Sabbath is completely out of his element, having been whisked a thousand years into the future, but Albathar has given him instant Wikipedia-like knowledge of the present day so he can understand what’s going on around him. Albathar tell him that the world will end in seven days, unless Sabbath can find and kill the human personifications of the seven deadly sins, who are currently walking around Manhattan and getting ready for the big event. Hexen Sabbath is an eleventh century warrior who dies in battle, but is miraculously brought back to life and transported to current day Manhattan by an angel named Albathar. I had a bunch of fun with this book, and if you don’t mind raunchy humor, blood and guts-and heads-flying through the air, sex, drugs and a bit of philosophizing, then I guarantee you will too. Having now read three of his books, I can safely say that Sabbath is completely different from anything else of his I’ve read. Nick Mamatas seems to be one of those writers who never writes the same thing twice. “I thought Russian Orthodox girls didn’t believe in fucking strangers, or experimenting with lesbianism and then breaking girls’ hearts six months ago,” said Miriam. “I thought Jewish people didn’t believe in the afterlife,” said Jennifer. The nitty-gritty: Sinners rejoice! Mamatas’ latest is a big, brash, bawdy tale of sin, violence and laugh-out-loud humor, complete with time travel, swords, angels and art galleries. Published by Tor Books on November 19 2019 This does not affect my opinion of the book or the content of my review. I received this book for free from the Publisher in exchange for an honest review.

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