Think Terry Pratchett writing one of Ben Aaronovitch's Rivers of London novels – but still unmistakeably Alan. This has 'massive hit' written all over it

John Higgs

Alan Moore is a visionary artist and a myth maker, and in The Great When he delivers the mystical core of the occult tradition of London: a fantasy novel that features Arthur Machen, Austin Osman Spare, an alternative world that is more real than ours, bookstores, crime and a city traumatized by the war. And he does this with fun, with challenging and beautiful writing, with delight and with the knowledge that there are portals and only a few can access them. This is a weird book and it's a complete joy

Mariana Enríquez, author of OUR SHARE OF NIGHT

Extraordinary . . . very funny . . . It does what fantasy does best which is show us something beyond our experience

Susanna Clarke, New York Times bestselling author of Piranesi and Jonathan Strange & Mr Norrell

Like Dickens, Alan Moore has us waiting on the dock, impatient for the next installment of his breathless, time-travelling classic. A preternaturally convincing hallucination from London's fetid past transports us, in some mysterious way, over the abyss of our impoverished post-digital present. Savage, humane, comic, terrifying: and that's just the first page. Now read on

Iain Sinclair

A profound, gorgeous novel of secret magics and lost souls

Sunyi Dean, Sunday Times Bestselling author of THE BOOK EATERS

[Moore's] lyrical style is a play of poetry and metaphor with a dash of dry humour ... This is a lavishly crafted urban fantasy tale with a caustic and colourful cast, perfect for fans of Susanna Clarke

Library Journal