The Getaway God

The Getaway God
Richard Kadrey

A smart, kick-arse Urban Fantasy from a new master of the genre. The Getaway God is the sixth book in the fantastic Sandman Slim series.Sandman Slim must save himself—and the entire world—from the wrath of some enraged and vengeful ancient gods in this sixth high-octane adventure in the New York Times bestselling series.Being a half-human, half-angel nephilim with a bad rep and a worse attitude—not to mention temporarily playing Lucifer—James Stark aka Sandman Slim has made a few enemies. None, though, are as fearsome as the vindictive Angra Om Ya—the old gods. But their imminent invasion is only one of Stark’s problems right now. LA is descending into chaos, and a new evil—the Wildfire Ripper—is stalking the city.No ordinary killer, The Ripper takes Stark deep into a conspiracy that stretches from Earth to Heaven and Hell. He’s also the only person alive who may know how to keep the world from going extinct. The trouble is, he’s also Stark’s worst enemy . . . the only man in existence Stark would enjoy killing twice.

Copyright (#u54ae7673-3b98-5f27-959a-615828f94ce5)

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First published in Great Britain by HarperVoyager 2014

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Source ISBN: 9780007446087

Ebook Edition © August 2014 ISBN: 9780007446094

Version: 2017-11-14

Dedication (#u54ae7673-3b98-5f27-959a-615828f94ce5)

This book was finished on William S. Burroughs’s one-hundredth birthday. This one is for you, Bill.

They stood on the far shore of a river and called to him. Tattered gods slouching in their rags across the waste.

—CORMAC MCCARTHY, THE ROAD

“I’m very brave generally,” he went on in a low voice: “only to-day I happen to have a headache.”

—LEWIS CARROLL, THROUGH THE LOOKING-GLASS

Table of Contents

Cover (#u39a300e4-ae33-596e-84e4-5240cb8fe58a)

Title Page (#u2ed444d3-8508-53ea-9812-436f726b2370)

Copyright

Dedication

Epigraph (#u3c898d8a-2071-5df4-8844-6f901a9599ab)

Chapter 1

Chapter 2

Chapter 3

Chapter 4

Chapter 5

Chapter 6

Chapter 7

Chapter 8

Chapter 9

Chapter 10

Chapter 11

Chapter 12

Chapter 13

Chapter 14

Chapter 15

Chapter 16

Chapter 17

Chapter 18

Chapter 19

Chapter 20