Ballistic Kiss (Sandman Slim, Book 11)

Sandman Slim is back in Los Angeles and kicking more supernatural ass in this inventive, high-octane page-turnerthe next to last volume in the popular and acclaimed fantasy adventure series from New York Times bestselling author Richard Kadrey.

As the battle between warring angels continues, James Stark is focused on seemingly simpler matters now that hes resurfaced on earth: an invasion of ghosts. L.A.s Little Cairo neighborhood has suddenly been overrun by violent spirits, and Thomas Abbott knows if anyone can figure out why theyve appeared and how to get rid of them its Stark.

Armed with the Room of Thirteen Doors, Stark quickly learns that the answer may reach back to the 1970s and the unsolved murder of small-time actor Chris Stein. As he begins to dig into the cold case, another area of Starks life takes an unexpected turn when he becomes entangled with Janet, a woman he saved during the High Plains Drifter zombie attack.

Janets brush with the living dead hasnt quenched her thirst for danger. Shes an adrenaline junkie and a member of The Zero Lodge a club that promises theres zero chance youll get out alive. The Lodge attracts thrill seekers who flock to perilous events such as night walks through the L.A. Zoo with its deadliest animals uncaged. Joining the lodge to be with Janet, Stark makes a pair of crucial discoveries that could decide the fate of L.A. and Heaven itself.

To prevent the Little Cairo haunting from consuming the city, Stark must piece together the connections between the Lodge and a missing angel last seen in a Hollywood porn palace. But while he may dispatch the ghosts, Stark knows that without his help, the bloody war in Heaven could rage forever.