Death's Apprentice A Grimm City Novel [Hardcover]

Death's seventeen-year-old apprentice must learn to stand on his own as he leads an uprising against the Devil

Forget about Once Upon a Time . . .

Built on top of the gates of Hell, Grimm City is the Devil's capital on earth. A place where every coffee shop, nightclub and shopping mall is the potential hunting ground for a ghost, a demon, or any of the other supernatural entities that inhabit the Grimm City world.

Death's seventeen-year-old apprentice, Nathaniel, comes into his own as he leads an uprising against the Devil with the help of a half-dead wraith and a giant hit-man. What results is a bloody, brutal revolt that calls upon the loyalties of both the living and the dead.

Based not only upon the Brothers Grimm well-known fairy tales, but also upon their unknown sagas and essays, K. W. Jeter & Gareth Jefferson Jones'sDeath's Apprenticeis the first novel to be based upon the entire Grimm canon. Such a comprehensive, in-depth adaptation of the works of the Brothers Grimm has never been published before!

K. W. JETER is the international andNew York Timesbestselling author of science fiction novels includingFarewell Horizontal,Death ArmsandMadlands, horror/thrillers includingThe Night Man,Soul EaterandDark Seeker, and media tie-ins including theStar Wars: Bounty Hunter Warstrilogy and the authorizedBlade Runnerbook sequelsThe Edge of HumanandReplicant Night. After living in both England and Spain, he currently resides in San Francisco, California.

GARETH JEFFERSON JONES became a writer after enjoying a successful career as an actor. For the last twenty years he has lived in Germany, where he has worked as a screenwriter, a documentary maker, and a story editor for TV.Death's Apprenticeis his literary debut.

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