London Falling

Paul Cornell

London Falling

Praise for London Falling

‘Start this book early in the day people, because you ain’t going to get no sleep until it’s done’ – Ben Aaronovitch, Rivers of London

‘The Sweeney to Aaronovitch's The Bill… which shows Cornell to be a master of yet another discipline’ – Independent

‘Grittier and harder-edged than Neil Gaiman’s Neverwhere, more coherent and less estoric than China Miéville’s Kraken, less pedestrian and harder-hitting than Ben Aaronvitch’s Rivers of London’ – SFX magazine

‘A very enjoyable book, highly recommended for a long winter night!’ – Fantasy Book Critic
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What's It All About?

'An irresistible blend of guns, gangsters, cops and monsters’ Ben Aaronovitch

The dark is rising . . . Detective Inspector James Quill is about to complete the drugs bust of his career. Then his prize suspect Rob Toshack is murdered in custody. Furious, Quill pursues the investigation, co-opting intelligence analyst Lisa Ross and undercover cops Costain and Sefton. But nothing about Toshack’s murder is normal.

Toshack had struck a bargain with a vindictive entity, whose occult powers kept Toshack one step ahead of the law – until his luck ran out. Now, the team must find a 'suspect' who can bend space and time and alter memory itself. And they will kill again.

As the group starts to see London’s sinister magic for themselves, they have two choices: panic or use their new abilities. Then they must hunt a terrifying supernatural force the only way they know how: using police methods, equipment and tactics. But they must all learn the rules of this new game - and quickly. More than their lives will depend on it.

‘He's gone and written a novel too! I suspect it will be just as good as everything else he's written, and that's not fair at all’ George R R Martin

From the Tor blog

Paul Cornell is better known for his comics and Doctor Who writing, but on December 6th Tor UK publishes his first foray into urban fantasy, a gritty police investigation into the seedy underworld (literally underworld!) of London. We caught up with Paul recently to find out a little more about this exciting novel that has had high praise from George R. R. Martin, Russell T. Davies and Ben Aaronovitch.

So cops, monsters and a wicked witch – what inspired you to write London Falling?

I think I wanted to write a fantasy that could go to some very dark places and yet feature some very down to earth characters. ’Wicked witch’ is a lovely descriptor, because it describes a very precise archetype, which my police start to take apart as soon as they get past their initial terror.  How, exactly, can this be a witch?  And as the book asks, how wicked is she, really?

Read the rest of the interview on the Tor blog
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Imprint: Tor
ISBN: 9780230763210
Number of pages: 416
Dimensions: 234mm x 153mm
Format: Trade Paperback
Publication Date: 06/12/2012

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