NECROPOLIS a novel by Michael Dempsey
Sincere thanks to all of you who participated in the NECROPOLIS Kindle Fire Giveaway! We had over 6500 entries! KINDLE FIRE GIVEAWAY WINNERS: 1ST PRIZE: Kindle Fire James Broadley 2nd PRIZE: Kindle Susan H. Lily Sanders 3rd PRIZE: $40 Amazon gift card Richard Thomas Pamela Lines Moran Blome Amy Wakins Brett George Winners will be [...]
The awesome Fantasy Book Critic site (http://fantasybookcritic.blogspot.com) was kind enough to let me do this guest blog: Tropes are tricky ingredients to handle. Even master literary chefs sometimes have problems with them. We’ve all experienced a meal of fiction where the trope was tough, or left a bitter aftertaste, or just plain seemed inappropriate to [...]
Jessica Strider, a bookseller at the World’s Biggest Bookstore in Toronto, Canada, grills me about NECROPOLIS and the writing life, as posted on her SCI-FI FAN LETTER blog: In the past you’ve written TV episodes and plays, and are an award-winning stage actor and director. What made you try your hand at writing novels? Does [...]
EXCERPT: Welcome to Booked! a feature where we ask an author to share their favorite books with our readers. Today’s guest is Michael Dempsey, author of Necropolis: I’ll admit it. I’m a closet lowbrow. I love pulp fiction. Growing up, when all the other kids were reading The Catcher In The Rye, I had my head buried [...]
Sci Fi Chick has this to say about NECROPOLIS: “Fans of both [sci fi 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.” Read the whole review:
Necropolis is a wildly entertaining mish-mash of different elements: a dystopian, retro-futurist, noir whodunit with generous dashes of humor, horror, and romance. Hardboiled cops, reborn hookers, corporate intrigue, and an S&M club run by a revived Queenie St. Clair all feature in a plot that goes from weird to wild to full-on crazy in no time.Necropolis is a dark, [...]
“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 [...]
“This book is an edge-of-your-seat, can’t put it down, thrill ride through urban fantasy at its best. Though there are a great many twists and turns throughout the course of this great read, the author does a great job of maintaining a cohesive storyline; relate-able characters, and interesting fully constructed worlds within worlds. The main [...]
October 9, 2011 Check out NECROPOLIS author Michael Dempsey’s guest blog on The Night Bazaar, a group blog for science fiction, fantasy, and horror authors with books releasing from Night Shade Books in 2011: IF YOU SEE THE BUDDHA ON THE ROAD, KILL HIM Thanks to Courtney Schafer and all the folks at Night Bazaar!
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