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The Everything Box
Another Coop Heist · Book 1 · 2016
Audiobook available · 11 hr 59 min
Coop is a thief with a useful advantage: magic doesn't work on him. A job stealing a mysterious box puts that immunity to the test when supernatural rivals all want the same prize.
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What makes it funny?
The angel who mislaid a device capable of ending the world normally works in office supplies. Inept cultists and bickering officials make the recovery effort look less competent still.
The comedy at work
Kadrey gives apocalyptic business to people with petty concerns and familiar bad habits. Ordinary arguments over jobs and stolen goods keep interrupting the grand designs of the supernatural factions.
Try this if…
A taste for crowded capers helps. Crooks, cultists and bureaucrats all have plans for the box, giving the ensemble room for arguments and competing schemes.
Good to know
This is a busy heist story with a large supporting cast; Kirkus found the cast and plot overcrowded.
A few distinguishing details
- A burglar whom magic can't touch
- A misplaced apocalypse device
More funny urban fantasy
Sources & further reading
- The Everything Box - New York Public Library - OverDrive
Library catalog
- Publishers Weekly review
Review
- Kirkus review
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- Apple Books publisher-supplied edition details
Book information
- HarperCollins publisher title page
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