"Urban fantasy at its best." Hal Duncan, author of Vellum.
"For all the questions it poses for the reader, Scar Night is a hugely powerful and remarkable piece. For the first hundred pages or so, it smoulders - the epitome of the slow burn, but when the fire catches, it does so with such a vigorous intensity that this novel burns white hot. It is a furnace of actions and events that tumble into each other and the execution marks Alan Campbell out as a real powerhouse author. Scar Night builds to a climactic symphony of such catastrophic destruction that one can only wonder how the author can top matters in the next volume of The Deepgate Codex. Highly Recommended."SFRevu
"Stunning" (Five out of Five) STARBURST
"This book is far too good to be anybody's first novel, so expect a lot of established authors to get cross." SFX
"Scar Night is indecently good" THE GUARDIAN
"The best and most original fantasy I've read in quite some time" Neal Asher, author of Polity Agent.
"A visually rich, satisfyingly dark tale of a city of chains, ancient bloodlust and unshakeable loyalty." Trudi Canavan, author of The Black Magician trilogy.
"The setting is richly imagined...the entire topography is permeated with mystery that itches for discovery." Greg Keyes, author of The Blood Knight.
"Scar Night is a strong, slyly written, and very assured debut from a fantasist to pay attention to. Campbell mingles action and atmosphere with the grace of a seasoned pro." Scott Lynch, author of The Lies of Locke Lamora.
"A chain-wrapped industrial city so real you can feel the iron and smell the fumes-and a violent tale told in murderously beautiful prose." Sharon Shinn, author of Archangel.
"Vividly imagined, visceral and intensely involving...a stunning debut. I can't wait to see what follows in the next volume." Sarah Ash, author of The Tears of Artamon series.
"...a dark, violent fantasy... a fast-paced action-packed book." THE TIMES.
"...an impressive debut, a real page-turner." SFFWORLD
"...a bravura performance... vivid and unique." SCIFI.com
"...stunning... Campbell has Neil Gaiman's gift for lushly dark stories and compelling antiheroes, and effortlessly channels the Victorian atmospherics of writer and illustrator Mervyn Peake as well. This imaginative first novel will have plenty of readers anxiously awaiting his follow-up." PUBLISHERS WEEKLY
"Thrilling, chilling, and downright unputdownable." www.LiteraryMagic.com
"In this dark and vividly imagined novel, compelling and intriguing characters are brought together in an evocative and atmospheric take of gods and angels -- set in a stunningly realized city." ROMANTIC TIMES magazine
"Almost torturously crafted in characterization, plot, and setting,
Campbell’s debut may appeal most to those who like novels in the manner of Dickens ... whose highly evocative ... memorable style Campbell’s recalls.”—BOOKLIST .
"...an engaging fantasy read that combines Victorian detail with a dark, Gaiman-like tone...
In Scar Night Campbell weaves a morose thriller that redefines dark fantasy...
The vividly intense action, however, is where this book really shines. Campbell writes these set pieces with great detail and originality, especially those that involve Mr. Nettle and Carnival (some of the coolest characters I’ve read in years). Their unbridled, hard-hitting action sequences are beautifully narrated and seem to scream for cinematic translation." MANIA.com
"...a startling and mysterious story... leaves readers groaning for the sequel." BOOKREPORTER
