It definitely makes for entertaining read. The dangers and distractions in this world as wrought by the beliefs of the insane are many. Shape-shifters whose loyalty and love is undaunted. The walking dead who double up as assassins. Slavers who get people to worship them with just mere words or looks. Konig sends his pet ' Hassebrand' Gehirin Schlectes after the trio - but the world outside can be a treacherous place. And the trio were never clear about the execution of such anyways. Their last job is ' Morgen' - the God-Child and kidnapping him just seems like their ticket to escape their mercenary life. And last, Wichtig - whose only aim in life ( and afterdeath) is to be World's Greatest Swordsman - a gift for gab and swordsmanship that sees him through tussles and bar-room brawls. Stehlen, a shadow-assassin kleptomaniac - known as Kleptic - a tough female whose bitterness and foul temper is only matched by her willingness and penchant for violence and stealing. In to this mad milieu, come in a set of three mercenaries: Bedekt, a scarred old warrior near the end of his times looking for that one last job that will comfortably see him through retirement. And in this venture, he is assisted by his chief scientist Auschlag whose experiments with the sane and insane have created many Geisteskranken as well. Konig has carefully groomed a child by the name of Morgen who will one day 'ascend' to be their God. Konig Furimmer is a theocrat - in a world controlled by the beliefs of such ( a religious head, a Geisteskranken whose beliefs have created an entire city by itself] and he plans to 'construct' a God - thereby controlling the beliefs and lives of all those who follow this new religion called Geboren Damonen. The book features many POVs - and the whole world has a teutonic feel to it, largely owing to the free usage of german terms and the germanic-sounding character names.

Beyond redemption by michael fletcher