Deepgate Codex Scar Night: Book One of the Deepgate Codex, (Paperback)

from bookgirlokc

Alan Cambell's Deepgate Codex is a dark, grimy, Gothic fantasy with elements of dark humor and horror. This thrilling saga is consistently anything but predictable or mundane. It is a madcap tumble through bizarre, lunatic landscapes. Just when you think you know what is coming, guess again! Scar...

from LeHack

I probably wouldn't have purchased this book, but it was a selection of my sci-fi book group for August 2011. It was darker than I would select for beach read, but it was an easy read that held my interest. The story is old, a fight between good and evil. It also addresses superstitions and blind...

from NSZ

Alan Campbell used to work on video games, and it shows, both good and bad. As many reviewers have said the world of Deepgate is very deep, rich, and most importantly interesting. The action is fast paced and vividly told. All's well right? Kinda... this book really suffers in it's dialog and ove...

from ragwaine

I can't say I'm disappointed with this book, I expected a lot and it delivered in a number of ways. It was dark, it had some very cool ideas, lots of very cinematic (read: Hollywood) action. But for the first 150 pages or so I wasn't very sure where it was going or who the "main" characters were....

from Uffer

I'm still not entirely sure what to make of this book. By the time I'd read the Prologue, I had a clear impression of a decaying City ruled by a corrupt Church, and troubled by a psychopathic angel. By the end of the scene, my sympathy lay slightly more with the psychopath, if only because she ha...