{"product_id":"black-blood-9780553806717","title":"Black Blood","description":"\u003cp\u003eFrom John Meaney  the author of Bone Song and the most important new SF writer of the 21st century  comes a new novel  Black Blood. In it he offers his intoxicating blend of futuristic noir and gothic fantasy in a thriller that carries a cop with a personal vendetta across the barrier between life and death. Here  in a morbidly lush necropolis  he must stop a conspiracy of killers whose power is fueled by spilling  Hes lucky to be alive. Thats what everyone tells him. Except Tristopolitan police lieutenant Donal Riordan doesnt feel lucky and he isnt really alive. In one horrific moment not even death can erase from memory  Donal lost the woman he loved even as her ultimate sacrifice saved his life. Now its literally her heart that beats in his chest and her murder that Donal lives to avenge.  While being a zombie cop has its upsidesincluding inhuman reaction time and razor-sharp sensesDonals new undead status makes him the target of Tristopoliss powerful Unity Party  whose startling rise to power is built on a platform of antizombie paranoia and persecution. The Party is no friend  to be surebut its the secret cabal known as the Black Circle and their stranglehold on the citys elite that consume Donals black heart. For at the center of this ring of evil is the man responsible for his lovers murdera man Donal has already had to kill once before.  Now  with ominous reports of white wolf sightings throughout the city and a dangerous sabotage attempt at police headquarters  all signs indicate that the Black Circle is planning a magical coup dtat. And the terror will begin with a political assassination triggered by a necroninja already hidden in a place no one expects.  For Donal  its no longer a matter of life and death but something far more serious. How can he stop a killer who wont stay dead and an evil that death only makes stronger?  Times (London)\u003c\/p\u003e","brand":"My Store","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":67948383797301,"sku":"ByrdShop_0553806718","price":59.43,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"url":"https:\/\/atxbooks.com\/products\/black-blood-9780553806717","provider":"ATX Books","version":"1.0","type":"link"}