the Immaculate Chain Saw.)
b. Suzie Shooter, also known as Shotgun Suzie, and her place are described. It's been almost six years since Taylor was last there,
Mentions: Marilyn Monroe, Howard Hughes,third eye, Diana Rigg, Emma Peel, the British 'Avengers' TV show, Jackie Chan, 'Armour of God' film, Cleopatra Jones, Gillian Anderson, 'Girl on a Motorcycle,' Marianne Faithful, 'Easy Rider,' Roger Corman's Hell's Angels films, Bruce Lee, Clark Kent, Superman, and Boy Scout.
Chapter 4:
a. Taylor and Suzie visit The Pit nightclub. We get a description of uptown's Nightside. Five other nightclubs are named.
b. Walker talks to Taylor.
c. Taylor and Suzie visit the Fourth Reich's assembly hall.
d. Some of the real movers and shakers of the Nightside are the Collector, Nasty Jack Starlight, the Smoke Ghosts, and the Lord of Tears.
e. The Speaking Gun is described. It was made by Abraxus Artificers.
f. The Bedlam Boys are explained.
Mentions: Robert Johnson, Glen Miller, 'Pennsylvania 6-500' song, Buddy Holly, the Lizard King (Jim Morrison?), Shadows Fall (a fictional town), John Lennon, Jimi Hendrix, Rip Van Winkle, Faustus, the Holy Grail, the Maltese Falcon, Nazis, and Lot's wife
Chapter 5:
a. Taylor calls his secretary, Cathy Barrett. See book one, Something From the Nightside for her story.
b. The Hot 'n Spicy franchise is described.
c. We get the Bedlam Boys' backstory just before Taylor and Suzie encounter them.
d. John and Suzie experience their worst fears.
e. John learns more about the Speaking Gun.
f. They encounter Nasty Jack Starlight and his living rag doll partner at the Styx theatre (British spelling of 'theater').
g. There's an outside troubleshooter named Augusta Moon in the theater's history and posters for plays we don't have on its walls.
h. Suzie explains the scene of her worst fear.
i. Razor Eddie calls John.
Mentions: the Caledonian Tragedy (Macbeth), the Seeker's 'The Carnival is Over,' Pierrot, Harlequin, Columbine, 'Sweet Little Jazz Baby, That's Me.' the Roaring Twenties, the Charleston dance, Leader of the Pack joke, and Rennes-le-Château
Chapter 6:
a. There's a scene going on in Time Tower Square. Major Players in on the action are Lord of Thorns, Count Video, King of Skin, and Bloody Blades.
b. John and Suzie go to Big Sergei's Warehouse, which the Warriors of the Cross have rented.
c. John and Suzie meet with Razor Eddie. The description of his smell sounds almost as bad as Discworld's Foul Ole Ron. He tells them where the Collector's lair is.
d. Walker shows up. He and John have words about John's parents.
e. Belle drops in. Can't say I care for her wardrobe. She and John worked together on the Hellstrom business six or seven years ago.
Mentions: Tiger Tanks, dragon, and Armageddon
Chapter 7:
a. We see Count Video again.
b. John uses a special card Alex Morrisey gave him 'some time back'.
c. Merlin Satanspawn is described.
d. John's missing mother comes up in conversation again.
e. We meet the Collector.
Mentions: Sodom and Gomorrah, the Morningstar, the Anti-Christ, and Nimue,
Chapter 8:
a. The Collector has interesting security guards.
b. The date given on one crate is 1936 instead of 1930, but I thought of a famous H. P. Lovecraft novella and laughed aloud.
c. We learn the connection between the Collector, Walker, and John's father. The Collector says something that enrages John.
Mentions: Antarctic, Roswell, Jericho, Grendel, and the sword of Daun
Chapter 9:
a. Walker shows up again and uses his Voice.
b. John's client says what the angels of light are doing about the damage they caused. Given what's said in future books, I gather there were things those angels couldn't put right or they didn't bother with the damage the fallen angels caused.
Mention: the Wandering Jew
Yes, I enjoyed the book. The menaces were suitably menacing, and there's humor running through the horror. There's a subplot about John Taylor's missing mother whom he doesn't know. If you've liked Mr. Green's other series, you should like this one, too. show less
I haven't read book one, but this was the earliest I found to sample. show more Nightside is not a place that I would care to visit even if I were just looking out the window of some well-protected vehicle speeding through it.
Remember how the 'Batman: the Brave and the Bold' series would start an episode with Batman finishing up a case before getting to the menace of the week? This book starts with the last scene of a frightening case before John meets his client for the main story.
According to this book, the cup that Judas Iscariot drank from during the Last Supper became the Unholy Grail. It's EVIL in humongous flashing neon letters with little demons dancing up and down their sides. John has been hired to find it before it can cause any more trouble or corrupt anyone else. After all, John Taylor's gift is to be able to find anything.
As if the likes of the Collector, or the Fourth Reich, or the Warriors of the Cross aren't bad enough prospects, both the Angels and the Fallen Angels are coming to the Nightside to acquire it.
Can John, partnered with the deadly Shotgun Suzie, find the Unholy Grail before there's an angel war in the streets?
Notes:
Chapter 1: Taylor has two unpleasant encounters in St. Jude.
Chapter 2:
a. Strangefellows bar and Alex Morrisey are described.
b. Taylor is offered a job. Taylor mentions Grendel Rex (one of the Droods) as he shows off for the client.
c. Taylor meets three Mafia hit men.
Mentions: King Crimson rock band, the Olympics, smoke ghost, undines, Baron Frankenstein, 'Cheers' TV show, Graceland, Elvis, vampire, werewolf, reptiloids, angels, demons, fallen angels, St. Michael, the Vatican, Pilate, Torquemada, Rasputin, Adolph Hitler, and the Pentagon
Chapter 3:
a. Taylor meets interference when he tries to use his power. (Before that, he makes an observation about the Little Sisters of the Immaculate Chain Saw.)
b. Suzie Shooter, also known as Shotgun Suzie, and her place are described. It's been almost six years since Taylor was last there,
Mentions: Marilyn Monroe, Howard Hughes,third eye, Diana Rigg, Emma Peel, the British 'Avengers' TV show, Jackie Chan, 'Armour of God' film, Cleopatra Jones, Gillian Anderson, 'Girl on a Motorcycle,' Marianne Faithful, 'Easy Rider,' Roger Corman's Hell's Angels films, Bruce Lee, Clark Kent, Superman, and Boy Scout.
Chapter 4:
a. Taylor and Suzie visit The Pit nightclub. We get a description of uptown's Nightside. Five other nightclubs are named.
b. Walker talks to Taylor.
c. Taylor and Suzie visit the Fourth Reich's assembly hall.
d. Some of the real movers and shakers of the Nightside are the Collector, Nasty Jack Starlight, the Smoke Ghosts, and the Lord of Tears.
e. The Speaking Gun is described. It was made by Abraxus Artificers.
f. The Bedlam Boys are explained.
Mentions: Robert Johnson, Glen Miller, 'Pennsylvania 6-500' song, Buddy Holly, the Lizard King (Jim Morrison?), Shadows Fall (a fictional town), John Lennon, Jimi Hendrix, Rip Van Winkle, Faustus, the Holy Grail, the Maltese Falcon, Nazis, and Lot's wife
Chapter 5:
a. Taylor calls his secretary, Cathy Barrett. See book one, Something From the Nightside for her story.
b. The Hot 'n Spicy franchise is described.
c. We get the Bedlam Boys' backstory just before Taylor and Suzie encounter them.
d. John and Suzie experience their worst fears.
e. John learns more about the Speaking Gun.
f. They encounter Nasty Jack Starlight and his living rag doll partner at the Styx theatre (British spelling of 'theater').
g. There's an outside troubleshooter named Augusta Moon in the theater's history and posters for plays we don't have on its walls.
h. Suzie explains the scene of her worst fear.
i. Razor Eddie calls John.
Mentions: the Caledonian Tragedy (Macbeth), the Seeker's 'The Carnival is Over,' Pierrot, Harlequin, Columbine, 'Sweet Little Jazz Baby, That's Me.' the Roaring Twenties, the Charleston dance, Leader of the Pack joke, and Rennes-le-Château
Chapter 6:
a. There's a scene going on in Time Tower Square. Major Players in on the action are Lord of Thorns, Count Video, King of Skin, and Bloody Blades.
b. John and Suzie go to Big Sergei's Warehouse, which the Warriors of the Cross have rented.
c. John and Suzie meet with Razor Eddie. The description of his smell sounds almost as bad as Discworld's Foul Ole Ron. He tells them where the Collector's lair is.
d. Walker shows up. He and John have words about John's parents.
e. Belle drops in. Can't say I care for her wardrobe. She and John worked together on the Hellstrom business six or seven years ago.
Mentions: Tiger Tanks, dragon, and Armageddon
Chapter 7:
a. We see Count Video again.
b. John uses a special card Alex Morrisey gave him 'some time back'.
c. Merlin Satanspawn is described.
d. John's missing mother comes up in conversation again.
e. We meet the Collector.
Mentions: Sodom and Gomorrah, the Morningstar, the Anti-Christ, and Nimue,
Chapter 8:
a. The Collector has interesting security guards.
b. The date given on one crate is 1936 instead of 1930, but I thought of a famous H. P. Lovecraft novella and laughed aloud.
c. We learn the connection between the Collector, Walker, and John's father. The Collector says something that enrages John.
Mentions: Antarctic, Roswell, Jericho, Grendel, and the sword of Daun
Chapter 9:
a. Walker shows up again and uses his Voice.
b. John's client says what the angels of light are doing about the damage they caused. Given what's said in future books, I gather there were things those angels couldn't put right or they didn't bother with the damage the fallen angels caused.
Mention: the Wandering Jew
Yes, I enjoyed the book. The menaces were suitably menacing, and there's humor running through the horror. There's a subplot about John Taylor's missing mother whom he doesn't know. If you've liked Mr. Green's other series, you should like this one, too. show less
John Taylor is back in the Nightside with his ability to find anything, anything at all, anywhere.
Which makes him in high demand when the Grail disappears – the Unholy Grail. The cup that Judas drank from. A cup that corrupts all those around it, a cup that could very well bring about the end of the world.
It’s in the Nightside and lots of people want it. More than people – the Angels of Light and Darkness want it as well – and they’re willing to rip apart the entire Nightside to get it. They’re not subtle and they’re awful investigators, but no force can stand against them for long, and everything risks being utterly destroyed before they’ve finished.
Which leaves Taylor the problems of finding the Grail, deciding who to show more give it to – and making sure the people who want it don’t get the Grail first and don’t kill him to stop anyone else getting it. And with Nightside under threat, the big powers of the strange world come out to fight.
This book is fantastic. It seems to be a theme of the series – the fantastic. The Nightside is a place that contains literally everything – in all its wonders and its horrors (mainly horrors). The world has no rules and anything exists there – the richness of the imagination of this place is incredible. From magic to sci-fi, gods to aliens, monsters – to things I can’t even describe, things that don’t fit in any category, they’re all amazingly imagined.
And it’s all very dark and very gritty. Nothing is pretty or sweet or generous or kind in the Nightside. Even the apparently harmless is dangerous and there’s a well maintained theme of constant risk, of constant menace in the book. There is no downtime or safe space – and that isn’t just because of the story, but a constant theme of the Nightside itself. The only safety the characters earn is because, as John Taylor and Shotgun Suzie, they have a reputation as people who are extremely dangerous. The only safety is being a bigger threat than those who want to hurt you. And it’s not just menacing, it’s disturbing. It’s never as simple as just bad guys who want to kill you – bad guys who want to kill you are nice and kind combined to what half of what the Nightside does. The menace here is a surreal, almost nightmarish quality and linked to just how strange and fantastic the world is.
What I find most impressive is not how both of these are introduced – the fantastic and the constant menace – but how it is constantly maintained with little references, new figures, new powers introduced just to show another facet of this strange and terrifying place.
This maintenance of theme also did a lot to establish the sheer might and fury of the angels (even if they started out almost dismissed when Taylor artfully turns the two factions against each other). No matter how many horrors we saw, how much power the Nightside shows, the invasion of the angels was destroying it. It also serves a lot to establish Taylor’s power – he rarely overtly shows his abilities in a menacing way and the ability to find anything does sound pretty minor – but the way everyone is afraid of him establishes his menace far more than dramatic displays of flashy abilities.
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Which makes him in high demand when the Grail disappears – the Unholy Grail. The cup that Judas drank from. A cup that corrupts all those around it, a cup that could very well bring about the end of the world.
It’s in the Nightside and lots of people want it. More than people – the Angels of Light and Darkness want it as well – and they’re willing to rip apart the entire Nightside to get it. They’re not subtle and they’re awful investigators, but no force can stand against them for long, and everything risks being utterly destroyed before they’ve finished.
Which leaves Taylor the problems of finding the Grail, deciding who to show more give it to – and making sure the people who want it don’t get the Grail first and don’t kill him to stop anyone else getting it. And with Nightside under threat, the big powers of the strange world come out to fight.
This book is fantastic. It seems to be a theme of the series – the fantastic. The Nightside is a place that contains literally everything – in all its wonders and its horrors (mainly horrors). The world has no rules and anything exists there – the richness of the imagination of this place is incredible. From magic to sci-fi, gods to aliens, monsters – to things I can’t even describe, things that don’t fit in any category, they’re all amazingly imagined.
And it’s all very dark and very gritty. Nothing is pretty or sweet or generous or kind in the Nightside. Even the apparently harmless is dangerous and there’s a well maintained theme of constant risk, of constant menace in the book. There is no downtime or safe space – and that isn’t just because of the story, but a constant theme of the Nightside itself. The only safety the characters earn is because, as John Taylor and Shotgun Suzie, they have a reputation as people who are extremely dangerous. The only safety is being a bigger threat than those who want to hurt you. And it’s not just menacing, it’s disturbing. It’s never as simple as just bad guys who want to kill you – bad guys who want to kill you are nice and kind combined to what half of what the Nightside does. The menace here is a surreal, almost nightmarish quality and linked to just how strange and fantastic the world is.
What I find most impressive is not how both of these are introduced – the fantastic and the constant menace – but how it is constantly maintained with little references, new figures, new powers introduced just to show another facet of this strange and terrifying place.
This maintenance of theme also did a lot to establish the sheer might and fury of the angels (even if they started out almost dismissed when Taylor artfully turns the two factions against each other). No matter how many horrors we saw, how much power the Nightside shows, the invasion of the angels was destroying it. It also serves a lot to establish Taylor’s power – he rarely overtly shows his abilities in a menacing way and the ability to find anything does sound pretty minor – but the way everyone is afraid of him establishes his menace far more than dramatic displays of flashy abilities.
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This is the second book in the Nightside series and I liked it quite a bit more than the first. The first book introduced us both to our first person narrator, John Taylor, private eye, and to his otherworldly home hidden within London the way Harry Potter's Diagon Alley is hidden from the mundane.
The Nightside "is a square mile of narrow streets and back alley in the centre of city linking slums and tenement that were old when the last century was new.... It's always three o' clock in the morning, and the dawn never comes." It's filled with demons, trolls, ghosts, giants, fairies, poltergeists, zombies, vampires, ghouls and talking horses. That was the strength of the first book, this phantasmagorical landscape.
In this one Taylor, show more with "Shotgun Suzy" at his side, has been hired to find "the Unholy Grail." The object, once drunk from by Judas Iscariot at the Last Supper, "magnifies all evil by its presence, encourages and accelerates evil trends and events, and utterly corrupts all who come in contact with it." Vying for ownership are those "agents of Light and Darkness." Angels. Angels from "above and below" who are fallen and unfallen. And even those angels from Heaven are not nice. They threaten to tear apart the Nightside to find the dark object.
It makes for an intriguing MacGuffin. And as with the first book the fun in this is Green's wild imagination loose in his depiction of his setting and characters, only here sharper, more immersive and less predictable than in the first book. It's also if anything more gross, gory and grisly in a very pulp fiction way. Fast-paced, enjoyable read. show less
The Nightside "is a square mile of narrow streets and back alley in the centre of city linking slums and tenement that were old when the last century was new.... It's always three o' clock in the morning, and the dawn never comes." It's filled with demons, trolls, ghosts, giants, fairies, poltergeists, zombies, vampires, ghouls and talking horses. That was the strength of the first book, this phantasmagorical landscape.
In this one Taylor, show more with "Shotgun Suzy" at his side, has been hired to find "the Unholy Grail." The object, once drunk from by Judas Iscariot at the Last Supper, "magnifies all evil by its presence, encourages and accelerates evil trends and events, and utterly corrupts all who come in contact with it." Vying for ownership are those "agents of Light and Darkness." Angels. Angels from "above and below" who are fallen and unfallen. And even those angels from Heaven are not nice. They threaten to tear apart the Nightside to find the dark object.
It makes for an intriguing MacGuffin. And as with the first book the fun in this is Green's wild imagination loose in his depiction of his setting and characters, only here sharper, more immersive and less predictable than in the first book. It's also if anything more gross, gory and grisly in a very pulp fiction way. Fast-paced, enjoyable read. show less
This book started out with so much potential! I love well done urban fantasy, and I liked the concept of seeking the "Unholy" Grail. I thought that was a nice twist. But then when I immediately figured out that Jude was Judas (like, within 2 pages of his introduction), I started to get worried. Turns out, I had good reason to. This book is a mess!
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 show more 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! show less
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 show more 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! show less
The second book in this series is just fantastic!!
Someone comes to Taylor, because he can find anything with his special power. The person that comes to Taylor is from the Vatican, and they want him to find a very special item. If this item falls into the wrong hands, it seems that pretty much the world will come to and end. That being said, the person from the Vatican isn't alone. It seems that the Angels from Heaven and from Hell both want this item. Angels from Heaven aren't the nice ones that we hear about in the Bible. Oh no, they'll destroy anything they have to get the item back. If they have to destroy our world or the Nightside, well, that's just fine by them. It also seems that people in the Nightside want this special for show more themselves too. Everyone is out to get this. What could this item be? Well, it's the Unholy Grail. The cup that Judas drank from in the last supper. Everyone want's it. If that means killing Taylor, then so be it. The thing is that Taylor won't go down without a fight.
This is a fantastic series! I really liked how Green is adding depths to his characters. We get more of a background on Shootgun Suzie (god I love that name). We find out why she is the way she is. We also meet a lot of wonderful characters in this book. All of the characters seem so life like, you can't help but to care about them. I love what Green is doing with Taylor!
This book also have a very strong writing style. This is evident through fantastic characters, and great plot twists that will keep the reader hooked to the last page.
Give yourself a treat, and start the first book in the series and enjoy the ride. You don't have to read the first one in order to follow this book, it's that good. show less
Someone comes to Taylor, because he can find anything with his special power. The person that comes to Taylor is from the Vatican, and they want him to find a very special item. If this item falls into the wrong hands, it seems that pretty much the world will come to and end. That being said, the person from the Vatican isn't alone. It seems that the Angels from Heaven and from Hell both want this item. Angels from Heaven aren't the nice ones that we hear about in the Bible. Oh no, they'll destroy anything they have to get the item back. If they have to destroy our world or the Nightside, well, that's just fine by them. It also seems that people in the Nightside want this special for show more themselves too. Everyone is out to get this. What could this item be? Well, it's the Unholy Grail. The cup that Judas drank from in the last supper. Everyone want's it. If that means killing Taylor, then so be it. The thing is that Taylor won't go down without a fight.
This is a fantastic series! I really liked how Green is adding depths to his characters. We get more of a background on Shootgun Suzie (god I love that name). We find out why she is the way she is. We also meet a lot of wonderful characters in this book. All of the characters seem so life like, you can't help but to care about them. I love what Green is doing with Taylor!
This book also have a very strong writing style. This is evident through fantastic characters, and great plot twists that will keep the reader hooked to the last page.
Give yourself a treat, and start the first book in the series and enjoy the ride. You don't have to read the first one in order to follow this book, it's that good. show less
I have to admit that I love Simon R Green's work ever since I read the quirky Blue Moon Rising.
Green is adept at mixing fantasy, horror and humour into a fast packed read. Even though many of his books are series I never had any problems reading them as stand alone novels.
John Taylor has been requested to find the unholy Grail and with Suzie Shooter as his partner there is plenty of mayhem. The characters are great, well constructed the world is full of interest and believable.
It is easy to get lost in this book and it is just fun.
Green is adept at mixing fantasy, horror and humour into a fast packed read. Even though many of his books are series I never had any problems reading them as stand alone novels.
John Taylor has been requested to find the unholy Grail and with Suzie Shooter as his partner there is plenty of mayhem. The characters are great, well constructed the world is full of interest and believable.
It is easy to get lost in this book and it is just fun.
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Science fiction and fantasy author Simon R. Green was born in 1955 in Bradford-on-Avon, England. He received an M.A. in Modern English and American Literature from Leicester University. He is the author of the Deathstalker series, a member of the British Fantasy Society, and occasionally does some Shakespearean acting. (Bowker Author Biography)
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- Agents Of Light And Darkness
- Original publication date
- 2003
- People/Characters
- John Taylor (P.I. who can find anything); Shotgun Suzie (Suzie Shooter | bounty hunter); Razor Eddie (Punk God of the Straight Razor); Merlin Satanspawn; Walker (represents the Nightside Authorities); The Collector (show all 23); Mr. Bones (runs The Pit Nightclub and the Demon Lordz gang | the thin one); Mr. Blood (Mr. Bones' partner | the beefy one); La Belle Dame Sans Merci (Belle); Nasty Jack Starlight (singer & dancer ); Count Video; Lord of Thorns; King of Skin; Bloody Blades; Judas Iscariot (betrayed Jesus); Alex Morrisey (descendent of King Arthur & Merlin | owns Strangefellows); Cathy Barrett (teen | Taylor's secretary); the Bedlam Boys (former boy band turned extortioners); Betty Coltrane (one of Alex's muscular bouncers); Lucy Coltrane (one of Alex's muscular bouncers); Jessica Sorrow (the Unbeliever); Leo Morn (member of a band currently known as 'Druid Chic'); Jude (head of the Vatican's Forbidden Library)
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- London, England, UK; The Nightside, London, England, UK; the Moon, under its Sea of Tranquility; St. Jude's, The Nightside, London, England, UK (the only church in Nightside); Strangefellows (The Nightside, London, England, UK -- a Nightside bar, the longest running in the world); Shotgun Suzie's place, The Nightside, London, England, UK (on one of the narrow side streets in one of Nightside's sleazier areas) (show all 12); The Pit, uptown The Nightside, London, England, UK (nightclub under a restaurant); the old assembly hall used by the Fourth Reich, at the end of a quiet side street in a mostly residential area, The Nightside, London, England, UK; the Hot 'n Spicy Franchise on Brewer Street, The Nightside, London, England, UK; the Styx theatre, The Nightside, London, England, UK (in one of Nightside's quieter backwaters); Big Sergei's Warehouse, Kaynek Avenue, warehouse district, The Nightside, London, England, UK; Time Tower Square, The Nightside, London, England, UK
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- I'm John Taylor. A private eye who operates mainly in the darker areas of the Twilight Zone.
The Nightside is the sick, secret, magical heart of London, where gods and monsters go to make the deals and seek the pleasu... (show all)res they won't find anywhere else.
I find things. It's a gift, and sometimes... they find me. - First words
- There is only the one church in the Nightside.
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- 'We don't use the Judas Cup,' said Mr. Blood. 'It uses you. It is temptation and corruption, and the seduction of fools. It gives nothing that it does not take away, and damnation follows in its wake. Even such as we are ... (show all)frightened of the Unholy Grail.' (chapter four)
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- Paper, Audiobook, Ebook
- ISBNs
- 16
- ASINs
- 11