Thereâs a hidden battleground in the skyâso says this classic novel from the award-winning author of the Peculiar Crimes Unit mysteries featuring Bryant & May. Youâll never look at a roof the same way again. . . .
Welcome to Roofworld. High above Londonâs teeming streets exists a timeless universe with laws and codes known only to itself, suspended by a complex system of cables and wires. Two rival factions wrestle for control of this elevated realmâand eventually the city below.
When a beautiful, feisty amateur photographer named Rose and a shy, cynical screenwriter named Robert witness a kidnapping on a London roof, they figure itâs an isolated incident. But after strange rooftop murders are reported almost daily, they have to know more. In their clumsy efforts to understand, theyâre caught up in an intense power struggle between the forces of good and a power-mad tyrant manipulating societyâs most hopeless citizens. Rose and Robert have a part to play in a war thatâs nearly invisible from the groundâand nothing less than world domination is at stake.
Look for Christopher Fowlerâs fantasy and horror classics, now available as ebooks: CALABASH | DISTURBIA | PSYCHOVILLE | RED GLOVES | ROOFWORLD | SPANKY
Thereâs a hidden battleground in the skyâso says this classic novel from the award-winning author of the Peculiar Crimes Unit mysteries featuring Bryant & May. Youâll never look at a roof the same way again. . . .
Welcome to Roofworld. High above Londonâs teeming streets exists a timeless universe with laws and codes known only to itself, suspended by a complex system of cables and wires. Two rival factions wrestle for control of this elevated realmâand eventually the city below.
When a beautiful, feisty amateur photographer named Rose and a shy, cynical screenwriter named Robert witness a kidnapping on a London roof, they figure itâs an isolated incident. But after strange rooftop murders are reported almost daily, they have to know more. In their clumsy efforts to understand, theyâre caught up in an intense power struggle between the forces of good and a power-mad tyrant manipulating societyâs most hopeless citizens. Rose and Robert have a part to play in a war thatâs nearly invisible from the groundâand nothing less than world domination is at stake.
Look for Christopher Fowlerâs fantasy and horror classics, now available as ebooks: CALABASH | DISTURBIA | PSYCHOVILLE | RED GLOVES | ROOFWORLD | SPANKY