Sabbath

by Nick Mamatas

Overview

Highlander meets Seven in Nick Mamatas's Sabbath, the story of a legendary warrior who dies in battle, wakes up in the present day, and is tasked with hunting down the Seven Deadly Sins.

The infamous eleventh-century warrior Hexen Sabbath is plucked from death and certain damnation by a being claiming to be an angel of the Lord, and finds himself dropped into contemporary Manhattan with no clothes, no weapons, no resources, and one mission—to track down and kill the living personifications of the Seven Deadly Sins before they bring about Armageddon.

With time running out and his only ally a destitute art gallery owner, Sabbath must fight his way through New York's elite and challenge the world's most powerful man, or an eternity of suffering will be his, and our, only reward.

Product Details

ISBN-13:	9781250170125
Publisher:	Tor Publishing Group
Publication date:	10/20/2020
Pages:	304
Sales rank:	718,331
Product dimensions:	5.48(w) x 8.25(h) x 0.68(d)

About the Author

Nick Mamatas is the author of several novels, including the instant cult classic Move Under Ground and the Lovecraftian crime novel I Am Providence. His short fiction has appeared in Best American Mystery Stories, Year's Best Science Fiction & Fantasy, Tor.com and dozens of other anthologies and magazines—much of it was recently collected in The People's Republic of Everything. Nick is also an award-winning editor and anthologist: his books include the Bram Stoker Award winner Haunted Legends (co-edited w/ Ellen Datlow), the Locus Award nominees The Future is Japanese and Hanzai Japan (both w/ Masumi Washington) and the hybrid cocktail/flash fiction title Mixed Up (w/ Molly Tanzer).

Editorial Reviews

Praise for Nick Mamatas

“Nick Mamatas continues his reign as the sharpest, funniest, most insightful and political purveyor of post-pulp pleasures going. He is the People’s Commissar of Awesome.”
—China Miéville, bestselling author of The City & the City

“Mamatas is a powerfully acerbic writer, both in fiction and online. His acid wit is infamous.” —Cory Doctorow, bestselling author of Walkaway

"Gonzo grindhouse fantasy—Tales from the Crypt meets Hercules in New York with occasional visits from St Augustine. The blood-spattered epic the current year deserves." —Max Gladstone, author of the Craft Sequence on Sabbath

“Dark and hilarious. . .I am Providence is that murder-mystery-in-a-writers-convention you didn't even know you wanted, but (like the human skin-bound book which propels the plot) you really must buy.” —Lavie Tidhar, author of Osama and The Violent Century

“If you’re looking for a wacky summer beach read with a dose of horror and you love Lovecraft, I Am Providence will satisfy your abyss of cravings—with some hilarious and pointed jabs at Lovecraftian fandom.” —Fangoria

“Mamatas knows his subject inside and out, and that makes I Am Providence all the more cutting. He's a fan himself, as well as a skeptic, and he turns his considerable authority and satirical skill toward skewering the subculture that's grown up around Lovecraft over the past century. . . . I Am Providence is pointed social commentary wrapped in a bilious in-joke—but one that's more than worth getting in on.” —Jason Heller, NPR

From the Publisher

08/26/2019

Mamatas (The People’s Republic of Everything) spins a playful but fundamentally vapid novel out of the graphic novel of the same name, deviating considerably from the original story. An enormous initial information dump explains that 11th-century warrior Hexen Sabbath has been plucked from his death on the field of battle by Abathar—an entity claiming to be an angel—and dropped into modern-day Manhattan. With no clothing or food and only the city’s map to guide him, Hexen embarks on a mission to hunt down and kill the seven deadly sins incarnate before they trigger the end of the world. Art gallery owner Jennifer Zelenova is his only ally, and his enemies include New York’s most powerful elite. As the clock ticks, Hexen has to figure out a way to keep himself (and all humankind) from suffering for eternity. The novel is packed with gore, intrigue, and sex, but suffers from uninspired characters and unintentional camp. The tone fluctuates bewilderingly and the ending falls flat. Even fans of the graphic novel will find it easy to put down this version. (Nov.)

Publishers Weekly