The Procession of the Dead - Shan, Darren
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The first volume in a noirish, gritty urban fantasy for adults from the bestselling Children's author.
Quick-witted and cocksure, young upstart Capac Raimi arrives in the City determined to make his mark. As he learns the tricks of his new trade from his Uncle Theo - extortion, racketeering, threatening behaviour - he's soon well on his way to becoming a promising new gangster. Then he 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…mehr

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The first volume in a noirish, gritty urban fantasy for adults from the bestselling Children's author.

Quick-witted and cocksure, young upstart Capac Raimi arrives in the City determined to make his mark. As he learns the tricks of his new trade from his Uncle Theo - extortion, racketeering, threatening behaviour - he's soon well on his way to becoming a promising new gangster. Then he 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.

As Capac begins to discover more about the extent of the Cardinal's influence on his own life he is faced with hard choices. And as his ambition soars ever higher he will learn all there is to know about loss, and the true cost of ultimate power...
Autorenporträt
Darren Shan ist das Pseudonym des Schriftstellers Darren O'Shaughnessy, geb. 1972 in London. 1978 zog seine Familie nach Limerick in Irland. Darren Shan studierte Soziologie und Englisch und arbeitete danach einige Jahre für eine Fernsehfirma, bevor er sich ganz dem Schreiben widmete. Wenn Darren Shan nicht an neuen Büchern arbeitet, genießt er seine umfassende Filmsammlung, lange Spaziergänge, Fußball und Reisen.
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'A beguiling read ... a fantastic revelation at the end' SFX

'Explicit, brutal fantasy ... the narrative voice is engagingly cocky and the action races along' The Times

'A crime noir fantasy exploring the darkest corners of power ... a world of secrets and mysteries where nothing and nobody are what they seem' Sun Herald (Australia)