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Beasts in Velvet (A Genevieve Novel) (Paperback)
by Jack Yeovil (Author)
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  • Paperback: 288 pages
  • Publisher: Black Library; 3Rev Ed edition (6 Jun 2002)
  • Language English
  • ISBN-10: 1841542350
  • ISBN-13: 978-1841542355
  • Product Dimensions: 17.4 x 11 x 2 cm
  • Average Customer Review: 4.7 out of 5 stars  (3 customer reviews)
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In the Imperial capital of Altdorf, a killer stalks the streets. Nicknamed The Beast by those who have seen the remains of his victims all evidence points to the haughty members of the Imperial court, the wealthy and privileged who are a law unto themselves.

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5.0 out of 5 stars Superb Gothic fantasy-murder-thriller, 21 Jun 2007
Set in Altdorf, the capital of the Empire, this novel combines thriller, horror, mystery and fantasy elements to construct a discontinuous narrative at once captivating, terrifying and thought-provoking. The mystery features a bewildering cast of around fifty weird and wonderful characters, ranging from the seer Rosanna, who picks up psychic resonances from objects and people around her, to the parodic, bawdy dwarf de la Rougierre, the cruel duellist von Liebewitz, and chaos-worshipping ambassador Dien Ching. Some of the many characters are integral to the mystery; others are occasional extras and red herrings to throw the reader off the scent.

Yeovil's creative license with the Warhammer world allows him to create an unusual setting - picking up on the Gothic fantasy themes of the game, Yeovil adds touches which make this world decidedly more modern, as well as constantly dark and corrupt. In fact the books do more than any other work to flesh out this fantasy world as a serious backdrop. In Yeovil's world, Chaos is not the one-dimensional monstrosity of the game, but involves a constant subterranean corruption pervading life. The other social problems of his world - serial killers, revolutionaries and reactionaries, corrupt bureaucrats, drug addiction - are distinctly modern, despite the feudal and city-state settings. "Good" barely exists in this world; the heroes are ambiguous beings on the border of corruption, their earthly interests caught up in higher events, usually against their will; sanctimoniously good characters appear as zealots or hypocrites (often both). A discerning reader will also find a lot of modern-culture references, usually with a twist - such as tough copper "Filthy Harald" and his "Magnin" throwing knife, Dickon of the Dock Watch, and allusions to the politics of the day (early 1990s Britain), such as the "thumb" (poll) tax and ministers "Hasselstein" and "Tybalt".

The core of the story is a murder mystery/psychological thriller, following attempts by Rosanna, Harald and concerned aristocrat Johann von Mecklenburg in their pursuit of a vicious serial-killer known as the Beast. Johann fears it could be his chaos-altered brother Wolf. This ripper-style woman-killer could be man, woman, animal, or chaos creature, and its identity is kept secret until the very end. In fact, Yeovil leads the reader on a tantalising trail, scattering hints and red herrings, culminating in a sequence where readers are led to believe a number of characters have been uncovered as the Beast. The title refers to a political subtext to the mystery: a piece of green velvet left at one of the murders indicates that the killer may be an aristocrat.

This main story is supported by a number of scene-setting sub-plots - the insurrectionist machinations of the firebrand Yefimovich and his followers, conflict between the "Hook" and "Fish" waterfront gangs (whose constant rivalry reflects such real-world pairings as Cripts and Bloods), duelling to the death at the Palace, corruption in the Watch (police), the traumatic life of Wolf, the operation of secret Chaos cults - all of which come to a head in urban revolt in the fog, bringing together most of the protagonists in a series of events culminating in an action sequence a