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Hex and the City
by Simon R. Green
A private detective's magical mission to save the citizens of London from a powerful supernatural force.
Lady Luck has hired John Taylor to investigate the origins of the Nightside–the dark heart of London where it's always 3 A.M. But when he starts to uncover facts about his long-vanished mother, the ... (Goodreads)
Sharper Than a Serpent's Tooth
by Simon R. Green
A thrilling fantasy adventure set in a magical world of mystery, danger and intrigue.
My name is John Taylor. I’m a PI for hire in the Nightside, the dark and corrupt city within the city of London. Where the sun never shines and where pleasure and horror are always on sale—for the ... (Goodreads)
Something from the Nightside
by Simon R. Green
Detective uncovers the secrets of a mysterious and dangerous world, hidden in the shadows of London.
John Taylor is not a private detective per se , but he has a knack for finding lost things. That's why he's been hired to descend into the Nightside, an otherworldly realm in the center of London ... (Goodreads)
Death Masks
by Jim Butcher
A magical detective's mission to protect an ancient artifact from a powerful necromancer.
Harry shares a TV panel with a Vatican priest, Father Vincent, and São Paulo University Professor Don Paolo Ortega , a disguised Red Court Vampire noble. Father Vincent hires Dresden to recover the ... (Wikipedia)
Dead Witch Walking
by Kim Harrison
A dark urban fantasy about a witch's fight for survival in a world of humans, demons and vampires.
All the creatures of the night gather in "the Hollows" of Cincinnati, to hide, to prowl, to party... and to feed. Vampires rule the darkness in a predator-eat-predator world rife with dangers beyond ... (Goodreads)
Magic Bites
by Ilona Andrews
A female private investigator hunts monsters while searching for answers about her mysterious past.
Ilona Andrews invites you to experience the first novel in the #1, New York Times, bestselling series featuring the intriguing fantasy world of mercenary Kate Daniels… When the magic is up, rogue ... (Barnes & Noble)
Neverwhere
by Neil Gaiman
A mysterious journey through a hidden realm of London, filled with danger and unexpected allies.
Neverwhere is the story of Richard Mayhew and his trials and tribulations in London. At the start of the story, he is a young businessman, recently moved from Scotland and with a normal life ahead. ... (Wikipedia)
World War Z: An Oral History of the Zombie War
by Max Brooks
A collection of interviews recounting tales of the zombie apocalypse.
It has been nearly twenty years since the start of the apocalyptic worldwide pandemic known as the Zombie War, and about ten years since the war has ended in humanity's victory. The framing device ... (Wikipedia)
Summer Knight
by Jim Butcher
Harry Dresden, wizard detective, is caught in a war between faerie courts. He must solve a murder and prevent a war between the courts.
Mab, the Winter Queen of the Sidhe, has purchased Dresden's debt from his fairy godmother, Leanansidhe. She tells Dresden he can pay off his debt by doing three favors. The first favor is for him to ... (Wikipedia)
Changes
by Jim Butcher
Harry Dresden, wizard detective, faces new challenges as he navigates the dangerous world of the supernatural in Chicago.
Susan Rodriguez contacts Dresden to tell him they have a daughter, Margaret Angelica ("Maggie" for short), who has been kidnapped by the Duchess Arianna, the widow of a Red Court duke that Ebenezar ... (Wikipedia)
Nightlife
by Rob Thurman
Two siblings, one a monster hunter and the other a shape-shifter, navigate the supernatural underworld of New York City.
There are monsters among us. There always have been and there always will be. I’ve known that since I can remember, just like I’ve always known I was one ... Well, half of one, anyway. Welcome to New ... (Goodreads)
Sourcery
by Terry Pratchett
A wizard uses his magic to take over the Discworld, and a young man must fight to restore order.
Death comes to collect the soul of Ipslore the Red, a wizard who was banished from Unseen University for marrying and having children, something forbidden for wizards. Bitter over this fate, Ipslore ... (Wikipedia)
Moon Called
by Patricia Briggs
A shapeshifter embarks on a journey to reclaim her heritage and defend her people.
Mercedes Thompson, aka Mercy, is a talented Volkswagen mechanic living in the Tri-Cities area of Washington. She also happens to be a walker, a magical being with the power to shift into a coyote at ... (Goodreads)
Dissolution
by Richard Lee Byers
Epic fantasy adventure featuring a group of unlikely allies on a quest to save their kingdom from a dark force.
Pharaun and Ryld journey to a tavern, where Ryld plays sava (a chess-like game) while Pharaun goes to the basement, where various female drow captives are available for males to do with as they see ... (Wikipedia)
Making Money
by Terry Pratchett
A daring attempt to control gold and currency markets in an alternate world.
Moist von Lipwig is bored with his job as the Postmaster General of the Ankh-Morpork Post Office, which is running smoothly without any challenges, so the Patrician tries to persuade him to take over ... (Wikipedia)
Queen of Sorcery
by David Eddings
The second book in the Belgariad series follows Garion and his companions as they continue their quest to defeat the evil god Torak.
The Trail of Prophecy... Legends told of how the evil God Torak had coveted the power of the Orb of Aldur, until defeated in a final battle. But prophecy spoke of a time when he would awake and again ... (Goodreads)
Eric
by Terry Pratchett
A young boy's adventures in a fantasy world, discovering the secrets of the Discworld.
The story is a parody of the tale of Faust , , and follows the events of, Sourcery, in which the Wizard Rincewind was trapped in the Dungeon Dimensions. The Discworld version of Hell or Pandemonium ... (Wikipedia)
Dauntless
by Jack Campbell
A space pilot's adventure to save the human race from alien invaders.
John 'Black Jack' Geary has recently been rescued from a 100-year-old escape pod with a damaged beacon. He was the commanding officer of an early battle in what has become a century-old war between ... (Wikipedia)
Cast in Courtlight
by Michelle Sagara
Kaylin Neya, a human with magical abilities, navigates political intrigue and danger in the high court of Elantra.
No good deed goes unpunished… In Elantra, a job well done is rewarded with a more dangerous task. And so, after defeating a dark evil, Kaylin must enter a place of deceit and treachery. A world where ... (Goodreads)
Relic
by Douglas Preston
Scientists investigate an ancient secret, hidden deep in the South American jungle.
In September 1987, Dr. Julian Whittlesey is leading an expedition through the Amazon Basin , in the Brazilian rainforest , in search of the lost Kothoga tribe. He hopes to prove that they still do ... (Wikipedia)
The Lost Colony
by Eoin Colfer
An adventurous group of teens travel to a mysterious island to unravel its secrets.
In Barcelona , Spain, Artemis Fowl II and Butler, his bodyguard, wait for a demon . They suddenly encounter a demon who transports Artemis through time. Before Artemis is lost in time, Butler is able ... (Wikipedia)
The Opal Deception
by Eoin Colfer
Artful master criminal Artemis Fowl must save a passenger spaceship and its passengers from a dangerous criminal.
The book begins with the pixie Opal Koboi faking a coma inside a hospital to avoid incarceration by the Lower Elements Police (LEP) after her failed rebellion and attempt of world domination (which ... (Wikipedia)
The Black Tower
by P.D. James
Commander Adam Dalgliesh investigates a murder at a psychiatric clinic, uncovering dark secrets and personal demons.
Commander Dalgliesh is recuperating from a life-threatening illness when he receives a call for advice from an elderly friend who works as a chaplain in a home for the disabled on the Dorset coast. ... (Goodreads)
Reliquary
by Douglas Preston
A thrilling adventure full of unexpected twists and turns, uncovering a hidden relic with immense power.
The story picks up where the epilogue of Relic left off. Two headless skeletons are found in the Humboldt Kill. When further decapitated bodies follow, there is suspicion of a second Mbwun monster. ... (Wikipedia)
Stolen
by Kelley Armstrong
A young woman's fight for survival and revenge against a powerful and ruthless criminal organization.
The story begins with Elena travelling to Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania to follow up a lead the Pack have come across on believe.com which purports to be able to prove the existence of werewolves. ... (Wikipedia)
Grave Sight
by Charlaine Harris
A young woman uses her supernatural powers to uncover a murderer in a small town.
Grave Sight (Harper Connelly Mysteries, Book 1) Harper Connelly has what you might call a strange job: she finds dead people. She can sense the final location of a person who's passed, and share ... (Goodreads)
The Last Watch
by Sergei Lukyanenko
A group of magic users protect humanity from supernatural threats in the shadows of the night.
Anton Gorodetsky is learning to use his new power when Gesar sends him to assist the Scottish Night Watch in Edinburgh in a murder investigation. A young Russian man has been murdered in a "Vampire ... (Wikipedia)
Old Man's War
by John Scalzi
Elderly citizens enlist in an interstellar war to save humanity, discovering new strength and purpose.
Old Man's War is about a soldier named John Perry and his exploits in the Colonial Defense Forces (CDF). The first-person narrative follows Perry's military career from CDF recruit to the rank of ... (Wikipedia)
The Great Book of Amber
by Roger Zelazny
A magical and thrilling journey through magical planes of existence.
Alternate cover edition can be found , here , Roger Zelazny's chronicles of Amber have earned their place as all-time classics of imaginative literature. Now, here are all ten novels, together in one ... (Goodreads)
Season of Mists
by Neil Gaiman
A supernatural journey through various mythologies and realms, a quest to reclaim a lost soul.
This collection begins with an Endless family meeting, wherein Desire taunts Morpheus about his intolerant treatment of a former lover, the African queen 'Nada' ("Nada" is "Nothing" in Spanish ), ... (Wikipedia)
