When I can't get into any other book, Simon R. Green's Novels of the Nightside work. Paths Not Taken is another creepy novel featuring John Taylor, a private investigator in the Nightside. The Nightside is the "sick, magical city within London." It's always night there, always three in the morning. Taylor's mother, Lilith, is a powerful being, not human, and the creator of the Nightside. Taylor's convinced that someday he may be the destruction of everyone and everything he knows, so he feels he has to go back in time to the origin of the Nightside. The only way to do that is to convince Old Father Time to send him back, since he controls all time travel. But, something is standing in Taylor's way. First a man appears who clearly doesn't belong in the Nightside, and Taylor decides to help him. Tommy Oblivion, another private investigator, offers to help. He's an existential detective who adds humor to the story. He deals in probabilities, and is quite talented in confusing people. Eventually, John Taylor, Oblivion, and Shotgun Suzie face Old Father Time, and head back toward the beginning of the Nightside. Once again, Green combines mythology, Biblical stories, and history into a fantasy story that is creepy and attractive at the same time. He continues to add interesting characters, such as Tommy Oblivion, but brings back old favorites. Paths Not Taken leads the reader and John Taylor down some interesting roads. Paths Not Taken by Simon R. Green. Ace Books, ©2005. ISBN 0-441-01319-8 (paperback), 262p.

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