"Exquisite. Mansbach's characters are sharply drawn." - New York Times Book Review "A taut and gritty adventure thriller with a supernatural element." - Publishers Weekly "An exciting tale, an action thriller heavily infused with paranormal elements . The narrative twists among several disparate protagonists and keeps a lot of balls in the air without losing momentum. Highly recommended for readers of supernatural action and horror . and fans of more general action stories." - Library Journal "Beautiful, funny, heartbreaking .

Very few writers could have attempted all this. Adam Mansbach succeeds, brilliantly." - Boston Globe "Both surreal and grounded in harsh reality, the novel is ambitiously plotted and powerfully written." - Booklist "An adrenaline-pumping bang teeming with vivid, violent imagery. Imagine an Indiana Jones-style story, starring the Hulk and directed by Robert Rodriquez; surely satisfying for readers craving a bloody supernatural jolt." - Booklist "Strap yourself in for this over-the-top ride along the lawless Mexican-American border." - Shelf Awareness, Starred Review "Starts its supernatural action at full throttle and never lets up until its apocalyptic finale. Told in a hard-boiled but slyly humorous style, The Dead Run delights in boxing its characters into seemingly inescapable predicaments and then blasting them through to the next cliffhanger.

Horror enthusiasts will want to hunt down The Dead Run." - San Francisco Chronicle Praise for The Dead Run : "Although violent, The Dead Run is first-rate entertainment based on a fascinating cultural mashup." - Seattle Post-Intelligencer "Rarely has a writer demonstrated he's having as much fun as Mansbach clearly is with this demented series combining contemporary crime action, Mexican mythology, irreverent comedy, and straight-up horror. Like great pulp fiction or midnight movies, the book's profane, hyperactive, and gloriously violent style will repel more sensitive readers and make those who revel in Tarantino scripts, Breaking Bad , or zombie flicks giddy with anticipation." - Kirkus Reviews "Rarely has a writer demonstrated he's having as much fun as Mansbach clearly is with this demented series combining contemporary crime action, Mexican mythology, irreverent comedy, and straight-up horror." - Kirkus Reviews "Mansbach believably builds a scenario for the destruction of the world, showing the best and worst of humankind brought to their knees by the power of gods, and leaving the rest of us to tremble." - Publishers Weekly.