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Dark Blood (Gollancz S.F.) (Hardcover)

by John Meaney (Author)
4.8 out of 5 stars  See all reviews (4 customer reviews)
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Product details

  • 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 (4 customer reviews)
  • Amazon.co.uk Sales Rank: 568,731 in Books (See Bestsellers in Books)

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Lisa Tuttle, THE TIMES

"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."
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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 the Paperback edition.
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1 of 1 people found the following review helpful:
4.0 out of 5 stars Can you hear the bones???? Repairman Jack meets Underworld., 7 May 2008
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!
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5.0 out of 5 stars John Meaney snapping at the heels of "China Mieville", 7 April 2008
By Glenn R. Bell (Virginia Beach, VA) - See all my reviews
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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!
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5.0 out of 5 stars Outstanding follow up to Bone Song, 27 Jul 2009
By AvidReader (St.Petersburg, FL United States) - See all my reviews
This review is from: Dark Blood (Gollancz S.F.) (Paperback)
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. Can't wait for the next one!
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5.0 out of 5 stars 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!!
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