by Dan Simmons (Author)
Calcutta: a monstrous city of immense slums, disease and misery, is clasped in the foetid embrace of an ancient cult. At its decaying core is the Goddess Kali: the dark mother of pain, four-armed and eternal, her song the sound of death and destruction. Robert Luczak has been hired by Harper's to find a noted Indian poet who has reappeared, under strange circumstances, years after he was thought dead. But nothing is simple in Calcutta and Lucsak's routine assignment turns into a nightmare when he learns that the poet is rumoured to have been brought back to life in a bloody and grisly ceremony of human sacrifice.
Format: Paperback
Pages: 320
Edition: paperback / softback
Publisher: Gollancz
Published: 10 Mar 2005
ISBN 10: 0575076593
ISBN 13: 9780575076594
Book Overview: Dan Simmons won the World Fantasy Award for SONG OF KALI, his first novel, and has gone on to win every other major award in the fantasy and science fiction field. Dan Simmons is a Sunday Times and New York Times bestseller. 'One of the most brilliant first novels I've ever read' HARLAN ELLISON 'The best horror novel in years and the best first novel in the genre I have ever read' DEAN KOONTZ 'God, what a book! It's more than just a novel - it's an experience! Dan Simmons is a compelling author' F. PAUL WILSON