Book 32: "Something from the Nightside" by Simon R. Green
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kittiwakeMany of the sleek and gleaming vehicles darting through the Nightside had to be new to Joanna; shapes and sizes and even concepts that had never known the light of day; some of them powered from sources best no thought about too much, if you wanted to sleep at night. Taxis that ran on debased holy water, limousines that ran on fresh blood, ambulances that ran on distilled suffering. You can turn a profit from anything, in the Nightside. I had to take Joanna by the arm as she drifted unrealisingly too close to the edge of the pavement.
"Careful!" I said loudly in her ear. "Some of those things aren't really cars. And some of them are hungry."
Walk down a particular tunnel, or through a certain door and you may find yourself in the Nightside. The Nightside is a magical and dangerous place; square mile of London where it is always three in the morning and the moon is much larger (or maybe much closer) than in the real world.
John Taylor used to live in the Nightside, but has been working as a private detective in London for the past five years, because too many people were trying to kill him on the Nightside. When a woman asks him to track down her runaway daughter Cathy, who is thought to be in the Nightside, he has to go back. Taylor has a power that only works in the Nightside; he can find anything or anyone, but using his power allows his enemies to track him, and whatever called Cathy to the Nightside seems to have the power to hide her from him.
Enjoyable.
"Careful!" I said loudly in her ear. "Some of those things aren't really cars. And some of them are hungry."
Walk down a particular tunnel, or through a certain door and you may find yourself in the Nightside. The Nightside is a magical and dangerous place; square mile of London where it is always three in the morning and the moon is much larger (or maybe much closer) than in the real world.
John Taylor used to live in the Nightside, but has been working as a private detective in London for the past five years, because too many people were trying to kill him on the Nightside. When a woman asks him to track down her runaway daughter Cathy, who is thought to be in the Nightside, he has to go back. Taylor has a power that only works in the Nightside; he can find anything or anyone, but using his power allows his enemies to track him, and whatever called Cathy to the Nightside seems to have the power to hide her from him.
Enjoyable.
