Lay Saints, by award-winning SF author Adam Connell, takes readers on a sinister ride through a twisted cityscape where hidden telepaths ply their trade, reading or altering the thoughts of the "hacks" around them, for the right price.
Lay Saints opens with Calder, a man whose special abilities nearly drove him insane, until he learned how to shut out the static of other people's thoughts and make money from reading minds. He continues to avoid people as much as he can but eventually his nomadic existence takes him to New York, for the first time. In the city, one gang of black-market telepaths figures out who and what he is. They force him to help them pull off a big-ticket job, swaying the vote of a powerful politician.
There's another gang, secretly operating out of an upscale nightclub, working the other side of this job, and soon Calder is caught in a lethal game of manipulation and shifting alliances. Connell's gritty and provocative tale is filled with fascinating characters, all seeking to get an edge over each other in the city that never sleeps where no good deed goes unpunished.
Selected by Kirkus Reviews as a Best Book of 2012, in 4 categories, chief among them SF.
Chosen by Barnes & Noble as one of the Top 5 Science Fiction Novels of 2012.
"Connell pulls the psychic scenario out of the usual mystical dungeon and gives it a bracing, noir-edged urban naturalism. A stylish reimagining of the psychic mystery genre. The engrossing result feels like an ESP-themed mash-up of The Sopranos and The Wire as scripted by Quentin Tarantino."
-- Kirkus Reviews (starred review)
"Adam Connell's Lay Saints is a sleek homage to noir with a fantasy twist. His style is in turns reminiscent of Elmore Leonard, Chuck Palahniuk, and William Gibson, but his voice is all his own. It's sleazy, it's violent, it's honest, and it's a damn good read."
-- BlueInk Review (starred review)
"Connell's mastery at character development--and not just the main characters; every single one--makes this a deeply fascinating read. And, like Counterfeit Kings, there are no stereotypical heroes or villains here: everyone is painted in varying shades of gray. The characters are all strong and compelling but deeply and, sometimes fatally, flawed."
-- Explorations: The Barnes & Noble SF/F Blog
"Lay Saints, with its realistic and complex cast of protagonists and the added bonus of wild talents up for exploit, is a powerful read that is gritty, honest, gripping and unpredictable."
-- The Midwest Book Review
Lay Saints, by award-winning SF author Adam Connell, takes readers on a sinister ride through a twisted cityscape where hidden telepaths ply their trade, reading or altering the thoughts of the "hacks" around them, for the right price.
Lay Saints opens with Calder, a man whose special abilities nearly drove him insane, until he learned how to shut out the static of other people's thoughts and make money from reading minds. He continues to avoid people as much as he can but eventually his nomadic existence takes him to New York, for the first time. In the city, one gang of black-market telepaths figures out who and what he is. They force him to help them pull off a big-ticket job, swaying the vote of a powerful politician.
There's another gang, secretly operating out of an upscale nightclub, working the other side of this job, and soon Calder is caught in a lethal game of manipulation and shifting alliances. Connell's gritty and provocative tale is filled with fascinating characters, all seeking to get an edge over each other in the city that never sleeps where no good deed goes unpunished.
Selected by Kirkus Reviews as a Best Book of 2012, in 4 categories, chief among them SF.
Chosen by Barnes & Noble as one of the Top 5 Science Fiction Novels of 2012.
"Connell pulls the psychic scenario out of the usual mystical dungeon and gives it a bracing, noir-edged urban naturalism. A stylish reimagining of the psychic mystery genre. The engrossing result feels like an ESP-themed mash-up of The Sopranos and The Wire as scripted by Quentin Tarantino."
-- Kirkus Reviews (starred review)
"Adam Connell's Lay Saints is a sleek homage to noir with a fantasy twist. His style is in turns reminiscent of Elmore Leonard, Chuck Palahniuk, and William Gibson, but his voice is all his own. It's sleazy, it's violent, it's honest, and it's a damn good read."
-- BlueInk Review (starred review)
"Connell's mastery at character development--and not just the main characters; every single one--makes this a deeply fascinating read. And, like Counterfeit Kings, there are no stereotypical heroes or villains here: everyone is painted in varying shades of gray. The characters are all strong and compelling but deeply and, sometimes fatally, flawed."
-- Explorations: The Barnes & Noble SF/F Blog
"Lay Saints, with its realistic and complex cast of protagonists and the added bonus of wild talents up for exploit, is a powerful read that is gritty, honest, gripping and unpredictable."
-- The Midwest Book Review
Lay Saints
Lay Saints
Product Details
| BN ID: | 2940033185238 |
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| Publisher: | Adam Connell |
| Publication date: | 04/25/2012 |
| Sold by: | Smashwords |
| Format: | eBook |
| File size: | 507 KB |