2005 • 480 pages
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Average rating2.5
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Average rating2.5
An extraordinary, incendiary debut from a rare new talent, Vellum showcases a complex and sophisticated level of writing coupled with a fecund imagination that defies description.VELLUM: THE BOOK OF ALL HOURSIt's 2017 and angels and demons walk the earth. Once they were human; now they are unkin, transformed by the ancient machine-code language of reality itself. They seek The Book of All Hours, the mythical tome within which the blueprint for all reality is transcribed, which has been lost somewhere in the Vellum--the vast realm of eternity upon which our world is a mere scratch.The Vellum, where the unkin are gathering for war.The Vellum, where a fallen angel and a renegade devil are about to settle an age-old feud.The Vellum, where the past, present, and future will collide with ancient worlds and myths.And the Vellum will burn. . . .From the Trade Paperback edition.
Series
2 primary booksThe Book of All Hours is a 2-book series with 2 primary works first released in 2005 with contributions by Hal Duncan and Anna Reszka.
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This was a very challenging read but I am glad that I read it and will probably read the sequel, Ink, at some point.
I haven't read anything like this before. The blurring of dream, history, the current and the vellum time lines was at times confusing but paid of in spades once I got used to it.
Story was all over the place and boring. Only got maybe a quarter of the way through and refused to read any further. Took it to a used book store asap.
