Fade to Black

Name: Fade to Black
Brand: Hachette Audio
Availability: InStock
Rating: 3.67 (3 reviews)
Author: Francis Knight
ISBN: 9781619693739

Author: Francis Knight

Series: Rojan Dizon Novel #1

Narrator: Paul Thornley

Unabridged: 10 hr 31 min

Format: Digital Audiobook Download

Publisher: Orbit

Published: 02/26/2013

Categories: Fiction, Fantasy, Paranormal, Urban, Epic, Mystery & Detective, Hard-Boiled, Gothic

Synopsis

From the depths of a valley rises the city of Mahala

It's a city built upwards, not across -- where streets are built upon streets, buildings upon buildings. A city that the Ministry rules from the sunlit summit, and where the forsaken lurk in the darkness of Under.

Rojan Dizon doesn't mind staying in the shadows, because he's got things to hide. Things like being a pain-mage, with the forbidden power to draw magic from pain. But he can't hide for ever.

Because when Rojan stumbles upon the secrets lurking in the depths of the Pit, the fate of Mahala will depend on him using his magic. And unlucky for Rojan -- this is going to hurt.

Author Bio

Francis Knight was born and lives in Sussex, UK. She has held a variety of jobs from being a groom in the Balearics, where she punched a policeman and got away with it, to an IT administrator. When not living in her own head, she enjoys SFF geekery, WWE geekery, teaching her children Monty Python quotes and boldly going and seeking out new civilisations.

Reviews

Goodreads review by Felicia on January 27, 2013

I got this ARC from the publisher (YEAH IM ON A LIST!!!) This is a really cool, dystopian sort of fantasy/sci-fi world mashup, it's hard to describe, because there's magic and yet there's tech as well. It's supposed to be very China Mieville, but since I've never been able to get through one of those......more

Goodreads review by TheBookSmugglers on February 11, 2013

Original review posted at Kirkus "I believe in cash, and that men aren’t made for monogamy, that there isn’t a woman alive I can’t get into bed if I try hard enough, and never cross the Ministry. Shit like that. I believe them like crazy." The city of Mahala is built upwards and its populace spread a......more

Goodreads review by Sam on February 26, 2013

Fade to Black is Francis Knight’s debut novel, and I have to say, it kept me glued to my seat. It starts off with Rojan, the protagonist, trying to catch a runaway girl, who tries to electrocute him and set him on fire when he goes after her, and keeps at that level of action until the last page of t......more