Hang Wire by Adam Christopher
“Adam Christopher’s debut novel is a noir, Philip K Dick-ish science fiction superhero
story… a novel of surreal resonances, things that are like other things, plot turns
that hearken to other plot turns. It’s often fascinating, as captivating as a
kaleidoscope… just feel it in all its weird glory.”
Cory Doctorow, author of Makers and Little Brother, on Empire State
“This is traditional heroism with a decidedly wicked and iconoclastic twist.
Inventive, engaging, bewitching, and delightful, a feast as much for fans
of the tropes as for the innocents amongst us.”
Greg Rucka, New York Times bestselling author of Alpha,
The Punisher and Batman, on Seven Wonders
When Ted Hall’s birthday dinner in San Francisco’s famous Chinatown ends with an explosion, the fire department blames a gas leak, but when Ted finds strange, personalised messages from the restaurant’s fortune cookies scattered around his apartment, his suspicions are aroused, particularly as his somnambulant travels appear to coincide with murders by the notorious Hang Wire Killer.
Meanwhile, the circus has come to town, but the Celtic dancers are taking their pagan act a little too seriously and the manager of the Olde Worlde Funfair has started talking to his vintage machines. And while the new acrobat is wowing the crowds, his frequent absences are causing tension among the performers.
Out in the city there are other new arrivals, immortals searching for an ancient power which has been unleashed, awakening something awful buried deep beneath the San Andreas Fault… a primal evil which, if not stopped, will destroy the entire world.
File Under: Urban Fantasy [ Tensile Strength | Dual Identities | The Greatest Show |
Bandits ]
Book Info:
A Stand-Alone Novel
UK Print
Date: 6th February 2014
ISBN: 9780857663160
Format: Medium (B-Format) Paperback
R.R.P.: £8.99
US/CAN Print
Date: 28th January 2014
ISBN: 9780857663177
Format: Large (Trade) Paperback
R.R.P.: US$14.99 CAN$16.99
Ebook
Date: 28th January 2014
ISBN: 9780857663184
Format: Epub & Mobi
R.R.P.: £5.49 / US$6.99
Other Angry Robot Books by This Author:
The Empire State novels:
1. Empire State (January 2012)
2. The Age Atomic (April 2013)
Stand-alone:
Seven Wonders (September 2012)
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Praise and Reviews:
For Empire State:
“Adam Christopher maintains a punchy, bestseller prose style that keeps the action rocketing along, and protagonists that seem right both in their own setting, and appropriate to what we already recognise as super heroes. Empire State is an excellent, involving read, and it fully deserves to be the start of a new universe.”
- Paul Cornell, Doctor Who scriptwriter, and author of Stormwatch and Demon Knights
“A daring, dreamlike, almost hallucinatory thriller, one that plays with the conventions of pulp fiction and superheroes like a cat with a ball of yarn.”
- Kurt Busiek, Eisner Award-winning writer of Astro City and Marvels
“As it happens, I’m a sucker for hard-boiled retro sci-fi stories; rocket-powered superheroes, spunky dames, fedoras, Studebakers slewing round gritty Gotham street-corners on two wheels, and Adam Christopher sure knows his way around a tightly spun yarn – I was a pig in poop from page one! As they say: This story? She’s a real sweater-full, with a great pair’a getaway sticks… Watch out for this Adam kid, he’s nobody’s sap. He’s got a sharp nib and a sharper wit. He’d steal your last few hours before you could say ‘cat’s pajamas’, and you’d thank him for it.”
- Billy Campbell, star of The Rocketeer
For Seven Wonders:
“This is traditional heroism with a decidedly wicked and iconoclastic twist. Inventive, engaging, bewitching, and delightful, a feast as much for fans of the tropes as for the innocents amongst us.”
- Greg Rucka, New York Times bestselling author of Alpha, The Punisher and Batman
“Adam Christopher grabbed everyone’s attention with his debut novel Empire State, and his follow up Seven Wonders will surely please all of his readers who have been waiting breathlessly for more. A smart, entertaining, energetic take on the superhero genre.”
- Victor Gischler, writer of X-Men and Deadpool
“A blast of pure pleasure. This is Watchmen meets NYPD Blue, while The Incredibles stroll by; fast-moving action infused with Christopher’s infectious love of pulp fiction and the superhero genre.”
- Philip Palmer, author of Version 43, Hell Ship and Artemis
