This is the grimy underbelly of Los Angeles, the parts with great used record stores & taco joints, and also the parts where you might get mugged. I’ve only ever spent a couple of days in Los Angeles, but holy fuck, Sandman Slim captures the feel of that city (at least the parts I visited) so completely.
And his time in Hell has left Stark with some “gifts” he doesn’t fully understand, including supernatural strength & healing ability. In short, this is one pissed off individual. The only woman he ever loved is dead, his former magician friends essentially tried to kill him, and now everyone is using cell phones for every last thing. And so, like with the October Daye series, I’ve got a lot of catching up to do!Īfter spending eleven years working as a hitman in Hell, James Stark returns home to Los Angeles with a singular focus: revenge against those that sent him to Hell in the first place.
Kadrey seems to be sticking to a pretty consistent pace with these books, publishing (I believe) one per year since beginning the series, similar to how Seanan McGuire rolls with the October Daye books.
I’m sure someone with a firmer grasp of publishing terminology than me could describe them better, but yeah…they’re neither mass market paperback size nor (traditional) trade paperback size, but somewhere sort of…in between?Īnyway, the books jump out at you, for sure. First of all, those sort’ve faux vintage movie poster covers are super fucking eye catching, and also the size of the paperbacks makes these books really stand out. The Sandman Slim series by Richard Kadrey is one I’ve been super eager to get started on. START EVERY BOOK SERIES YOU WANT AND EMBRACE THE HORROR OF YOUR ENDLESS TBR!!! I don’t make the rules, but there are no rules any more. I’m sure I’ve started more than a few reviews this year (I’m not checking) talking about how I’m gonna really buckle down, dig deep, and finish more series/trilogies, as opposed to starting new ones. But when his first stop saddles him with an abusive talking head, Stark discovers that the road to absolution and revenge is much longer than you’d expect, and both Heaven and Hell have their own ideas for his future. Or, if you’re James Stark, you spend eleven years in Hell as a hitman before finally escaping, only to land back in the hell-on-earth that is Los Angeles.
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