5/25/2023 0 Comments Neverwhere book 2Gaiman blends history and legend to fashion a traditional tale of good versus evil, replete with tarnished nobility, violence, wizardry, heroism, betrayal, monsters and even a fallen angel. Villains abound, including a pair of courteous but malevolent assassins. There, Mayhew joins Door, a female warrior called Hunter and an opportunistic marquis on a quest to discover why Door's family was executed. Inhabited ""by the people who fell through the cracks in the world,"" London Below is equal parts fantasy, nightmare and ragged medieval court life. Believing that only Door can help him, he finds his way to London Below, a menacing, magical netherworld located in the sewers, tunnels and abandoned Underground stations. He discovers that he is virtually invisible on the street, in his office, even to his fiancee. She communicates with rats and pigeons and is amazed to find herself in what she calls ""London Above."" When she leaves, however, Richard's ordinary life vanishes with her. In this debut novel by Gaiman, author of the wildly successful graphic novel series The Sandman, the girl, whose name is Door, ushers Richard into a strange new world. London businessman Richard Mayhew sees an injured, homeless girl on the street one evening and is compelled to bring her back to his apartment.
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