{"product_id":"sympathy-for-the-devil-mike-bracken","title":"Sympathy for the Devil by Mike Bracken","description":"\u003cp class=\"p1\"\u003e\u003cstrong\u003e\u003cspan style=\"color: rgb(169, 25, 25);\"\u003eSYMPATHY FOR THE DEVIL WILL BE RELEASED 10\/6\/26\u003c\/span\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e“Mix Sandman Slim and Hellboy, let Shane Black write the script, then turn that movie into a novel — that’s what you’re holding right now. Mike Bracken hasn’t just done it right, he’s done it in a way you can’t stop reading.”\u003cbr\u003e\u003c\/strong\u003e\u003cmeta charset=\"utf-8\"\u003e— Stephen Graham Jones, Five-Time Bram Stoker Award Winner and Author of \u003ci\u003eMy Heart is a Chainsaw\u003c\/i\u003e\u003ci\u003e\u003c\/i\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp class=\"p1\"\u003e\u003cb\u003eMeet Hell's Only Boy Scout.\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cb\u003e\u003c\/b\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp class=\"p1\"\u003eJack Bishop — damned soul and former homicide cop, is the only honest man in hell — at least according to Satan, who directs Jack to solve an unsanctioned murder in Hell's lower district.\u003cspan class=\"Apple-converted-space\"\u003e  \u003c\/span\u003eAside from the eternal ramifications\u003ci\u003e \u003c\/i\u003eof pissing off Satan, the murder case is significantly complicated by the fact that Hell's residents can't actually die.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp class=\"p1\"\u003eAided by a headless half-breed named Pike and an enthrallingly sharp-witted nun, Jack sets out to solve the murder while malevolent forces conspire to throw him off the trail. In the big game of chess between Heaven and Hell, Jack doesn't know if he's being strategically placed or ceremonially sacrificed. Either way, he's got to see this case through to the end.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp class=\"p2\"\u003e \u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp class=\"p1\"\u003e\u003cb\u003ePraise for SYMPATHY FOR THE DEVIL:\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cb\u003e\u003c\/b\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp class=\"p1\"\u003e\"With snappy Tarantino dialogue set in the slums of Mars' \u003ci\u003eTotal Recall, \u003c\/i\u003eMike Bracken's SYMPATHY FOR THE DEVIL does something I thought impossible: offer an original spin on the police procedural.\u003cspan class=\"Apple-converted-space\"\u003e  \u003c\/span\u003eLiterally set in the bowels of Hell, Bracken's crime story creates the ultimate locked-room mystery: a whodunit in a land where people cannot die. Mix in the ultimate bad guy, Hans Gruber in a bad hairpiece, and it's a hard knock afterlife indeed.\"\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp class=\"p1\"\u003e— Joe Clifford, ITW and Anthony Award Finalist, and best-selling author of the Jay Porter thriller series.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp class=\"p1\"\u003e\u003cstrong\u003eAbout the Horror Geek, Mike Bracken\u003c\/strong\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp class=\"p1\"\u003eMike Bracken is best known as the host of the popular weekly YouTube shows, \u003cstrong\u003eSick Flicks\u003c\/strong\u003e and \u003cstrong\u003eGrindhouse Gospel\u003c\/strong\u003e. He was the \"Horror Geek\" on Comedy Central's pop-culture TV quiz show \u003cstrong\u003e\u003cem\u003eBeat the Geeks\u003c\/em\u003e\u003c\/strong\u003e, and has been a film and video game critic for outlets like IGN, Fandango, MovieFone, Movies.com, and Cinemablend. He’s also the author of the splatter movie review book series \u003cstrong\u003e\u003cem\u003eSick Flicks\u003c\/em\u003e\u003c\/strong\u003e. \u003cem\u003eSympathy for the Devil\u003c\/em\u003e is his first novel.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp class=\"p1\"\u003e\u003ci\u003eSympathy for the Devil\u003c\/i\u003e is his first novel.\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cmeta charset=\"utf-8\"\u003e\u003cspan class=\"a-text-bold a-text-italic\"\u003e\u003cspan style=\"color: rgb(0, 0, 0); background-color: rgb(255, 255, 0);\"\u003e\u003cstrong\u003eFOR SIGNED COPIES: \u003cmeta charset=\"utf-8\"\u003e\n\u003cem\u003eUse the order notes field at checkout to let Mike know how you'd like your book personalized!\u003c\/em\u003e\u003c\/strong\u003e\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/span\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e","brand":"Nightmare Factory","offers":[{"title":"Paperback","offer_id":45773297385607,"sku":"SYMPATHY-TP","price":19.95,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true},{"title":"Ebook","offer_id":45773297352839,"sku":"SYMPATHY-EBOOK","price":5.99,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true},{"title":"Signed Paperback","offer_id":45773297451143,"sku":"SYMPATHY-TP-SIGNED","price":19.95,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0765\/0728\/3591\/files\/SympathyfortheDevil-MikeBracken-Shopifyproductlisting.png?v=1788619637","url":"https:\/\/www.mikebrackenbooks.com\/products\/sympathy-for-the-devil-mike-bracken","provider":"MikeBrackenBooks.com","version":"1.0","type":"link"}