The Naming Of The Beasts
A Felix Castor Novel
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4.1 • 14 Ratings
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- £2.99
Publisher Description
They say the road to Hell is paved with good intentions, but if you ask Castor he'll tell you there's quite a bit of arrogance and reckless stupidity lining the streets as well. And he should know. There's only so many times you can play both sides against the middle and get away with it. Now, the inevitable moment of crisis has arrived and it's left Castor with blood on his hands. Well, not his hands, you understand; it's always someone else who pays the bill: friends, acquaintances, bystanders.
So Castor drowns his guilt in cheap whisky, while an innocent woman lies dead and her daughter comatose, his few remaining friends fear for their lives and there's a demon loose on the streets. But not just any demon - this one rides shotgun on his best friend's soul and can't be expelled without killing him.
Looks like Felix Castor's got some tough choices to make, because expel the demon he must or all Hell will break loose. Literally . . .
PUBLISHERS WEEKLY
The pulse-pounding pace never slackens as Carey's superlative fifth supernatural thriller featuring London exorcist Felix "Fix" Castor picks up where its predecessor, Thicker Than Water, left off. Castor's closest friend, Rafi Ditko, who's possessed by the demon Asmodeus, has escaped from his jail cell and begun killing off people close to Ditko, starting with his former girlfriend, Ginny Parris. In order to thwart the evil spirit, Castor must be careful about his choice of allies, even as he struggles to predict his adversary's next move. Amid the grimness, Carey manages to slide in flashes of humor, as in his portrayal of the difficulties the British legal system faces with the increasing numbers of the dead and the undead, whose civil rights also need protecting. At this rate, Carey could give Jim Butcher more than a run for his money as the best living writer of dark urban fantasy.
Customer Reviews
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I love this series of books after first listening to the audio book of book 1. When will the next one be out!
The style is great and it's quite believable in a fantasy kind of way.
I think it might be helpful to know that I'm also female and not into fantasy books as a rule...I love spooky stuff though.
Sensationsal
I love the style in which this is written and am an avid Mike Carey fan. I find his main character, Felix, utterly compelling. Carey possesses a rare humour which although hard to define is incredibly humorous. His novels aid the reader to being a fly on the wall of Felix's life and struggles with twists at every turn.