- Hardcover: 352 pages
- Publisher: Gollancz; First Edition edition (20 Mar 2008)
- Language English
- ISBN-10: 0575079606
- ISBN-13: 978-0575079601
- Product Dimensions: 23.6 x 15.4 x 3.4 cm
- Average Customer Review: 4.8 out of 5 stars See all reviews (6 customer reviews)
- Amazon Bestsellers Rank: 744,055 in Books (See Top 100 in Books)
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"John Meaney's city of Tristopolis is a vivid and fascinating creation. Meaney entertainingly merges the police procedural with science fantasy in its most gothic mode." (Lisa Tuttle THE TIMES )
"Dark Blood is highly entertaining, more action driven and seasoned with splatters of the titular liquid." (Andrew Osbourne SFX )
"As John Meaney follows his take on magic's equivalent of nuclear technology through to its logical conclusion he creates one of the most satisfying border crossing fusions of Dark Fantasy, Horror and hard Science Fiction in years... before hitting us with a twist ending straight out of Edgar Allan Poe." (STARBURST )
"Dark Blood is a sardonic but emotionally complex tale of ambition, politics, ruthlessness and other traits we identify as human." (LOCUS ) --This text refers to an out of print or unavailable edition of this title.
"Dark Blood is highly entertaining, more action driven and seasoned with splatters of the titular liquid." (Andrew Osbourne SFX )
"As John Meaney follows his take on magic's equivalent of nuclear technology through to its logical conclusion he creates one of the most satisfying border crossing fusions of Dark Fantasy, Horror and hard Science Fiction in years... before hitting us with a twist ending straight out of Edgar Allan Poe." (STARBURST )
"Dark Blood is a sardonic but emotionally complex tale of ambition, politics, ruthlessness and other traits we identify as human." (LOCUS ) --This text refers to an out of print or unavailable edition of this title.
Andrew Osbourne, SFX
"Dark Blood is highly entertaining, more action driven and seasoned with splatters of the titular liquid."
--This text refers to an out of print or unavailable edition of this title.
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2 of 2 people found the following review helpful
Format:Hardcover
This guy KNOWS how to end his books!!! The follow up to "Bone Song", which you really have to read first, starts a little slowly, which is why it just missed 5*. Bone Song was so packed with the building materials - location, atmosphere and characters - that maybe Book 2 was inevitably going to spend a little more time on emotional creation. Its difficult to say which characters live on in this sequel when so many of them are dead (? or not living) anyway. But it builds and builds and builds to a most horrifyingly exciting finish. Or is it? I don't think so. Dark scifi/horror, unpredictable and original. Go get it!
2 of 2 people found the following review helpful
Format:Hardcover
Having begun my readership of John Meaney with his SciFi books, I am extremely pleased to have followed him to Tristopolis. One caveat associated with this review is this book should, in my opinion, have been noted as a continuence of "Bone Song", Mr. Meaney's introduction to this truely fantastic death-infused world. While not a requirement for reading "Dark Blood", it will add to the experience.
My reference to Mr. Mieville is intended to be a great compliment to this book and its author. If you admire Mr. Mieville's world-building masterpieces, you'll love these books.
Others will surely do a better job of detailing the plot, leaving me to share a few comments on the reading experience.
From the first word to the last, with no slackening in the middle, you will be "ensorcelled" into a world of bizarre and finely draw beings. The mystery plot serves as a suitable stage on which to showcase the maturing talents of an outstanding SciFi/Fantasy author.
I hope to visit this world again, but will definitly keep an eye out and a step ahead of its more dangerous inhabitants.
Great writing and a terrific read!
My reference to Mr. Mieville is intended to be a great compliment to this book and its author. If you admire Mr. Mieville's world-building masterpieces, you'll love these books.
Others will surely do a better job of detailing the plot, leaving me to share a few comments on the reading experience.
From the first word to the last, with no slackening in the middle, you will be "ensorcelled" into a world of bizarre and finely draw beings. The mystery plot serves as a suitable stage on which to showcase the maturing talents of an outstanding SciFi/Fantasy author.
I hope to visit this world again, but will definitly keep an eye out and a step ahead of its more dangerous inhabitants.
Great writing and a terrific read!
1 of 1 people found the following review helpful
Format:Paperback
This being the sequel to Bone Song I was expecting a lot, and I got it! This series is set in a very alternative world that had me hooked from the start, a great combination of memorable characters and Atmosphere. You really need to read Bone Song first before you try this or you will be completely lost. Highly recommended.
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Great book - both books really
Been a while since I last read some of his books.
Took a chance buying both Bone Song and Dark Blood - and they are just a great read. Read more
Took a chance buying both Bone Song and Dark Blood - and they are just a great read. Read more
Published 19 months ago by Torben Berg-sorensen
Outstanding follow up to Bone Song
If you read the first novel in this series you will want to read this one too. Equal parts science fiction and dark fantasy blended into a unique and highly detailed new world. Read more
Published on 27 July 2009 by AvidReader
Brilliant!
This is even better than Blood Song and I loved that. My only complaint is that it ended as it did and the next book isn't out until February - not fair!!
Published on 22 Aug 2008 by Fi
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