Bone Song The First Book In The Donal Riordan Series

Gollancz, 2007. None. Paperback. Poor. Outline:- Lieutenant Donal Connor has been given the most bizarre of new cases. Four famous stage performers have died in recent months thee of them in state capitals within Transifica the fourth in far Zurinam. And now the idolised Diva maria deLivnova is coming to Tristopolis. Donal`s boss is determined that nothing like this is ever to happen in his city. Connor is to have anything he needs as long the Diva lives. And so begins a dark investigation through a world where corpses give up their pyschic energy in the massive necrofulx generators that power the city where gargoyles talk where wraiths work in slavery a world of the dead where corruption is alive. This is an extraordinary SF novel set in alternate universe quite unlike any imagined in SF before; a universe where magic and the supernatural and the undead are given a scientific rationale and hoorfyingly plausible rationale. The novel`s setting Tristopolis is the ultimate noir city; an immense baroque creation of haunted stone skyscrapers black metal and city-wide catacombs. Its hero Donal Connor is immensely likeable and easy to identify with. Even once he`s dead.-> the publisher of this PAPERBACK book is Gollancz The date of this copy is 2007 booksalvation have grade it as Poor and it will be shipped from our UK warehouse This book is from the Series. Shipping is Free for UK buyers and at a reasonable charge for buyer outside the UK