Kill the Dead

Sandman Slim, Book 2

By: Richard Kadrey

Narrated by: MacLeod Andrews

Length: 13 hrs and 20 mins

Publisher's summary

James Stark, a.k.a. Sandman Slim, crawled out of Hell, took bloody revenge for his girlfriend’s murder, and saved the world along the way. After that, what do you do for an encore? You take a lousy job tracking down monsters for money. It’s a depressing gig, but it pays for your beer and cigarettes. But in L.A., things can always get worse.

Like when Lucifer comes to town to supervise his movie biography and drafts Stark as his bodyguard. Sandman Slim has to swim with the human and inhuman sharks of L.A.’s underground power elite. That’s before the murders start. And before he runs into the Czech porn star who isn’t quite what she seems. Even before all those murdered people start coming back from the dead and join a zombie army that will change our world and Stark’s forever.

Death bites. Life is worse. All things considered, Hell’s not looking so bad.

More mayhem? Try another eerie earful of Sandman Slim.

©2010 Richard Kadrey (P)2010 Brilliance Audio, Inc.

Critic reviews

"Profane, intensely metaphoric language somehow makes self-tortured monster Stark sympathetic and turns a simple story into a powerful noir thriller." ( Publishers Weekly)

If you liked the first book you'll love the second

I loved the character development of this book! It wasn't as much about the events as letting you get to know the characters, and it was a great time.

Great second in a series.

Terrific story and performance. Enjoyed the surprise development of characters. On to the next one.

Fun and Entertaining

No it's not a masterpiece, but who wants one? What it is, is fun, entertaining and a great bit of WSOD. Irreverent, thought provoking and conflicted.

Enjoy!

great narration, lacklustre story

Like with the first book, The narration was amazing. the dialogue, especially that from Stark felt extremely forced this time around as though the author were trying to push as many ridiculous jokes in as possible. the story plodded along slowly until the climax, which wasn't terribly exciting, then slowed back down for the epilogue which drug on too long.

Not nearly as good as the first

I certainly didn't struggle to finish this book but I wasn't nearly as into it as I was the first one. The story seemed quite a bit shorter and not quite as complex

Good fun

Enjoyed this entry in the series, maybe not as good as the first but still good. I keep on comparing it to The Dresden Files while I listen.

Pretty Decent Story, Elite Writing and Narration

Another solid Sandman Slim Story. I caught myself drifting off a time or two and had to replay a chapter. It was worth doing, as I really enjoy this series and have been entertained. I am convinced I will be listening to the next book in this series right away. I am a bigtime urban fantasy fan, and this series is unique enough that you will be hard pressed to find another series like this. I would recommend the Sandman Slim series to other urban fantasy fans. I think Macleod Andrews is a very solid narrator, and his voice has become Sandman Slim to me.

I love this series!

One of the best series I have ever read and listened to ever
On
My third listen

accidentally love it!

I didn't intend to like sandman slim, I was messing with a buddies iPod and started listening to #1 and I was hooked from the moment he crawled out of hell. "Life's a bitch, then you die . . . if you're lucky". This is the first time a sequel outshines the original. Kadrey has a way of slowly building up to climax without losing your attention or boring you and when it's time, he knows how to bring down the house. I am excited to continue this ride!

i loved it

Would you recommend this audiobook to a friend? If so, why?

It's great from beginning to end

What did you like best about this story?

Everything

Which scene was your favorite?

The manifestation of the Gladius.

Did you have an extreme reaction to this book? Did it make you laugh or cry?

I laughed some