Ace Books
230 Pages
Copyright 2003
From the back of the book:
Taylor is the name, John Taylor. My card says I'm a detective, but what I really am is an expert on finding lost things. It's part of the gift I was born with as a child of the Nightside.
I left there a long time ago, with my skin and sanity barely intact. Now I make my living in the sunlit streets of London.
But business has been slow lately, so when Joanna Barrett showed up at my door, reeking of wealth, asking me to find her runaway teenage daughter, I didn't say no.
Then I found out exactly where the girl had gone.
The Nightside. That square mile of Hell in the middle of the city where it's always three A.M. Whre you can walk besides mythgs and drink with monsters. Where nothing is what it seems and everything is possible.
I swore I'd never return. But there's a kid in danger and a woman depending on me. So I have no choice - I'm going home...
John Taylor is a man of mystery, not only because he escaped from the Nightside, but because of his mother. The mother he doesn't know, the mother who gave him his gift... and a future that isn't all that bright.
Green introduces us to the Nightside by peeling back layers one at a time, yet leaving enough mystery to keep you reading. The Nightside is a violent, scary place, but Taylor is definitely up to the challenge.
The writing isn't bad, the pacing is decent, and the ending, I will admit, was a complete surprise. But, this was the first book in the series so there are flaws, which are easily forgiven. They don't really harm the story.
Recommendation: Not a bad start and I can't wait to visit the Nightside again. I've got the feeling it's going to be a wild ride.
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