Hugh B. Cave

"Kane was a big man, biggest on Beacon Agency payroll, who was as quick with his wits as he was with his fists. But he had his weaknesses, and they all fit in a pint bottle. Liquor had cost him his girlfirend and his job on the Boston police force. But, while it might have slowed him down, it never prevented him from solving a case or from showing up his arch-rival, Lt. Moroni, in the process."--Jacket.

In the all-too-immediate future, the day has finally come when crime, drugs, and pollution have made the cities of the world virtually uninhabitable. Gangs roam the streets at will, the police have nearly surrendered, and the air and water are slowly killing the residents who remain. But one small group of survivors has decided to escape the madness. Packing what they can carry, they head off to what they hope will be the unspoiled wilderness of northern Canada, intent on making a new start, a new life. But nature isn't that forgiving. For far too long mankind has destroyed the planet, ravaging the landscape and slaughtering the animals. At long last, nature has had enough. Now the Earth is ready to fight back, to rid itself of its abusers. A new day has come. But will anyone survive...

"The corpses swayed where they stood, their bony arms outstretched before them and tattered sleeves hanging limply in the foggy air. I smelled the sourness of the sewers about them; that, and the sweet whiff of death. Their sunken eyes bored into mine. I was surrounded. . . ." Barnaby Grimes is a tick-tock lad, delivering messages and running errands all over the city, day and night. Gangland funerals and diving expeditions are hazardous enough, but when the graveyards begin to give up their dead, this tick-tock lad is faced with his deadliest challenge yet. . . .A blood-curdling tale of greed and betrayal. Will Barnaby be defeated by the Legion of the Dead?Paul Stewart and Chris Riddell's incomparable Barnaby Grimes returns for another adventure in the third installment of the brilliantly exciting horrorthriller series set in Dickensian London.From the Hardcover edition.

Included are: Foreword "Murgunstrumm" "The Watcher in the Green Room" "The Prophecy" "The Strange Death of Ivan Gromleigh" "The Affair of the Clutching Hand" "The Strange Case of No. 7" "The Isle of Dark Magic" "The Whisperers" "Horror in Wax" "Prey of the Nightborn" "Maxon’s Mistress" "Dead Man’s Belt" "Boomerang" "The Crawling Curse" "Purr of a Cat" "Tomorrow Is Forever" "The Ghoul Gallery" "The Cult of the White Ape" "The Brotherhood of Blood" "The Door of Doom" "The Death Watch" "The Caverns of Time" "Many Happy Returns" "Ladies in Waiting" "The Grisley Death"* "Stragella"

Christianity versus voodooism on a Caribbean island.