When I picked up this book I didn't realise that it's the 3rd volume of the author's series called "The Dog Faced Gods". I don't normally read novels in series because it's so often difficult to find the first one first and so on! However, I liked the sound of this story so soldiered on. I found there was just enough reference to previous books to give me an understanding of where the tale had come from.
Cass Jones is a former police officer, only nowadays he's on the run accused of murder. His ex-colleagues are busy trying to find a killer who is spreading a deadly virus through London, while Cass is trying to prove his innocence. The police investigation raises troubling clues that Cass might be innocent after all, much to the displeasure of certain senior officers, but how does it all tie in with The Network and The Bank? Who is Mr Bright and where did he and his colleagues come from? Do they really have as much power as they think they do?
What is hell and where is heaven? The Dying has started and Mr Bright needs to take extraordinary measures.
This is an unusual take on where the human race has been, where it came from and why, presented in a near future where these questions begin to take on a whole new meaning. Is Lucifer as black as he's painted in myth and where is God in human history?
You might not like the ending (as a matter of personal morality) but the story is original and will hold your attention. But try to read "A Matter of Blood" and "The Shadow of the Soul" first!
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