The Domino Men: A Novel
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| Rating | : | 4.43 (942 Votes) |
| Asin | : | 006167141X |
| Format Type | : | paperback |
| Number of Pages | : | 400 Pages |
| Publish Date | : | 2015-08-02 |
| Language | : | English |
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Machiavellian intrigue with an extra-terrestrial twist doc peterson After reading Barnes' _The Somnambulist_, I gave _The Domino Men_ a read. While initially I was impressed with Barnes' command of English in his debut novel, I was disappointed with his latest effort. The writing isn't a sharp, and the plot grew increasingly flaccid, to the point where when the prime evil that is driving the story is revealed, it is almost hysterically anti-climactic. The only saving grace here was the appearance of the "Domino Men" themselves, Harker and . I thoroughly enjoyed this book I thoroughly enjoyed this book. I think at some point I may have heard of Barnes’ first novel, The Somnambulist, but I can’t swear to that. This is book #2 in a series – a fact that irks me no end when I find out after I finished the book. But, I think they can be read as single novels with no detriment to the reader.This was classified as a horror/fantasy novel. I really got no sense of horror at all. To me this novel is fantasy through and through. Darn. Continuations of Pandaemonic London C. S. Ivanyi Barnes's first effort, The Somnambulist, was a great beginning, albeit with an ending as dissatisfying as the aftertaste of a bad diet cola. His newest returns the reader once again to London, though a modern London, and once again, nasty things are afoot (and underfoot). Henry Lamb, the very appropriately named main character, is a mild mannered filing clerk about to take the trip of his life.Barnes populates his London with all manner of human (and demi-human) oddities,
An amiable, unambitious London file clerk, Henry Lamb leads an unremarkable life—until the day he learns he's expected to assume the covert responsibilities of his universally despised, now comatose grandfather. Now, generations later, the bill has finally come due. London is at war, and a shadowy organization known (to a very few) as the Directorate wishes to recruit Henry to the cause. All he has to do is find "the girl," save the world from the monster Leviathan, and defeat the unspeakable evil lurking in the cellar of 10 Downing Street: the serial-slaying schoolboy twins known as the Domino Men.. In an earlier century, Queen Victoria made a Faustian bargain, signing London and all its souls away to a nefarious, inhuman entity
Barnes's second novel, a compelling supernatural thriller, shows his impressive debut, The Somnambulist (2008), was no fluke. Thanks to Barnes's evocative prose, readers will easily suspend disbelief. Now the bill is due. In 1857, Queen Victoria promised the souls of the people of London to a monstrous Lovecraftian entity known as the Leviathan. (Feb.)Copyright © Reed Business Information, a division of Reed Elsevier Inc. From Publishers Weekly Starred Review. All rights reserved. Since Lamb's grandfather held the secret to the whereabouts of a woman named Estella, who's critical to containing the Leviathan, the members of the Directorate regard Lamb as their best hope for locating Estella. Those who enjoy the grafting of fantasy elements onto contemporary urban landscapes will be more than satisfied. . Shadowy figures working for a covert government agency called the Directorate i