· The Blue Blazes by Chuck Wendig. 16 October Natassia Alternate History, Demons, Mythology, Reviews, Urban Fantasy 0. An edgy thrilling ride, the intro to the Mookie Pearl series is as enticing as the name The Blue Blazes implies. Page after page, I was reminded why Wendig is a writer’s writer through his gritty storytelling. “The Blue Blazes is a fun, fast-paced novel that blends the best of noir, a Dungeons Dragons Monster Manual, and melodrama into something special.” – Fantasy Faction “So if you need something dark, gritty, and fun, I recommend The Blue Blazes.” – Three Crow PressEstimated Reading Time: 1 min. · The Blue Blazes is the story of Mookie Pearl, a mountain of muscle working for the mob. But in Wendig's vision of NYC, the Water Management Agency dug too deeply and greedily (like the dwarves of Khazad-dûm) in its effort to build a new tunnel, and it inadvertently opened a hole to Hell complete with goblins, Snakefaces and a host of other nightmares/5().
The Blue Blazes is an iceberg kind of book. There's so much going on under the surface (in more ways than one) that you are quite dazzled by it. And Wendig takes advantage of that bedazzlement to give you several swift kicks in the gut. (Ed Note: Edited from original because repetitive word choice is repetitive.). Chuck Wendig. Charles David Wendig (born Ap) is an American author, comic book writer, screenwriter, and blogger. He is best known for his online blog Terribleminds, for his Star Wars novel trilogy Aftermath, the first book of which debuted at #4 on The New York Times Best Seller list and #4 on USA Today 's best seller list. The Blue Blazes ebook By Chuck Wendig. Sign up to save your library. With an OverDrive account, you can save your favorite libraries for at-a-glance information about availability. Find out more about OverDrive accounts. Save Not today. Format. ebook. Author. Chuck Wendig. Publisher. Watkins Media. Release. 28 May
“The Blue Blazes is a fun, fast-paced novel that blends the best of noir, a Dungeons Dragons Monster Manual, and melodrama into something special.” – Fantasy Faction “So if you need something dark, gritty, and fun, I recommend The Blue Blazes.” – Three Crow Press. The Blue Blazes is the latest of Chuck Wendig's innovative urban fantasies. The main character, Mookie Pearl, is a thick-headed mountain of a man working for the Organization, the criminal syndicate that controls NYC at street level. Below the streets is another story entirely, for that is the Underworld, the territory of Gobbos, Roach-Rats. Still, in the end it’s an incredibly entertaining novel, and another winner for Chuck Wendig. The Blue Blazes is published by Angry Robot. It is available on May 28th, Stefan Raets reads.
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