Casino Infernale

Name: Casino Infernale
Brand: Recorded Books
Availability: InStock
Author: Simon R. Green
ISBN: 9781470347734

Author: Simon R. Green

Series: Secret Histories #7

Narrator: Gideon Emery

Unabridged: 14 hr 10 min

Format: Digital Audiobook Download

Publisher: Recorded Books

Published: 08/23/2013

Categories: Fiction, Fantasy, Urban

Synopsis

My name is Drood, Eddie Drood, aka Shaman Bond. For generations my family has protected you ordinary mortals against things that lurk in the darkness, just out of sight, but not at all out of mind.

Unfortunately, I’ve had a falling-out with my near and dear (some of whom were trying to kill me), so my true love and powerful witch, Molly Metcalf, and I are now in the employ of the Department of the Uncanny. We’ve been given an Extremely Important
Assignment: Attend Casino Infernale, an annual event held by the Shadow Bank, financiers of all global supernatural crime. Our mission: Rig the game and bring down the Shadow Bank.

But at Casino Infernale, the stakes are high indeed—winner takes all, and losers give up their souls. …

About Simon R. Green

Simon R. Green is the New York Times bestselling author of Drinking Midnight Wine, Beyond the Blue Moon, Blue Moon Rising, The Adventures of Hawk & Fisher, and the Deathstalker series. A resident of Bradford-on-Avon in England, he is currently working on the next Deathstalker novel.

Reviews

Goodreads review by L.E. on February 18, 2018

As usual for me, I say it's actually 3.88 stars. Good plot that Green kept to. Great action scenes and great descriptions. The settings were good, sometimes ingenious. The characters were solid even though he does have a habit of making one certain type of character the same. Half Droods. That is on......more

Goodreads review by Ryan on March 19, 2015

You have to love a book that plays off the James Bond theme, as often as it can, plus includes dinosaur riding Nazis, an entire race of people who remind me of Oompa Loompas (but better), inter dimensional travel, a sentient car, a game that reminds me of Merlin's battle with Madam Mim, evil banks,......more

Goodreads review by Alexander on December 03, 2013

Solid new entry into the Secret Histories series. After a journey to a haunted castle, Eddie Drood and his girlfriend, the infamous Molly Meltcalf, have new problem - they should enter the Casino Infernale, an event in which souls are traded as pennies. And, against all odds, win it... The book, as a......more

Goodreads review by Ed on July 01, 2013

I have a tough time explaining this series to people, but if I can get them to read it, they thank me. Sort of a Secret Agent meets super science and magic. I have tried to pinpoint the reason I like these books so much, and the easy answer is; they are just a lot of fun. Casino Infernale, is no exc......more