” Five stars! There’s so much awesomeness in NECROPOLIS…a wild, wild ride. You don’t want to miss this rich, complex story…one of my favorite reads this year.”
–My Bookish Ways
“Necropolis is a wildly entertaining mish-mash of different elements: a dystopian, retro-futurist, noir whodunit with generous dashes of humor, horror, and romance. Necropolis is a dark, wild and tremendously fun ride.”
–Tor.com
“Michael Dempsey’s Necropolis reads the way stepping over a wasted body in the rain feels. It’s a noir science fiction gut punch from a strong new voice.”
- Richard Kadrey, author of Sandman Slim and Butcher Bird
“Fans of both [science fiction and crime] genres should enjoy this fantastic story with colorful characters. Fast-paced, with plenty of adventure and suspense, Necropolis was impossible to put down.”
– SciFiChick.com
“Dempsey delivers! Necropolis is a new-school mix of sci fi, horror, crime noir, and good old-fashioned sex and violence. It’s dark. It’s fun. Just don’t go inside if you plan on getting back out alive…”
–Jeff Carlson, international bestselling author of Plague Year and The Frozen Sky
“There are…numerous twists in Necropolis that even those familiar with the detective and science fiction genres won’t see coming. It keeps this story and its characters fresh and fascinating all the way through. So, if you want the best of both worlds when it comes to a science fiction mystery, Necropolis is going to be one of your best bets in a long while.”
–Examiner.com
“An edge-of-your-seat, can’t put it down, thrill ride through urban fantasy at its best.”
–Nocturnereads.com
“Unsettling and eerie, Necropolis gives us a shadowy near future where the line between life and death has blurred and a past wickedness still echoes in the present, begging to be avenged. Dempsey writes with great nerve and imagination and will keep you reading long past midnight.”
-David Oppegaard, author of The Suicide Collectors and Wormwood, Nevada
“Dempsey successfully takes components of film, science fiction, melodrama, and crime fiction and puts them together in what is another excellent debut from Night Shade.”
–Staffersmusings.com
“Michael Dempsey’s Necropolis stands out in the sea of mediocre generic Fantasy that nowadays dominates the market. An intense, fast-paced novel built on an intriguing premise, it takes hold of the reader in the first few pages and never lets go. Darkly atmospheric, Dempsey demonstrates both skill and imagination in this beautifully crafted work. If you like science fiction – real science fiction – you’ll not want to miss this. I eagerly await his next effort.”
- Pat Whitaker, author of Antithesis and Mindset
“Few writers can unite fascinating characters and a killer premise in one story. Michael Dempsey has done exactly this–and it’s his debut novel.”
- Vylar Kaftan
“At the start of this ripper of a read, the protagonist gets killed. Then he gets brought back to life, years later. The author had my attention well and truly at this point, and the book kept getting better. Vivid, startling, frightening, so darkly funny. It was the black, black humour that sucked me in, and the detailed retro-future and the plight of the tough yet sensitive hero kept me going. Phwoar!”
– Adrian Bedford, author of Hydrogen Steel and Eclipse
“Michael Dempsey’s debut novel, Necropolis, is a great genre-crossing example of both fantasy and science fiction that will find an interested reader just about anywhere. [...] The uniqueness of the story [...]keeps the reader hooked as the plot grows and thickens until the unpredictable end.”
–Bookbanter.com
“Finally, a science fiction detective with the personality and depth to dominate a storyline. Paul Donner is fearless, wise-cracking, emotionally conflicted, and totally out of his depth in a world where not all the suspects are human and victims don’t stay murdered for long. The futureNew Yorkhe finds himself thrown into is dark and gritty, filled with lies and betrayals, with a technology and culture so altered that Donner doesn’t seem to stand a chance. Like a cross between Robert Parker’s Spenser novels and The Matrix, Necropolis combines a terrifying future with the one man who has the guts, brains, and relentlessness to bring it all crashing down.”
– David Walton, Phillip K. Dick Award-winning author of The Terminal Mind
“I really enjoyed Necropolis. Being a sucker for detective fiction, the muscular prose and Chandleresque dialogue was like classical music to me, a delicious underscore to the brilliantly visualized dystopian future setting, striking characters and astounding plot twists.”
- Bryan Talbot Writer/artist The Adventures of Luther Arkwright and Grandville
“Like his hero, Dempsey’s reborn New York is darkly bent and twisted but beautifully remains rooted in the past. A stunning debut.”
-Warren Hammond, author of the KOP series
“Michael Dempsey hits one out of the park on his first swing with this hard-boiled tech noir detective story. The gritty, futuristic atmosphere pulses through every chapter. If you liked Blade Runner, Hammett, orChandler, you’ll love Necropolis.”
– Derek Canyon, author of Dead Dwarves Don’t Dance and The Elemental Odyssey
“Michael Dempsey’s Necropolis reads like Fitzgerald’s “The Curious Case of Benjamin Button” filtered through the minds of Raymond Chandler and Philip K. Dick. Don’t miss it.”
–Dale Bailey, author of House of Bones and The Fallen
