The Dead Cat Tail Assassins

Multiple award-winning author P. Djèlí Clark’s latest is, in essence, a pulp novel where Clark has taken elements of adventure, horror, sci-fi, and fantasy pulp stories and expertly mixed them into a rousing adventure filled with fight scenes, chases, and nearly cataclysmic confrontations. It also involves undead assassins, each with their own unique identity and who are beholden to a vengeful god, science, magic, questions about identity, memory, and the question of doing something that seems right while clearly also breaking established rules.

In The Dead Cat Tail Assassins, multiple award-winning author P. Djèlí Clark again illustrates why he is one of the most interesting and fascinating fantasy writers working today. His worlds are carefully crafted and filled with marvels and wonders. His characters are smart, brash, and almost fearless. The dialogue is whip-smart, and there is an impish sense of humor that runs throughout the novella. It seems clear that Clark is having as much fun writing as his readers will have reading his work. This makes The Dead Cat Tail Assassins, on top of everything else, fun! It is a great read for those looking for fun, adventure, and a wicked sense of humor.