Thomas Abbot, the leader of the Sub Rosa council of magicians, repeatedly pits Stark against King Bullet and his Shoggot thugs-fights that Stark loses, forcing him to doubt Abbot’s help and to seek other, even more powerful backup. Some of these plague victims pledge themselves to King Bullet, attacking Stark and his friends Fuck Hollywood (so named because of the T-shirt she was wearing when she first met Stark) and Carlos, the bartender of the Bamboo House of Dolls.
Stark and his close-knit group of friends and allies are living through a viral epidemic that has stricken Los Angeles, leaving many dead and others deranged, suffering from autophagia and extreme violent tendencies. "Paced like greased lightning (watch out for friction burns on your turning finger), blend the movie-ish delights of tough guy noir and such smart-mouthgore-fests as "Reanimator" and "Army of Darkness", seasoned by soupcons of Gaimanian romanticism and Koontzian sentiment.Kadrey concludes his bestselling Sandman Slim series (after Ballistic Kiss) with a knockdown magical slugfest between antihero James Stark and the mysterious King Bullet. An addictively satisfying, deeply amusing, dirty-ass masterpiece, Sandman Slim swerves hell-bent through our culture's impacted gridlock of 's like watching Sergio Leone and Clive Barker co-direct from a script by Jim Thompson and S. "The best B movie I've read in at least twenty years.
Sandman Slim is my kind of hero."-Kim Harrison Crisp world building, recognizable and fully-realized characters, and a refreshingly unique storytelling style make for an absorbing read. "Nicotine and octane in equal parts might come close to the high-energy buzz from Richard Kadrey's Sandman Slim. I couldn't put it down."-Charlaine Harris Green wrote an episode of Dog the Bounty Hunter, it would read much like Sandman Slim - violent, vivid, non-stop action of the supernatural kind. I loved this book and all its screwed-up people."-Cory Doctorow, author of Little Brother all confident and energetic and fresh and angry. "The most hard-boiled piece of supernatural fiction I've ever had the pleasure of reading. a lot like a mosh pit - rough, exuberant, unpredictable - and a heck of a lot of fun."-Miami Herald "Sarcastic, irreverent and ridiculously enjoyable riff on the Urban Fantasy genre.
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