Genre Fiction
![Richard Kadrey - [object Object] author](https://res.cloudinary.com/readsomnia/image/upload/authors/a_B000APSCPU.jpg)
![Cassandra Khaw - [object Object] author](https://res.cloudinary.com/readsomnia/image/upload/authors/a_B0C6YF82GZ.jpg)
The Dead Take the A Train (Carrion City, 1)
Bestselling authors Cassandra Khaw and Richard Kadrey have teamed up to deliver a dark new story with magic, monsters, and mayhem, perfect for fans of Neil Gaiman and Joe Hill.
Julie is a coked-up, burnt-out thirty-year-old whose only retirement plan is dying early. She's been trying to establish herself in the NYC magic scene, and she'll work the most gruesome gigs, exorcize the nastiest demons, and make deals with the cruelest gods to claw her way to the top. But nothing can prepare her for the toughest job yet: when her best friend, Sarah, shows up at her door in need of help. Keeping Sarah safe becomes top priority.
Julie is desperate for a quick fix to break the dead-end grind and save her friend. But her power grab sets off a deadly chain of events that puts Sarah – and the entire world - directly in the path of annihilation.
The first explosive adventure in the Carrion City Duology, The Dead Take the A Train fuses Cassandra Khaw's cosmic horror and Richard Kadrey's gritty fantasy into a full-throttle thrill ride straight into New York's magical underbelly.
Julie is a coked-up, burnt-out thirty-year-old whose only retirement plan is dying early. She's been trying to establish herself in the NYC magic scene, and she'll work the most gruesome gigs, exorcize the nastiest demons, and make deals with the cruelest gods to claw her way to the top. But nothing can prepare her for the toughest job yet: when her best friend, Sarah, shows up at her door in need of help. Keeping Sarah safe becomes top priority.
Julie is desperate for a quick fix to break the dead-end grind and save her friend. But her power grab sets off a deadly chain of events that puts Sarah – and the entire world - directly in the path of annihilation.
The first explosive adventure in the Carrion City Duology, The Dead Take the A Train fuses Cassandra Khaw's cosmic horror and Richard Kadrey's gritty fantasy into a full-throttle thrill ride straight into New York's magical underbelly.
Editorial Reviews
"An addictive, sprawling yarn. This city brims with underhanded dealings and odd magic, and every corner writhes with fresh horrors and delights." ―Hailey Piper, Bram Stoker Award-winning author of The Worm and His Kings
"This is lush gore, a bloody fantastic ride where people with metaphorical demons fight literal ones, and the lost are saved not by grace but by barbed wire and love. Hop on this train now." ―Kevin Hearne, New York Times bestselling author
"A fast-paced madhouse of mayhem combining the best of Kadrey's thrillers with Khaw's gruesome Lovecraftian horror....The Dead Take the A Train is a blast and highly recommended for dark fantasy and horror fans looking for a good time." ―Grimdark Magazine
"Fast-paced and thoroughly entertaining!" ―Lucy A. Snyder, author of Sister, Maiden, Monster
"Khaw and Kadrey raise eldritch gore to an art form….Eye-searing horror that's impossible to look away from, I already can't wait for the next book." ―Kat Howard, author of the Unseen World duology
Praise for Cassandra Khaw
"Khaw's imagination is limitless." ―Paul Tremblay, author of The Cabin at the End of the World and A Head Full of Ghosts
"One of horror's finest storytellers." ―Paste Magazine
"Khaw is a master of the terrifying tale." ―Sam J. Miller
"Khaw is a master of teasing your senses, and then terrorizing them!" ―N. K. Jemisin
"Reading Khaw is akin to watching a nightmare ballet, full of beauty and elegance, pain and fragility, and breathless terror." ―Christopher Golden
"Khaw is a prose wizard." ―Kevin Hearne
"Khaw is always compulsively readable." ―Kij Johnson
"Khaw's prose oozes dread." ―Publishers Weekly
Praise for Richard Kadrey's The Grand Dark
"Kadrey has written for us a beautiful nightmare ― one that's often eerily familiar." ―Chuck Wendig
"It's a fun and terrifying ride, gritty and relentless, burning with true love and revolutionary fervor." ―Cory Doctorow
"Unsettling and dreamlike, seductive and ...
"This is lush gore, a bloody fantastic ride where people with metaphorical demons fight literal ones, and the lost are saved not by grace but by barbed wire and love. Hop on this train now." ―Kevin Hearne, New York Times bestselling author
"A fast-paced madhouse of mayhem combining the best of Kadrey's thrillers with Khaw's gruesome Lovecraftian horror....The Dead Take the A Train is a blast and highly recommended for dark fantasy and horror fans looking for a good time." ―Grimdark Magazine
"Fast-paced and thoroughly entertaining!" ―Lucy A. Snyder, author of Sister, Maiden, Monster
"Khaw and Kadrey raise eldritch gore to an art form….Eye-searing horror that's impossible to look away from, I already can't wait for the next book." ―Kat Howard, author of the Unseen World duology
Praise for Cassandra Khaw
"Khaw's imagination is limitless." ―Paul Tremblay, author of The Cabin at the End of the World and A Head Full of Ghosts
"One of horror's finest storytellers." ―Paste Magazine
"Khaw is a master of the terrifying tale." ―Sam J. Miller
"Khaw is a master of teasing your senses, and then terrorizing them!" ―N. K. Jemisin
"Reading Khaw is akin to watching a nightmare ballet, full of beauty and elegance, pain and fragility, and breathless terror." ―Christopher Golden
"Khaw is a prose wizard." ―Kevin Hearne
"Khaw is always compulsively readable." ―Kij Johnson
"Khaw's prose oozes dread." ―Publishers Weekly
Praise for Richard Kadrey's The Grand Dark
"Kadrey has written for us a beautiful nightmare ― one that's often eerily familiar." ―Chuck Wendig
"It's a fun and terrifying ride, gritty and relentless, burning with true love and revolutionary fervor." ―Cory Doctorow
"Unsettling and dreamlike, seductive and ...
