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Sharper than a Serpent's Tooth
Private eye John Taylor is facing his most dangerous foe yet: his mother. She created the Nightside, and now she intends to obliterate it.
The Nightside is the supernatural heart of London, a dark place full of dark, shady characters, a corrupt place, where both dreams and nightmares come true, where anything can be bought for the right price, and where it is forever 3 a.m.
But to private detective John Taylor the Nightside is home, and he won’t allow his home to be destroyed – even if he has to defeat his own mother to save it.
He may be the only person able to stop her from exterminating the Nightside, a place she created – but there’s a prophecy which says no matter what action he takes, not only is the Nightside doomed, but the rest of the world will soon follow…
Nothing is ever simple.
Sharper than a Serpent’s Tooth is the sixth title in Simon R. Green’s New York Times bestselling Nightside series.
The Nightside is the supernatural heart of London, a dark place full of dark, shady characters, a corrupt place, where both dreams and nightmares come true, where anything can be bought for the right price, and where it is forever 3 a.m.
But to private detective John Taylor the Nightside is home, and he won’t allow his home to be destroyed – even if he has to defeat his own mother to save it.
He may be the only person able to stop her from exterminating the Nightside, a place she created – but there’s a prophecy which says no matter what action he takes, not only is the Nightside doomed, but the rest of the world will soon follow…
Nothing is ever simple.
Sharper than a Serpent’s Tooth is the sixth title in Simon R. Green’s New York Times bestselling Nightside series.
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Reviews
A macabre and thoroughly entertaining world
Fast, fun, adventurous detection in a setting in which nearly anything's possible
Sam Spade meets Sirius Black . . . inventively gruesome ENTERTAINMENT WEEKLY
Superlative . . . an intricate and action-filled plot that seamlessly blends crime and the supernatural
Readers who prefer their gore with huge melodramatic flourishes and a side of slyly amusing repartee will find John Taylor at least the equal of Jim Butcher's Chicago wizard PI Harry Dresden
Cross The X-Files with The Twilight Zone, add a pinch of The Outer Limits and a dash of Eerie, Indiana, and one might have a glimmer of an idea what the Nightside is like
A captivating tale starring a heroic and endearing character whose thoughts when he is in danger are hilarious
Totally enjoyable . . . take a vacation into the Nightside . . . just try not to get lost in it
Taylor is the Sam Spade for the twenty-first century, willing to stare down an angel, a demon, or a god. [The] Nightside has the meanest of the mean streets, and John Taylor is right at home there
Fast-paced and amusing, as well as packed with inventive details
A tour-de-force
