I read At the City's Edge, Marcus Sakey's second crime novel, while I was home on vacation. His first book, The Blade Itself, garnered a heck of a lot of attention. I think I have written on a few occasions that while I like the book, I didn't love the book (... sorry Marcus!). However, this is not the forum to regurgitate my minor qualms w/ Blade (the book not the hysterically trashy Wesley Snipes Vampire movies).
At the City's Edge is a fantastic book, one that I devoured in three or four gulps. I certainly felt the stakes were a lot high in this book than the last. In Blade, Danny Carter, is trying to protect his family from the evil deeds of his past life. And in the end Danny is successful.... depending on your definition of success. With EDGE, the Evil strikes, killing our hero's brother. Jason Palmer loses his brother, but gains a nephew. It all just seemed a lot more immediate to me. There is a devastating quality to the story of a good person who loses their life and about a soldier who becomes a man not just for himself, but for the young nephew he protects. Where Blade just misses, City's Edge just clicks into place. Book Three, please!
Awesome Cover by the way.........
At the City's Edge is a fantastic book, one that I devoured in three or four gulps. I certainly felt the stakes were a lot high in this book than the last. In Blade, Danny Carter, is trying to protect his family from the evil deeds of his past life. And in the end Danny is successful.... depending on your definition of success. With EDGE, the Evil strikes, killing our hero's brother. Jason Palmer loses his brother, but gains a nephew. It all just seemed a lot more immediate to me. There is a devastating quality to the story of a good person who loses their life and about a soldier who becomes a man not just for himself, but for the young nephew he protects. Where Blade just misses, City's Edge just clicks into place. Book Three, please!
Awesome Cover by the way.........
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