The Everything Box, Richard Kadrey
The Everything Box, Richard Kadrey
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The Everything Box
A Novel

Author: Richard Kadrey

Narrator: Oliver Wyman

Unabridged: 11 hr 47 min

Format: Digital Audiobook Download (DRM Protected)

Publisher: HarperAudio

Published: 04/19/2016


Synopsis

Reminiscent of the edgy, offbeat humor of Chris Moore and Matt Ruff, the first entry in a whimsical, fast-paced supernatural series from the New York Times bestselling author of the Sandman Slim novels—a dark and humorous story involving a doomsday gizmo, a horde of baddies determined to possess its power, and a clever thief who must steal it back . . . again and again.22000 B.C. A beautiful, ambitious angel stands on a mountaintop, surveying the world and its little inhabitants below. He smiles because soon, the last of humanity who survived the great flood will meet its end, too. And he should know. He’s going to play a big part in it. Our angel usually doesn’t get to do field work, and if he does well, he’s certain he’ll get a big promotion.And now it’s time . . . .The angel reaches into his pocket for the instrument of humanity’s doom. Must be in the other pocket. Then he frantically begins to pat himself down. Dejected, he realizes he has lost the object. Looking over the Earth at all that could have been, the majestic angel utters a single word.“Crap.”2015. A thief named Coop—a specialist in purloining magic objects—steals and delivers a small box to the mysterious client who engaged his services. Coop doesn’t know that his latest job could be the end of him—and the rest of the world. Suddenly he finds himself in the company of The Department of Peculiar Science, a fearsome enforcement agency that polices the odd and strange. The box isn’t just a supernatural heirloom with quaint powers, they tell him.It’s a doomsday device. They think . . .And suddenly, everyone is out to get it.

About Richard Kadrey

Richard Kadrey is the New York Times bestselling author of the Sandman Slim supernatural noir books. Sandman Slim was included in Amazon’s “100 Science Fiction & Fantasy Books to Read in a Lifetime,” and is in development as a feature film. Some of his other books include The Wrong Dead Guy, The Everything Box, Metrophage, and Butcher Bird. He also writes the Vertigo comic Lucifer.


Reviews

Goodreads review by David on March 17, 2016

Just a touch biased, as I was the editor for this book... But that just means that I loved it in the first place. I'll be up front: humorous writing is hard. Humorous sci-fi and fantasy is probably even harder, because you're always up against the comps of Douglas Adams and Terry Pratchett (talk abou......more

Goodreads review by Choko on April 29, 2019

Very silly, but an enjoyable read:)......more

Goodreads review by Skip on April 26, 2016

I thought this book was okay times, but suffered from too many characters and too much chaos. I like his Sandman Slim series much better, perhaps because I understand the characters better and edgier. The comparisons to Christopher Moore's humor should have been taken more seriously, at least by me.......more

Goodreads review by Megan on June 20, 2016

This book had the potential to be one of my favorite books. Sadly it failed to use the potential and became what I can only describe as a repetitive book. The book shifts between heists that could have been much more epic, to the main character being kidnapped, to planning the heist and then another......more

Goodreads review by Jason on July 27, 2016

2 Stars The Everything Box simply was not my cup of tea. I am a huge fan of Richard Kadrey and I cannot get enough of his Sandman Slim series. I absolutely consider him one of my favorite authors. This book was not a Sandman Slim novel. It is supposed to be funny and at times it is, but there is sim......more