Death's Apprentice
Death’s seventeen-year-old apprentice must learn to stand on his own as he leads an uprising against the DevilForget about Once Upon a Time . . .Built on top of the gates of Hell, Grimm City is the Devil’s capital on earth. A place where every coffee shop, nightclub and shopping mall is the...
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Death’s seventeen-year-old apprentice must learn to stand on his own as he leads an uprising against the DevilForget about Once Upon a Time . . .Built on top of the gates of Hell, Grimm City is the Devil’s capital on earth. A place where every coffee shop, nightclub and shopping mall is the potential hunting ground for a ghost, a demon, or any of the other supernatural entities that inhabit the Grimm City world.Death’s seventeen-year-old apprentice, Nathaniel, comes into his own as he leads an uprising against the Devil with the help of a half-dead wraith and a giant hit-man. What results is a bloody, brutal revolt that calls upon the loyalties of both the living and the dead.Based not only upon the Brothers Grimm well-known fairy tales, but also upon their “unknown” sagas and essays, K. W. Jeter & Gareth Jefferson Jones's Death's Apprentice is the first novel to be based upon the entire Grimm canon. Such a comprehensive, in-depth adaptation of the works of the Brothers Grimm has never been published before!
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Format: hardcover
ISBN:
9780312547714 (0312547714)
Publish date: October 30th 2012
Publisher: Thomas Dunne Books
Pages no: 304
Edition language: English
Series: Grimm City (#1)
When I first laid eyes on Death’s Apprentice it was the cover that lured me in, but we all know pretty covers doesn’t equal a good or even descent book. So I did what I always do in such cases when I’m enthralled by sight with a book, read the first page. Liked what I read and added it to my burgeon...
Death comes for one who does not want to go. This one does the unthinkable, he trades his son for more living time. His son, Nathaniel, becomes Death's apprentice. He works happily beside Death, learning is trade until something becomes known that will force him to face what he wants to be. The devi...
I just read the first chapter, and this looks like it's going to be really good.