Reviews

"This is a fantastic departure for Vachss. Lean as a prehistoric corpse and full of magic without an overabundance of geegaws and wizard hats. One of his most original and among his best. And that's saying something."Joe R. Lansdale, Edgar award-winning author of The Hap & Leonard Series "I've been reading Vachss for 30 years and he only gets better. This time, he delivers the payload of his righteous obsession with child protection in a new weapon: a science fiction tale, the dystopian story of a killer and the child he bonds with set in an arresting world that's like a dark, shattered mirror of our own." Barry Eisler, bestselling author of the John Rain Series (Carbon) is a stupendous piece of work, a genre-busting masterpiece that is a whole new direction in fiction. As astonishing as it is compulsively readable and as always with Andrew Vachss, the compassion and empathy for the vulnerable and victimized is heart-wrenching. May be the finest work yet from the master of the art. Ken Bruen, award winning author of the Jack Taylor Series. "In CARBON, Andrew Vachss gives us a fascinating new character, "Carbon White", a man who walks alone in a world that is part dystopian future, part urban fantasy. Carbon is a hard man in a harder world, a former private investigator who now takes occasional "jobs" for people in need. To say more would be spoiling the story, but Carbon White does indeed possess a soft heart. His interaction with another character - which we are led to believe may be long-term - proves again the toughest man in the room is the one who is strong enough to be compassionate." Will Graham, author of VEGAS KNIGHTS