Procession of the Dead
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4.5 • 44 Ratings
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- $6.99
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- $6.99
Publisher Description
New York Times bestselling YA author Darren Shan makes his adult fiction debut with this first book in a new series set in a darkly imagined world called the City.
What had I done before coming to the city? I couldn't remember. It sounded crazy but my past was a blank. I could recall every step since alighting from the train, but not a single one before.
Young, quick-witted and cocksure, Capac Raimi arrives in the City determined to make his mark in a world of sweet, sinister sin. He finds the City is a place of exotic dangers: a legendary assassin with snakes tattooed on his face who moves like smoke, blind Incan priests that no one seems to see, a kingpin who plays with puppets, and friends who mysteriously disappear as though they never existed. Then Capac crosses paths with The Cardinal, and his life changes forever.
The Cardinal is the City, and The City is The Cardinal. They are joined at the soul. Nothing moves on the streets, or below them, without the Cardinal's knowledge. His rule is absolute.
When Capac discovers the extent of The Cardinal's influence on his own life, he is faced with hard choices and his own soaring ambition. To find his way, Capac must know himself and what he is capable of. But how can you trust yourself when you can't remember your past?
PUBLISHERS WEEKLY
Shan's dystopic thriller, the first in a trilogy already published in the U.K., is an excellent, twisting foray into a world of deceit, murder, and mystery. Capac Raimi arrives in an unnamed city, a place ruled by a man known as the Cardinal, and quickly realizes that he has no memory of his life elsewhere. When the Cardinal kills Capac's uncle and offers Capac a job based on a dream and Capac's Incan name, the young man's life takes a turn for the fantastical. While training to serve the Cardinal, Capac embarks on a strange, gripping search for clues to both the disappearances of his friends and his own past. The dialogue is realistic, the characters and settings are vivid, and the plotting is tight, complemented perfectly by a bleak, desolate tone. Any fan of postapocalyptic fiction will find it absolutely riveting.
Customer Reviews
Procession of the Dead
Another excellent book by Darren Shan!
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This book was great! It was definitely unpredictable and I loved the ending. I like reading about ones actions and then finding out about their childhood. The solution was great and definitely wrapped the story up. Darren Shan is the most amazing writer ever.
Great book
This is the first book in The City series about a man who joins the mafia. First of all you can tell almost straightaway that this is an adult book, it has several sexual references and lots of language. It has a lot of plost twists, one chapter it seems like a regular ganster story, next chapter everything changes. This keeps up until it's almost like you're reading a different story by the end of the book. The characters are well developed to the point where you will think that you've known them yourself, the main character is a flawed character who is not your typical hero trying to save the world. Procession of the Dead is a gritty novel standing beside Gone, Baby, Gone and I will be looking forward to the next book in the series.