Reminiscent of the edgy, offbeat humor of Chris Moore and Matt Ruff, the first entry in a whimsical, fast-paced supernatural series from the New York Times bestselling author of the Sandman Slim novelsβa dark and humorous story involving a doomsday gizmo, a horde of baddies determined to possess its power, and a clever thief who must steal it back . . . again and again.
22000 B.C. A beautiful, ambitious angel stands on a mountaintop, surveying the world and its little inhabitants below. He smiles because soon, the last of humanity who survived the great flood will meet its end, too. And he should know. Heβs going to play a big part in it. Our angel usually doesnβt get to do field work, and if he does well, heβs certain heβll get a big promotion.
And now itβs time . . . .
The angel reaches into his pocket for the instrument of humanityβs doom. Must be in the other pocket. Then he frantically begins to pat himself down. Dejected, he realizes he has lost the object. Looking over the Earth at all that could have been, the majestic angel utters a single word.
βCrap.β
2015. A thief named Coopβa specialist in purloining magic objectsβsteals and delivers a small box to the mysterious client who engaged his services. Coop doesnβt know that his latest job could be the end of himβand the rest of the world. Suddenly he finds himself in the company of The Department of Peculiar Science, a fearsome enforcement agency that polices the odd and strange. The box isnβt just a supernatural heirloom with quaint powers, they tell him.
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