Black Numbers (The Aleph Null Chronicles: Book One 1)
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Learn more about Kindle MatchBook. Kindle Cloud Reader Read instantly in your browser. Editorial Reviews About the Author Dean Frank Lappi is the author of The Aleph Null Chronicles dark fantasy series that blends sexuality, science, and horror into the traditional fantasy genre. Dean was born on the Minnesota Iron Range, which is located far to the north and is the source of one of the largest iron ore deposits in the country. He earned a Master of Arts degree in English and works as a Web Content Manager and Editor for one of the largest corporations in the world.
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Black Numbers by Dean Frank Lappi
Top Reviews Most recent Top Reviews. There was a problem filtering reviews right now. Please try again later. Kindle Edition Verified Purchase. Blood Numbers is a more sprawling story than Black Numbers, with more twists and turns than the first book had. The plot focuses on many of the characters who joined Sid, the Aleph Null, from his escape from the Oblate. While the characters were introduced and established in Black Numbers, they are fully fleshed out here. Crowdal, Writhgarth, Melinda, and new additions like Agnes, the Red Robe of the Oblate, who joins the story in a surprising way.
Blood Numbers establishes our main villain who was working in the shadows in the first novel. Tris is a psychotic despot with all the megalomania and compensation that brings with it. The Korpor also returns, along with two surprises that complicates the Aleph Null and his abilities. Instead of being slow and plodding, Blood Numbers acts like a good sequel and gets to work right away.
Blood Numbers is an adventure, with constant travel that closely resembles a novel-long chase scene. This helps balance the two extremes. Blood Numbers is a tightrope act that Dean Lappi successfully performs. The story never gets so disturbing as to put the book down, always finding an intelligent transition to the recognizable elements in fantasy. The structure of Blood Numbers is different from the first book, which had a back and forth power-play leading to the Oblate.
This is more a collection of multiple plot threads, of Sid and his group of friends, the constant plans of Tris, of Agnes attempt to regain control of her situation, and a mysterious ancient force causing trouble for all parties. The last seventy pages are absolute dynamite! They will cause you to not stop until you reach the end. You all should be reading Blood Numbers! It's some of the best dark fantasy out there to read right now.
Action packed, constant surprises, and an ending that creates more interesting possibilities than you imagined. I first read Black Numbers when it was first published and I was gobsmacked.
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The writing is beautiful, the plot is devious and seductive, the characters are deep and fully formed. These books are in many ways a traditional fantasy, in that they are peopled by both humans and non-humans, magic is involved, and setting is a beautifully detailed place that could never exist. But Lappi crosses the line into horror without losing the any of the qualities that I love in an epic fantasy. Read Black Numbers, you will be amazed at the author's portrayal of the power of numbers, and just might make you want to go back and study equations again!
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I really liked the overall story arch and will continue reading the series. My only criticism of the story is the sexual component. While I have absolutely no problem with the actual content of the scenes, I don't feel as if they were really all that necessary. I didn't have the sense that it really flowed with the story, and it felt a little forced. Just my opinion, but not a big enough issue for me to stop reading the series.
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Great book liked the story line. Followed on from where The Aleph Chronicles left off. Looking forward to Mr Lappi's next book - -. If you want to read a story that will hook you and keep you till the end then this story is for you. The book will keep you up late because you will want to finish a chapter to see what happens.
Cant wait for the third in the series.
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Black Numbers is one of the best Dark Fantasy novels I've read, and one I highly recommend to anyone interested by the book's description. The story follows a diverse cast of characters all tied to Sid, the Aleph Null. Sid is one of the few people to have control of numbers, a type of mathematic magic to bend numbers to his will.
His power is directly tied to his sexuality. This story, from the characters to how t The back of Black Numbers states, "For Ages 17 and Over" and that's an invitation. This story, from the characters to how the world operates, is handled with some of the most responsible writing I've seen. Black Numbers is a tight rope act. The plot is deviant, yet pure. It's introspective and objective.
Dean Lappi's writing goes in many unexpected and dark avenues, and it's always controlled with the upmost care. There are countless opportunities for the story to fall flat, but it never does. The novel subverts expectations within the first fifteen pages and doesn't stop until the end. The book's description barely scratches at the storytelling depth on display. It really is a great take on a mature subject matter.