In the book, he spent 11 years of battling demons in the devil’s gladiator pits. Sandman Slim describes himself as a mangy angel or nephilim.

He is very intelligent, has guts and a darkness in his heart. His real name is James Stark and he is half-human and half-angel. He lives in a world plagued by vampires, demons, magic and all forms of supernatural forces. This created a foundation upon which other authors could write uban fantasy and Richard Kardey exceled with his series. He wrote the Dresden Files a few years before Richard released Sandman Slim. Urban fantasy is a style that had been innovated by another author known as Jim Butcher. It is pure urban fantasy with a hardcore detective twist to it. Sandman Slim is a different type of book from Metrophage. This was a cyberpunk themed book that became a best seller. Richard is well known to have penned the widely popular 80’s book, Metrophage. The character has appeared in a series of books by this author. He first appeared in a book with the same name. 'Paced like greased lightning (watch out for friction burns on your turning finger), blend the movie-ish delights of tough guy noir and such smart-mouthgore-fests as 'Reanimator' and 'Army of Darkness', seasoned by soupcons of Gaimanian romanticism and Koontzian sentiment.Sandman Slim is a character created by author Richard Kadrey. An addictively satisfying, deeply amusing, dirty-ass masterpiece, Sandman Slim swerves hell-bent through our culture's impacted gridlock of 's like watching Sergio Leone and Clive Barker co-direct from a script by Jim Thompson and S. 'The best B movie I've read in at least twenty years. Sandman Slim is my kind of hero.'-Kim Harrison Crisp world building, recognizable and fully-realized characters, and a refreshingly unique storytelling style make for an absorbing read. 'Nicotine and octane in equal parts might come close to the high-energy buzz from Richard Kadrey's Sandman Slim.

I couldn't put it down.'-Charlaine Harris Green wrote an episode of Dog the Bounty Hunter, it would read much like Sandman Slim - violent, vivid, non-stop action of the supernatural kind. I loved this book and all its screwed-up people.'-Cory Doctorow, author of Little Brother all confident and energetic and fresh and angry.

'The most hard-boiled piece of supernatural fiction I've ever had the pleasure of reading. a lot like a mosh pit - rough, exuberant, unpredictable - and a heck of a lot of fun.'-Miami Herald 'Sarcastic, irreverent and ridiculously enjoyable riff on the Urban Fantasy genre.

Sandman Slim by Richard Kadrey