The Dead Take the A Train

By: Richard Kadrey, Cassandra Khaw

Narrated by: Natalie Naudus

New York Times bestselling author Richard Kadrey and Cassandra Khaw have teamed up to deliver a new dark story where Neil Gaiman meets Jessica Jones with magic, monsters, and mayhem.

Julie Crews is a coked-up, burnt-out thirty-something who packs a lot of magic into her small body. She’s trying to establish herself as a major Psychic Operative in the NYC magic scene, and she’ll work the most gruesome gigs to claw her way to the top.

Desperate to break the dead-end grind, Julie summons a guardian angel for a quick career boost. But when her power grab accidentally releases an elder god hellbent on the annihilation of our galaxy, the body count rises rapidly.

The Dead Take the A Train is a high-octane cocktail of Khaw’s cosmic horror and Kadrey’s gritty fantasy—shaken, not stirred.

A Macmillan Audio program from Tor Nightfire.

Interesting and dark story

I enjoyed the book. Felt like it left a lot of threads open like it’s starting a series, but a little more closure would have suited. If there is a second book I’d probably check it out.

Not up to the level I expect from Richard. Curious how much input he actually had.

A fun adventure in A Wonderful Supernatural World

The Dead Take the A Train is a pretty fun read overall, being a fan of Kadrey it felt very reminiscent of the Sandman Slim series with different descriptors/language used. Julie is a wonderful protagonist set along with a fantastic cast of major and secondary characters, all of whom are great in their own ways, with Saint Joan being one of my favorites. The story is great, hits all the right boxes in terms of a supernatural title, has the Eldritch horrors, the not so human beings walking among the general populace, angels & demons, dark magic and culty organizations. While I very much enjoyed this title I do believe that the narrator fell short a few times throughout the book. Where she does an amazing job with giving most of not all of the female characters a unique voice, quite a few of the male characters sounded very similar or just not as there as the other characters. I enjoyed this book and the world itself is fun, exciting, all while being familiar in the same stroke because of prior experiences with the authors, and absolutely cannot wait to read and listen to the sequel whenever it comes around.

Glorious World Building

the attention to detail in this book + every characters complexity+ the unexpected twists and turns= a really cool read!

Decent fun story

It’s a fun light listen, with some interesting characters. I expected a richer story with Richard Kadrey’s name in it. Not bad, not awesome.

Loved this book so much!

I loved all of this book! the characters, narrator, story, all of it was very entertaining!!