- Paperback: 240 pages
- Publisher: Gollancz; paperback / softback edition (21 Jun 2007)
- Language English
- ISBN-10: 0575079851
- ISBN-13: 978-0575079854
- Product Dimensions: 23.1 x 15.2 x 2 cm
- Average Customer Review: 4.0 out of 5 stars See all reviews (17 customer reviews)
- Amazon Bestsellers Rank: 804,961 in Books (See Top 100 in Books)
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"Sparky inventiveness and lickety-spit pace." (DAILY TELEGRAPH )
"Sharp-edged, violent. It's a measure of Devereux's skill as a writer that you find yourself rooting for his protagonist." (David V Barrett FORTEAN TIMES )
"A great fun read, with a lot of sex and violence to keep you turning the pages." (David J Howe SHIVERS )
"Sharp-edged, violent. It's a measure of Devereux's skill as a writer that you find yourself rooting for his protagonist." (David V Barrett FORTEAN TIMES )
"A great fun read, with a lot of sex and violence to keep you turning the pages." (David J Howe SHIVERS )
David V Barrett, FORTEAN TIMES
"Sharp-edged, violent. It's a measure of Devereux's skill as a writer that you find yourself rooting for his protagonist."
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12 of 14 people found the following review helpful
Format:Paperback
A Supernatural tale where finally we get a British Harry Dresden with one major change, Jack is a guy who is a man with no morals, a man who believes in completing the job any which way you can and isn't averse to sacrificing alternate agents to the completion of his goal, with methods including assassination and also torture he's an equal opportunity guy who throws the occasional bone to other services in order to gain a favour later.
Whilst many really couldn't fall in love with this type of character he is a man who really has been missing from the genre in my opinion as I'm getting fed up with goody two-shoes who never have a thought darker than how best to achieve the goal without hurting anyone. It really doesn't work that way, here we have an absolute bastard who has no problems being as dark as what he faces, in fact, the only "people" that he treats with any respect are some ghosts, showing that although he has problems with the living the dead are another matter. A tale that many won't enjoy but if you're after a darker supernatural tale set in the UK then give this a go, you'll more than likely enjoy it. However that said there are some sexual themes within the novel and as such make it unsuitable for the younger audience.
Whilst many really couldn't fall in love with this type of character he is a man who really has been missing from the genre in my opinion as I'm getting fed up with goody two-shoes who never have a thought darker than how best to achieve the goal without hurting anyone. It really doesn't work that way, here we have an absolute bastard who has no problems being as dark as what he faces, in fact, the only "people" that he treats with any respect are some ghosts, showing that although he has problems with the living the dead are another matter. A tale that many won't enjoy but if you're after a darker supernatural tale set in the UK then give this a go, you'll more than likely enjoy it. However that said there are some sexual themes within the novel and as such make it unsuitable for the younger audience.
10 of 12 people found the following review helpful
Format:Hardcover
The occult thriller is an easy form, if you're a lazy writer unwilling to think through the logic of your plot. Doing it well is hard: managing the interaction of supernatural and real worlds, while allowing your characters to work in both is difficult. Devereux does it very well indeed.
His authorial tools are deceptively simple. A calm, deadpan narrative style, echoing Tim Dorsey and Louise Welsh. A central character who accepts that he's unpleasant - a killer in the service of his country - but knows that that's required by the job. And the basic but unfashionable method of sparse, concise writing, getting his story into no more pages than it needs. Some publishers would have insisted on this book being "filled out" or "backstory added" to 500-plus pages; it is greatly to Gollancz's credit that they allowed Devereux to tell it in 272.
Not that it feels that long.
Devereux has a truly remarkable control of narrative pace; the last time I read a first novel with such superb control of the pace of events was The Hunt for Red October. Action, reaction, deduction, recovery - all this is handled in less space than it takes to write about it. We are seeing a real talent emerging here. Keep an eye on him.
His authorial tools are deceptively simple. A calm, deadpan narrative style, echoing Tim Dorsey and Louise Welsh. A central character who accepts that he's unpleasant - a killer in the service of his country - but knows that that's required by the job. And the basic but unfashionable method of sparse, concise writing, getting his story into no more pages than it needs. Some publishers would have insisted on this book being "filled out" or "backstory added" to 500-plus pages; it is greatly to Gollancz's credit that they allowed Devereux to tell it in 272.
Not that it feels that long.
Devereux has a truly remarkable control of narrative pace; the last time I read a first novel with such superb control of the pace of events was The Hunt for Red October. Action, reaction, deduction, recovery - all this is handled in less space than it takes to write about it. We are seeing a real talent emerging here. Keep an eye on him.
1 of 1 people found the following review helpful
Format:Hardcover|Amazon Verified Purchase
This book reminded me very much what James Bond might have been like if written by HP Lovecraft. Or perhaps if Ian Fleming had written At the Mountains of Madness.
The protagonist, a magician we only know as Jack, works for a branch of Government so secret that even he doesn't know what it's called. His job - to hunt down users of magic who might have evil designs on the State . His tools - knife, gun, plastic explosive and a rather unpleasant book of Latin spells. The corners he gets into - deeply unpleasant.
It's a rattling story with many twists and turns but not much subtlety in the plot. Entertaining, but overall I prefer Charles Stross's Laundry series. Also in places a bit explicity for my taste, but each to their own.
The protagonist, a magician we only know as Jack, works for a branch of Government so secret that even he doesn't know what it's called. His job - to hunt down users of magic who might have evil designs on the State . His tools - knife, gun, plastic explosive and a rather unpleasant book of Latin spells. The corners he gets into - deeply unpleasant.
It's a rattling story with many twists and turns but not much subtlety in the plot. Entertaining, but overall I prefer Charles Stross's Laundry series. Also in places a bit explicity for my taste, but each to their own.
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James Bond meets Men in Black...
Don't really know where to start with this book. At times gruesome, at other times incredibly childish..... Read more
Published 8 months ago by Bridgey
It's readable.
This book is ok. That's about it really. I read it after reading 'Johannes Cabal the Necromancer' when I was waiting for 'Johannes Cabal the Detective' to arrive (those are both 5... Read more
Published 12 months ago by Jenny
Magical
A gritty thriller with a twist of magic and sexual degradation [it is not pornography]. The hero makes mistakes and people get hurt or killed as a result. Read more
Published 12 months ago by Thirty five
good, but needs better scripting
hunters moon was a good story, but couldnt help but feel it was using some blatant character stereotypes. will be looking for some more unpredictable characters next time round. Read more
Published 23 months ago by Mr. R. Dismore
Juvenile Rubbish
Have i just finished reading a different book than the rest of the reviewers?The author appears to have asked a group of 15 to 18 year old boys what there fantasies jobs are and... Read more
Published 23 months ago by Sean Quinn
The 'poor relation' in the Urban Fantasy genre....
This novel is over-simplistic, shallow, two-dimesional, lacks characterisation and anything more than the superficial thread of a predictable surface story. Read more
Published 23 months ago by Deluded Ape
Great book
I highly rate this book and enjoyed it enormously. Basically form it's 007 with magic. However, that would do the book little justice, its a real page turner and has a complex... Read more
Published on 9 Jan 2010 by C. J. Dyer
A British Dresden Files? Not Really, No...
Reading the blurb for Hunter's Moon I had it in my head that David Devereux's fictional debut was likely to be little more than a UK based rehash of Jim Butcher's Harry Dresden... Read more
Published on 9 Jan 2009 by C. Green
Superb! A dark thriller perfectly woven.
Jack, the lead character in Hunters Moon is someone you definitely would not like to meet down a dark alley, Stonehenge or anywhere remotely haunted. Read more
Published on 31 Dec 2008 by Tony Groom
excellent read
Never read this type of genre before but an excellent read. Needs to keep it going now as the character and environment is very intoxicating. Read more
Published on 21 Dec 2008 by Ben Sheldrake
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