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Kadrey's Butcher Bird -- free download |
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Night Shade Books has made the entire text of Butcher Bird
available as a DRM-free download, in a wide variety of formats. Kadrey
is the author of one of the quintessential cyberpunk novels, Metrophage
(which you can also read online.)
Spyder Lee is a happy man who lives in San Francisco and owns a tattoo
shop. One night an angry demon tries to bite his head off before he's
saved by a stranger. The demon infected Spyder with something awful -
the truth. He can suddenly see the world as it really is: full of
angels and demons and monsters and monster-hunters. A world full of
black magic and mysteries. These are the Dominions, parallel worlds
full of wonder, beauty and horror. The Black Clerks, infinitely old and
infinitely powerful beings whose job it is to keep the Dominions in
balance, seem to have new interests and a whole new agenda. Dropped
into the middle of a conflict between the Black Clerks and other forces
he doesn't fully understand, Spyder finds himself looking for a magic
book with the blind swordswoman who saved him. Their journey will take
them from deserts to lush palaces, to underground caverns, to the heart
of Hell itself.

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