Demons
A Novel
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- $9.99
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- $9.99
Publisher Description
“An allegory for our time, full of creepy splendorand excitement . . . Demons is a brave and smart book. Read it if you dare.”—San Francisco Bay Guardian
“Demons is funny, outrageous, and frightening, and, as a metaphor for our times, it works frighteningly well.”—Rocky Mountain News
In a future uncomfortably close to the present day, the apocalypse has surpassed all expectations. Hideous demons roam the streets in an orgy of terror, drawing pleasure from torturing humans as sadistically as possible. Ira, a young San Francisco artist, becomes involved with a strange group of scientists and philosophers desperately trying to end the bloody siege. But the most shocking revelation is yet to come. . . .
Praise for Demons
“Barely street-legal, Shirley’s Bosch-like visions mark him out as perhaps the closest thing contemporary American fantasy has to a genuine ‘outsider artist.’”—William Gibson
“John Shirley is an adventurer, returning from dark and troubled regions with visionary tales to tell. I heartily recommend a journey with John Shirley at your side.”—Clive Barker
“John Shirley writes like a runaway train. . . . Intensely suspenseful, visionary, surreal, and every bit as gritty and immediate and believable as a police report, this book will scare you, dazzle you, and delight you.”—Tim Powers
Customer Reviews
Finally in the iBook Store!
One of my very favorite books. The title is a touch deceiving in that "demons" may lead you to thinking more "biblical" while this story is far more fantastic and refreshing.
With an iron hand, it touches on our current world, its elites and maybe even some conspiracy theory type subjects here and there, stitching out a truly fascinating story, extremely relevant to our time.
Highly recommended! I've been checking the iBookstore since it came out, hoping each time that they'd have demons. Finally!
Also check out In Darkness Waiting by John Shirley—crazy crazy cool!
No thanks
Very hard to read very bipolar-ish