The Hour of Dust and Ashes
core novel 2011 Charlie Madigan
Record
| First published | 2011 |
|---|---|
| Original language |  EN |
| Work type | novel |
| Canon status | core |
| Reader rating | 4.15 (2,971 ratings, collected 2026-11-05) |
| First-edition ISBN | 9781451625479 |
| Internal chronology | 3 |
Synopsis
Detective Charlie Madigan learns that the off-world drug ash turns its users into vessels for possession. Her sister, Bryn, is an addict, and Charlie is determined to save her, but New Year's Eve is approaching, ash victims are dying by suicide, and the city's exorcists have fled. Charlie strikes a deal with an ancient race of mist and smoke beings and travels into the hellish dimension of Charbydon with her siren partner, Hank, and the Revenant Rex. They must return before the creatures collect their deadly price, and one of them will not come back.
Where it sits
- Universe: Charlie Madigan
- Series: Charlie Madigan core; position 3 of 4 in the series' recorded order
- Author: Kelly Gay
Notes
- The ISBN given is the mass-market paperback, September 2011 per the database listing.
- From the series record (Charlie Madigan): Atlanta detective Charlie Madigan polices a city where beings from heaven-like and hell-like dimensions live among humans.
Neighbouring works
Publication order and internal chronology are tracked as two separate orderings, but they resolve to the exact same sequence for this book, so one combined line is shown instead of two identical ones.
- Reading order, within the series Charlie Madigan: position 3 of 4: previous The Darkest Edge of Dawn (2010) · next Shadows Before the Sun (2012)
Sources
- Wikipedia: Charlie Madigan series
- Urban Fantasy Wiki: Charlie Madigan series
- FictionDB
- Rising Shadow
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