Petrefax, as the journeyman undertaker introduced in Gaiman's "World's End", is off on his own adventure. He finds himself stopping at Malegrise (where every child alive is a sorcerer) where he encounters people outside of Necropolis Litharge.

This is written in a letter style to Master Klaproth. Petrefax tells of his falling in love with the undead Calcinia; of her fighting to gain her independence from a fixed marriage with Lord Bulgus, and of the role he suddenly finds thrust upon him.

I truly didn't expect it to end in the way it did. But as usual, this work serves to add to the ever growing richness of the Sandman characters.

Book Details:

Title The Sandman Presents: Petrefax
Author Mike Carey
Reviewed By Purplycookie ( )