Hard Landing
CREDENCE
Michael Easton and Stephen Perkins
Michael Easton’s
books are not for the faint of heart, but then, the things that make you think
and shake usually aren’t. As with his
ethereal and moving Soul Stealer
trilogy, Easton’s Credence is
thought-provoking, frightening, saddening, shocking and encouraging at
different turns of the page.
From Blackwatch
Comics:
Detective
Danny Credence has a gold shield and some dubious morals. An insolent man in a
profane society, the madness doesn’t stop when he walks out the precinct doors…he’s
more than the tough, ruthless cop he’d like you to think he is. In his heart
and his head he knows. The criminality of the world is only a symptom. What
eats away at him is the deeper sickness of a society in which notoriety and
self-exploitation are the cornerstones of success.
All
this comes to a boil when Credence finds out he’s just been scratching the
surface of human depravity. His latest
assignment is about to drag him under, bringing him face to face with a new
kind of evil. Every violent, wicked moment in his miserable life has been a
buildup to this reckoning…
Credence is dirty, gritty, profane,
messy, angry, and naked. There is no cover or artifice to filter the
confrontation, no blunting of the ragged edge. It’s right in your face – the sex,
the violence, the profanity and depravity – and the stubborn, inexplicable perseverance
of Danny Credence – and the spark of resolution somewhere inside him that says
there’s got to be something, anything – better than what he sees and
feels. And it’s damn good story.
This is not
a book you read leisurely. It’s packed, dense, and demanding; you better pay
attention, or you’ll find yourself in a back alley somewhere in this universe
and no one will find you. Easton grabs
you by the throat with the narrative, while Perkins holds you rapt with his
masterful artwork, until you are dropped in a heap at the end of the story.
Then you’re gonna want to go back and read it again after either a Scotch or a
brisk walk.
You might
think that, given the subject matter, Credence is depressing, and yes,
sometimes it picks up pieces of festering rage and holds them right under your nose. But ultimately,
Easton’s books are about going to the bottom--the darkest, coldest, dirtiest
parts of a human being – and still finding light.
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