Gun Machine is the latest novel by comics mastermind Warren Ellis, his second following the incredible Crooked Little Vein. It’s also a twisted take on the noir genre with a smart but worn down NYC detective taking on a lot of cases after he discovers a Pearl Street apartment completely covered in guns arranged in various patterns. He’s got to figure out who this mysterious killer who has been operating undetected for a very, very long time is and also possibly get his life together.

