In this #1 New York Times bestseller, Neil Gaiman returns to the territory of his masterpiece, American Gods , to once again probe the dark recesses of the soul. God is dead. Meet the kids. Fat Charlie Nancy’s normal life ended the moment his father dropped dead on a Florida karaoke stage. Charlie didn’t know his dad was a god. And he never knew he had a brother. Now brother Spider is on his doorstep—about to make Fat Charlie’s life more interesting . . . and a lot more dangerous. “Thrilling, spooky, and wondrous.”— Denver Post “Awesomely inventive.… When you take the free-fall plunge into a Neil Gaiman book, anything can happen and anything invariably does.”— Entertainment Weekly “Delightful, funny and affecting.... A tall tale to end all tall tales.”— Washington Post Book World