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Lore & Dysorder: The Hell's Detective Mysteries
The latest in the Murphy's Lore After Hours NO ONE IS ABOVE THE LORE... EVEN IN HELL. HIS BELIEVERS LONG DEAD, THE SUMERIAN DEITY NEGRAL WAS FACED WITH OBLIVION WHEN THE DEVIL MADE HIM AN OFFER - BECOME CHIEF OF HELL'S SECRET POLICE. EVEN FORGOTTEN GODS DON'T WANT TO DIE SO NEGRAL TOOK THE JOB. NOW HE IS A COP ON THE TOUGHEST BEAT IN THE AFTERWORLDS HAVING TO DEAL WITH A TUTU WEARING PINK DEMON, A VIRGINITY SEEKING SUCCUBUS, A BAD COP, A DEMON POSSESSED ZOMBIE, THE GREATEST BETRAYER IN HUMAN HISTORY, HIS EX-WIFE AND THE DEVIL HIMSELF. "Another Good Story." -Sam Tomaino, SFRevu "Really took the cake. Patrick Thomas... took the "bad cop" theme straight to Hell, literally, with the return of... Hell's Detective." - Luke Forney, Luke Reviews
232 pages, Paperback
First published March 15, 2011
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Patrick Thomas
155 books96 followersWith over a million words in print, PATRICK THOMAS keeps busy writing the the popular fantasy humor series Murphy's Lore (which includes 8 books- Tales From Bulfinche's Pub, Fools' Day, Through The Drinking Glass, Shadow Of The Wolf, Redemption Road, Bartender Of The Gods, Nightcaps and Empty Graves) as well as the After Hours spin offs Fairy With A Gun, Dead To Rites and Lore & Dysorder. His Mystic Investigators series has grown to include the books Bullets & Brimstone and From The Shadows both with John L. French and Once More Upon A Time and the upcoming Partners In Crime both with Diane Raetz. He has co-edited two anthologies - Hear Them Roar and the vampire themed New Blood. Patrick's syndicated humorous advice column Dear Cthulhu has been collected in Have A Dark Day and Good Advice For Bad People. A number of his books are part of the set and props department at the CSI television show. He was voted Preditors & Editors favorite author of 2010. As an artist his work has graced covers for Dark Quest, Padwolf and Marietta, interiors and a cover for Space & Time magazine and comic covers for Ghostman. A mockumentary about him has recently surfaced on Youtube. To learn more, drop by his website at www.patthomas.net.
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November 24, 2013
I met Patrick Thomas at a convention recently. He was a really cool guy. I enjoyed chatting with him and was convinced to check out his work. This said, I snagged a couple of his books that looked interesting to me. Well, I snagged the two that looked the most interesting because in truth; I could have picked up most of what he had laid out if I wasn't being more frugal.
I started reading Lore & Dysorder and Chuck Palahniuk's Damned immediately came to mind. I had to pause and hope that it improved beyond Damned, which I really did not care for too much. Anyway, Lore & Dysorder did improve. It also lacked the attempts that Damned made to be overly offensive.
Maybe it was just the need to move through a few pages and get a feel for Thomas' style that caused it to start slowly for me. Once I passed that point, I couldn't wait to see what happened next.
This is a collection of short stories, involving a forgotten god named Negral. Given the choice between going into Oblivion (which must be a great unknown) or getting a job in Hell, Negral chooses Hell. Negral holds a position of great authority under Satan as the chief of his secret police. Much like the KGB, Satan's secret police aren't all that secret.
In this collection of stories, Negral must find the lost treasure of a succubus, bring a demon back to hell, prevent something even Hell doesn't want crossing over, and more.
By the way, the stories do all fit together in order. Unfortunately for me, there appear to be other stories from this timeline that were not included.
Thomas uses creativity, smooth wording, and innovative characters to make this a fast and easy read. He masterfully creates his own versions of both Hell and the afterlife as a whole. Sprinkle it with humor enough to make this lighter and you have a great blend.
Bravo! This is one of the best books I have read in some time and I am looking forward to tearing into the second book I picked up at the convention. If the other one is even close to this good, I will be picking up more of his work shortly. The only downside is that Patrick Thomas now has a lot to live up to.
I started reading Lore & Dysorder and Chuck Palahniuk's Damned immediately came to mind. I had to pause and hope that it improved beyond Damned, which I really did not care for too much. Anyway, Lore & Dysorder did improve. It also lacked the attempts that Damned made to be overly offensive.
Maybe it was just the need to move through a few pages and get a feel for Thomas' style that caused it to start slowly for me. Once I passed that point, I couldn't wait to see what happened next.
This is a collection of short stories, involving a forgotten god named Negral. Given the choice between going into Oblivion (which must be a great unknown) or getting a job in Hell, Negral chooses Hell. Negral holds a position of great authority under Satan as the chief of his secret police. Much like the KGB, Satan's secret police aren't all that secret.
In this collection of stories, Negral must find the lost treasure of a succubus, bring a demon back to hell, prevent something even Hell doesn't want crossing over, and more.
By the way, the stories do all fit together in order. Unfortunately for me, there appear to be other stories from this timeline that were not included.
Thomas uses creativity, smooth wording, and innovative characters to make this a fast and easy read. He masterfully creates his own versions of both Hell and the afterlife as a whole. Sprinkle it with humor enough to make this lighter and you have a great blend.
Bravo! This is one of the best books I have read in some time and I am looking forward to tearing into the second book I picked up at the convention. If the other one is even close to this good, I will be picking up more of his work shortly. The only downside is that Patrick Thomas now has a lot to live up to.
August 4, 2017
Patrick Thomas is, in my opinion, the absolute master of the trickster leprechaun story. So when he decided to do a series on the ancient Sumerian god Negral, who chooses to work as Hell’s Chief of Police instead of facing oblivion, I should not have been surprised at the result. Negral gets his jollies from putting one over on the Devil, on the Devil’s dime. As a former god he’s used to meting out punishment and justice, and tweaking the Devil’s whiskers to help someone gets him off like a fine wine.
Lore and Dysorder is a series of short stories and novellas about Negral’s adventures set, literally, mostly in hell. He has to solve mysteries like finding a succubus’ virginity (!) and dealing with a menace that is destroying demon lords, a mystery that leads him to the gates of heaven itself. Through all this Thomas weaves impressive, and occasionally hilarious, dark world-building: showing hell as seen through the eyes of a jaded PI who styles himself after Bogie and deals with the darkness like a wisecracking cop.
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Lore and Dysorder is a series of short stories and novellas about Negral’s adventures set, literally, mostly in hell. He has to solve mysteries like finding a succubus’ virginity (!) and dealing with a menace that is destroying demon lords, a mystery that leads him to the gates of heaven itself. Through all this Thomas weaves impressive, and occasionally hilarious, dark world-building: showing hell as seen through the eyes of a jaded PI who styles himself after Bogie and deals with the darkness like a wisecracking cop.
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February 28, 2016
Fun characters, intriguing plots, cool settings -- everything you would want from a collection of stories featuring demons, old gods and hell! The stories all have a nice mix of humor and drama and the characters are all well-drawn enough that you end up caring about how things work out for them.
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