A 2024 Dragon Awards for Best Horror Novel nominee!
"I loved The Dead Take the A Train. Strange, visceral urban fantasy with a horror bent." -V.E. Schwab, #1 New York Times bestselling author
"An excellent grim and gory tale." -Library Journal, STARRED review
"An original, thought-provoking, and entertaining title that will call to readers from multiple dimensions." -Booklist, STARRED review
"Deliciously down and dirty...Khaw's and Kadrey's styles are a perfect match throughout...Fans of urban fantasy, neo-noir, and pulp horror won't want to miss this raucous adventure." -Publishers Weekly, STARRED review
"An addictive, sprawling yarn. This city brims with underhanded dealings and odd magic, and every corner writhes with fresh horrors and delights." -Hailey Piper, Bram Stoker Award-winning author of The Worm and His Kings
"The first in a pair of new books set in a magical, spooky version of New York City, The Dead Take the A Train packs a great concept and the combined talent of a horror superteam." -Paste
"Everything old is new again in this comically horrific team-up...An enchanting introduction to a magical bitch on wheels, to be continued." -Kirkus Reviews
"This is lush gore, a bloody fantastic ride where people with metaphorical demons fight literal ones, and the lost are saved not by grace but by barbed wire and love. Hop on this train now." -Kevin Hearne, New York Times bestselling author
"The Dead Take the A Train incorporates everything that's best about both authors into a seamless whole and adds a touch of something uniquely weird and wonderful. The result is fun, thrilling, and compulsively readable." -John Langan, author of The Fisherman
"A fast-paced madhouse of mayhem combining the best of Kadrey's thrillers with Khaw's gruesome Lovecraftian horror....The Dead Take the A Train is a blast and highly recommended for dark fantasy and horror fans looking for a good time." -Grimdark Magazine
"Fast-paced and thoroughly entertaining!" -Lucy A. Snyder, author of Sister, Maiden, Monster
"Khaw and Kadrey raise eldritch gore to an art form....Eye-searing horror that's impossible to look away from, I already can't wait for the next book." -Kat Howard, author of the Unseen World duology
"[O]ffsets its recognizable New York City setting with a relentless barrage of visceral body horror and deliriously twisted humor. ... a depraved carnival of nightmares and eldritch narcotics." -BookPage
"Frenetic, unrelenting, and deeply rich in world and character. Khaw and Kadrey have created a kaleidoscopic carnival of horrors and wonders." -Matt Wallace, author of the Sin du Jour and Savage Rebellion series
