Dead Set

New York Times bestselling author Richard Kadrey has published nine novels, including Sandman Slim, Kill the Dead, Aloha from Hell, Devil Said Bang, Kill City Blues, The Getaway God, Killing Pretty, Butcher Bird, and Metrophage, and more than fifty stories. He has been immortalized as an action figure, his short story "Goodbye Houston Street, Goodbye," was nominated for a British Science Fiction Association Award, and Butcher Bird was nominated for the Prix Elbakin in France. A freelance writer and photographer, he lives in San Francisco, California.

"A dark and eerie world, a razor sharp plot, and a heroine worth rooting for make DEAD SET unforgettable." -- Kami Garcia "If punk and underworld mythology got into the mosh pit, it would come out something like this book; spiky and pretty with lashings of black eyeliner and its heart tattooed on its sleeve." -- Lauren Beukes "A fantastic supernatural horror novel with deep punk roots ... Kadrey's underworld is a gloomy mirror of the overworld with all its injustice and broken dreams, and Zoe's battle with her fear and her honorable spirit put her in enough jeopardy for six novels. -- Cory Doctorow, Boing Boing "Kadrey again has painted a world that draws you in with its mysterious, yet frightening, beauty...The imagery is just phenomenal." -- Crimespree Magazine "An intelligent stand-alone tale of quiet horror that should appeal to Kadrey's many fans, as well as to lovers of more subtle shivers." -- Library Journal "This bittersweet and elegaic fantasy will appeal to both fantasy fans and mainstream readers." -- Publishers Weekly "A tender, if terrifying, story of a lost teenager trying to find her way." -- Los Angeles Times