Joseph D'Lacey Pořadí knih

Angry Robot Presents the second book in the Black Dawn duology, The Book of the Crowman.

It is the Black Dawn, a time of environmental apocalypse. It is the Bright Day, a time generations hence, when a peace has descended across the world. In each era, a child undertakes a perilous journey to find a dark messiah known as the Crowman. But is he our saviour - or the final incarnation of evil?

Abyrne is a decaying town, trapped by an advancing wilderness. Its people depend on meat for survival. Meat is sanctified and precious, eaten with devout solemnity by everyone. But a handful of people suspect Abyrne is evil, rotten to its religious heart.

"Mason Brand has fled his life as a celebrated photographer and renounced his past. He is living rough, as a hermit in the Welsh hills. But something happens to him among the mossy oaks. He begins to hear 'the calling.' Years later, giving society a final change, Mason is living within sight of Shreve's colossal landfill dump. He hears 'the calling' again. This time he will heed it, and it will lead him. For he is called to assist in the birthing of a terrible child - the Garbage Man"--P. [4] of cover.

Eine Mülldeponie in England wird zur Quelle des Unheils, als die Erde sich gegen die Verschmutzung wehrt. Aus dem menschlichen Abfall entsteht ein unaufhaltsames, monströses Wesen, das immer größer und gefräßiger wird. Halte deine Umwelt sauber – sonst schlägt sie zurück!

In der Stadt Abyrne kämpfen die Menschen ums Überleben, da eine skrupellose Minderheit die Fleischversorgung kontrolliert. Der Konflikt zwischen Herrschenden und Beherrschten eskaliert in einem schockierenden Horrorszenario, das den Leser mit einer düsteren Zukunftsvision konfrontiert.