The Man with the Golden Torc by Simon R. Green

Winter's Sorrow - Size of a paperweight.

The Time Hammer - For changing the past through brute force.

Juggernaut Jumpsuit - Possibly makes the wearer invincible.

Sunwrack - For putting out the stars one at a time.

Torc Cutter - Exactly What It Says on the Tin.

Oath breaker - A long stick of ironwood with pre-human symbols.

The Droods also have a bunch of them that they keep the Armageddon Codex, such as:.

A similar doomsday-device is used to destroy the Hungry Gods' home universe at the novel's end.

Apocalypse How: In Daemons Are Forever, Janissary Jane recounts how a parallel reality had been completely overrun by Hell's demons, forcing her mercenary group to annihilate that entire universe as a scorched-earth tactic.

Always Chaotic Evil: The hungry gods/ the loathly ones.

Angels, Devils and Squid: As with the rest of the universe this is set in, the series features angels, demons and Outsiders, creatures from beyond reality.

The prize doesn't exist (anymore), and it was a put-on so he could set up a prestigious new identity for himself, making the competitors' deaths this.

All for Nothing: Alexander King's competition is a total sham.

Airborne Aircraft Carrier: Used as a secret base of operations by Cassandra, Inc.

Is a Crapshoot: Some sentient Drood creations, like Ivor the Time Train, are entirely happy to serve. Night Fall is a Doorstopper crossover with Green's Nightside series, and is intended (barring short stories) to serve as a Grand Finale for both series.

Novella: Question of Solace (2014) note Set simultaneously with the first half of book 9 released in the anthology Tales From the Hidden World.

It consists of a dozen full-length novels and one novella: The books are a take-off of Ian Fleming's James Bond books with a supernatural element to them.

Green's Secret Histories is about Shaman Bond, aka Edwin 'Eddie' Drood, black sheep of an ancient, superpowerful family (the Droods) that protects humanity from its nightmares.

Publisher: Orion Publishing Co ISBN: 9780575082229 Weight: 244 g Dimensions: 195 x 130 x 23 mm You may also be interested in.Simon R. SECRET HISTORIES is a mix of James Bond and Blade, a fast-paced roller-coaster ride through the dark side. And Eddie Drood loved his job - until the day it all blew up in his face.

And Bond - real name Eddie Drood - comes from one of the oldest families in England, a family that has been protecting Humanity from the forces of darkness for more centuries than anyone can even remember. We guard the door, keeping you safe from the big bad wolf, and you never even know our names. The only reason they haven't taken over the world yet is because my family has always been there to stand in their way. Everything that ever scared you, from conspiracy theories to monsters under the bed to ghosties & ghoulies & long-leggity beasties.

The Man with the Golden Torc by Simon R. Green