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The Dead Take the A Train

By Richard Kadrey & Cassandra Khaw
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Publisher Description

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 unhinged eldritch horror.

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.

A 2024 Dragon Awards for Best Horror Novel nominee!

At the Publisher's request, this title is being sold without Digital Rights Management Software (DRM) applied.

613 Reviews

3.5
Anxious Face with sweat“What started as what I could only picture as an adult version of Buffy also got more Buffy-verse as the MMC was a despicable lawyer at a Angel-esque Wolfram and Hart agency. This was overly gory and filled with more maggots than I ever want to read about again, but it was a surprisingly fun and quick read.”
“I truly wanted to love this book a lot more than I did. It was extremely exciting at the beginning but as the story progressed it just felt like it was being dragged to an ultimately rushed ending. Some of the plot points didn’t really feel like they clicked perfectly. I loved the style and genre of this book and I hope the sequel brings me some much needed closure.”

About Richard Kadrey

CASSANDRA KHAW is the USA Today bestselling author of Nothing But Blackened Teeth and the Bram Stoker Award-winner, Breakable Things. Other notable works of theirs are The Salt Grows Heavy and British Fantasy Award and Locus Award finalist, Hammers on Bone. Khaw’s work can be found in places like The Magazine of Fantasy & Science Fiction, Year’s Best Science Fiction and Fantasy, and Tor.com. Khaw is also the co-author of The Dead Take the A Train, co-written with bestselling author Richard Kadrey.

RICHARD KADREY is the New York Times bestselling author of the Sandman Slim supernatural noir series. Sandman Slim was included in Amazon’s “100 Science Fiction & Fantasy Books to Read in a Lifetime,” and is in production as a feature film. Some of Kadrey’s other books include The Grand Dark, The Everything Box, King Bullet, and Butcher Bird. In comics, he’s written for Heavy Metal, Lucifer, and Hellblazer.

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