An extraordinary international bestseller from the Russian Neil Gaiman.
Max Frei is a dreamer.
But sooner.
Or later.
We. All. Wake. Up
And that's exactly what's about to happen to him...
Max used to be a useless loafer, whose dreams were the most interesting
thing about him. At least, up until Sir Juffin Halli, Head of the
Department of Absolute Order, summoned him to the magical city of Echo.
Since then he's become one of the highest-paid agents in the war to keep order on the city streets, whether that means facing down tentacled
monsters, roaming the Corridors between Worlds in his sleep, or hunting
down bands of mercenaries on the outskirts Echo.
Solving extravagant, impossible magical crimes using nothing but his
wits and a handful of magical abilities is Max's stock in trade. And he
loves it.
But some problems are tougher to solve than others. When
Echo is threatened by a new – living dead – danger, it seems the only
solution lies in the world Max has left behind: our world. But it is
really an answer, or is Max's old life trying to lure him away from
Echo? And if it does, will he ever be able to get back...?