SABBATH
By Nick Mamatas
Tor Books
302 pgs
Hexen Sabbath is an 11th Century British knight
who enjoys his life of battle and pillaging. He considers himself a Christian
warrior and meets his death in combat when he refuses to slay an innocent boy.
Centuries later he awakens in modern New York brought back from the dead by an
Angel to complete a mission for God. The seven deadly sins have been
personified in human form and are planning to destroy the world in a nuclear
holocaust. It is Sabbath’s mission to find them and slay them all by
decapitation thereby saving mankind.
Before he can begin his gruesome work, Sabbath is befriended
by a young woman of Russian descent named Jennifer. Realizing he needs a guide
in this new age, he reveals his identity to her and his mission. To his
surprise, she reluctantly becomes his ally. By doing so she instantly becomes a
target of Sabbath’s most cunning opponents, Pride. In our world, Pride is a
powerful politician with aspirations to become the President.
“Sabbath” is dark, humorous romp through today’s
sensibilities as it satirically depicts each of the Seven Deadly Sins in all
too recognizable personas the readers will be familiar with. There is also lots
of blood and gore along the way. It is a daring romp with no quarter given as
philosophy meets spirituality head on. This books rocks.
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