" exciting, baffling horrifying and hilarious tale.A dark story that reaches deep in the paranormal, Apocalypse Now Now is a gripping read that will keep you on the edge of your seat from page one, and hungry for more by the end of the novel." * The South African online * "It is fast-paced, laugh-out-loud funny and the hero and narrator is himself a teenage schoolboy.impressive." * Magical Realism blog * "Weirdly and gruesomely awesome!" * Book Geek Says blog * "Human paints scenes and characters vividly. What's not to love!?!" * J for Jetpack blog * It has porn-peddling adolescents, ginger bearded monk ninjas, killer crows and zombie-filled sex dungeons ruled over by parasitic mega-spiders. Charlie is definitely an author to watch" * Civilian Reader * original, very well-written, funny, dark, and genre-blending. Human's writing is immediate, addictive, funny, and expertly crafted. Apocalypse Now Now is bonkers, twisted, very funny, and utterly engaging. "An extremely strong debut novel, from an author who exhibits a great deal of talent and potential. "Charlie Human's urban fantasy is a journey down the rabbit hole into a side of South Africa that you wouldn't know existed.Not for the weak of stomach, this is hopefully just the first adventure for Baxter and Jackson Ronin. "Brilliantly entertaining." * British Science Fiction Association * "Hilarious and tremendous fun." * SciFi Now * doesn't feel like a single word was wasted in crafting the intricate flow of the real, the fantastically surreal and the downright bizarre story contained within the covers." * .uk * it is a rollercoaster ride of twists, turns, surprises and revelations. "From start to finish this just kept getting better and better. "If you want the dark imaginative wonder of Gaiman injected with the reckless, carefree abandon of a Tarentino flick, you'd be a fool not to hitch a ride into the mysterious world of Charlie Human's South Africa." * Starburst Magazine online * "Given the power of the prose and the unholy weird-ass quality of the storytelling, Charlie Human may not actually be human, but he is surely a writer to watch." * Chuck Wendig, author of Blackbirds * Rock and Roll High School meets the apocalypse." * Richard Kadrey * "With a wild imagination and savage glee, Charlie Human throws us into a school yard battle zone that's part teenage wasteland, part Lovecraft fever dream. "A riot - a firebomb of a novel, exploding with sick humour, violence and depravity." * SFX * "It's mad, dark, irreverent and wonderfully twisted in all the right ways." * Lauren Beukes, author of The Shining Girls * every bit as awesome as you might think." * Pornokitsch * "Lauren Beukes meets Neil Gaiman." * WIRED * Publisher: Cornerstone ISBN: 9780099580775 Number of pages: 304 Weight: 215 g Dimensions: 198 x 129 x 19 mm MEDIA REVIEWS On a journey that takes them through the realms of impossibility, they must face every conceivable nightmare to get her back, including the odd brush with the Apocalypse. Plunged into the increasingly bizarre landscape of Cape Town's supernatural underworld, Baxter and Ronin team up to save Esme. The only man drunk enough to help is a bearded, booze-soaked, supernatural bounty hunter that goes by the name of Jackson `Jackie' Ronin. Profits are on the rise, the other gangs are staying out of his business, and he's going out with Esme, the girl of his dreams.Ä«ut when Esme gets kidnapped, and all the clues point towards strange forces at work, things start to get seriously weird. As the 16-year-old kingpin of the Spider, his smut-peddling schoolyard syndicate, he's making a name for himself as an up-and-coming entrepreneur. I LOVE THE SMELL OF PARALLEL DIMENSIONS IN THE MORNINGÄ«axter Zevcenko's life is pretty sweet.
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