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At The Citys Edge (Hardcover)

by Marcus Sakey (Author)
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  • Hardcover: 320 pages
  • Publisher: Minotaur (14 Feb 2008)
  • Language English
  • ISBN-10: 0312360320
  • ISBN-13: 978-0312360320
  • Product Dimensions: 23.6 x 15.5 x 3 cm
  • Average Customer Review: 4.0 out of 5 stars See all reviews (1 customer review)
  • Amazon.co.uk Sales Rank: 1,040,779 in Books (See Bestsellers in Books)

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""At the City's Edge" crackles and sears like a rip-roaring fire."--Tess Gerritsen, author of "The Bone Garden""Goes from zero to sixty in a blazing rush. Sakey knows how to thrill a reader."--David Morrell, author of "Creepers"

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Home from Iraq and still reeling from his discharge, Jason Palmer plans to spend the summer drinking too much and chasing girls. But when his brother is brutally murdered, Jason is all that stands between his eight-year-old nephew and a pair of ruthless killers with a mysterious agenda.As he struggles to protect all that remains of his family, Jason finds himself embroiled in something much larger than a simple quest for justice. Chicago is burning, set ablaze by gang warfare and the passions of wicked men, and the battle for Jason's South Side neighbourhood is looking more and more like the war he just left.Now, in a city where corruption is simply the cost of doing business, where issues of race and class smoulder just beneath the surface, Jason will be forced to face the mistakes of yesterday to fight for a better tomorrow.

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4.0 out of 5 stars A Definite Page-Turner!, 5 Jun 2008
By bobbewig (New Jersey, USA) - See all my reviews
At The City's Edge, Sakey's second novel, is a worthy successor to his excellent debut book, The Blade Itself. His writing style is one that will keep you wanting to read "just one more page" in order to see what happens next. The plot, which is described in depth in some other reviews, is fast-moving and filled with action. These qualities alone made it a book that I'm glad I read and one that I would recommend to you. That being said, however, be aware that At The City's Edge is not without its flaws. I found the dialogue and narrative on several occasions to be "preachy," and I felt that Sakey got a bit carried away with his parallels of being a soldier in Iraq and Afghanistan and being "on the streets" of Chicago. These two factors almost caused me to give this book a 3-3 1/2 star rating. Further, while as I said, At The City's Edge has lots of action, I felt a lot of it was predictable; as was the interaction between the main male and female characters.
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