The Everything Box

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By Richard Kadrey

Publisher Description

Reminiscent of the edgy, offbeat humor of Chris Moore and Matt Ruff, the first entry in a whimsical, fast-paced supernatural series from the New York Times bestselling author of the Sandman Slim novels—a dark and humorous story involving a doomsday gizmo, a horde of baddies determined to possess its power, and a clever thief who must steal it back . . . again and again.

22000 B.C. A beautiful, ambitious angel stands on a mountaintop, surveying the world and its little inhabitants below. He smiles because soon, the last of humanity who survived the great flood will meet its end, too. And he should know. He’s going to play a big part in it. Our angel usually doesn’t get to do field work, and if he does well, he’s certain he’ll get a big promotion.

And now it’s time . . . .

The angel reaches into his pocket for the instrument of humanity’s doom. Must be in the other pocket. Then he frantically begins to pat himself down. Dejected, he realizes he has lost the object. Looking over the Earth at all that could have been, the majestic angel utters a single word.

“Crap.”

2015. A thief named Coop—a specialist in purloining magic objects—steals and delivers a small box to the mysterious client who engaged his services. Coop doesn’t know that his latest job could be the end of him—and the rest of the world. Suddenly he finds himself in the company of The Department of Peculiar Science, a fearsome enforcement agency that polices the odd and strange. The box isn’t just a supernatural heirloom with quaint powers, they tell him.

It’s a doomsday device. They think . . .

And suddenly, everyone is out to get it.

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162 Reviews

3.5

Cindy

Created 27 days ago

audrey

Created about 1 month ago

“Kadrey’s writing style is exactly my taste - snarky, witty, little bit twisted… loved this! The ending was anticlimactic, and I thought the irony so fitting. I look forward to another Coop heist! 👻🎁”

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SJ Hill

Created about 2 months ago

“As an avid fan of mystical/religious themes, I had high hopes for this book. I wouldn't say I'm exactly disappointed so much as I was underwhelmed. In the beginning of the book, the main character Coop comes off as a Shadow Moon type, strong, a little scary, not so silent but full of sarcastic humor and quick jabs. The trouble comes with all the other supporting characters in the book. Most of the main antagonists act like stupid caricatures of what they should be or are reduced to the most basic level of character to move the plot along. From reading the little blurb on the back, I thought this was going to be more like a Good Omens situation. I was not correct. The character whose POV the snippet is from is rarely seen in the book, and he is not very compelling when he is there. Think of an early Castiel, and that's about the gist. He is very innocent and bored and does not have much going on in general. The book proceeds to jump between multiple points of view, ranging from our main character Coop, to a doomsday cult leader who feels like a suburban white dad who happens to crave the end of the world and has very stupid followers, another Apocalypse cult leader who is old and frail and is basically just waiting to die who also has very stupid followers, to a mysterious stranger travelling by foot to get in on the action and just causing fuckery and being cryptic along the way (and I absolutely loved this character until the end). In the end, everyone comes together in a (to me) very anticlimactic ending. Now, I may be too harsh on it. I was hoping for a cool book about the possible end of the world with interesting themes and some weird world building thrown in. Maybe some re-told biblical stories or hidden information. What this book actually gives you is mostly a LaCroix version of a heist / crime novel. Enough to count and be recognizable, but not enough to be completely satisfying. All in all, I enjoyed the book for what it was, but I would not put it on my list of favorites. It's a fun read that is easy to follow with characters that are sarcastically funny and entertaining.”

Duta

Created 2 months ago

Flat One-dimensional Original Confusing Disjointed Nonlinear narrative Twisty Uneven pacing Magical Clear but uninspired Hard to follow Original Takes getting used to

Andrew

Created 5 months ago

About Richard Kadrey

Richard Kadrey is the New York Times bestselling author of the Sandman Slim supernatural noir books. Sandman Slim was included in Amazon’s “100 Science Fiction & Fantasy Books to Read in a Lifetime,” and is in development as a feature film. Some of his other books include The Wrong Dead Guy, The Everything Box, Metrophage, and Butcher Bird. He also writes the Vertigo comic Lucifer.