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Checquy FilesSeries
series4 books2012
Urban fantasy and fantasy, set in contemporary and british isles.
“The premise of paranormal bureaucracy and espionage continues across the rest of the Checquy novels.”
from the catalogue
Start with The Rook →
London BelowSeries
series5 books1996
Eerie in tone, about transported to another world, set in underground & caves.
“Most notable is the appearance of the Floating Market at Harrods rather than under Battersea power station.”
from the catalogue
Start with Neverwhere →
The Great CitiesSeries
series3 books2016
Set in north america.
“N. K. Jemisin's Great Cities duology imagines that great cities can awaken as living, sentient avatars defending themselves against extradimensional threats.”
from the catalogue
Start with The City We Became →
Alif the UnseenNovel
G. Willow Wilsonstandalone novel2012
Cyberpunk and science fiction, about artificial intelligence, set in middle east.
“In the novel, a Middle Eastern hacker named Alif discovers a book of djinn tales which may lead to a new age of quantum computing.”
from the catalogue
War for the OaksSeries
series2 books1987
About fae and music, set in north america.
Start with War for the Oaks →
The Dark Is RisingSeries
series5 books1965
Mythic fantasy.
“The first book in the series, Over Sea, Under Stone, was originally conceived as a stand-alone novel, and the sequence gets its name from the second novel in the series, The Dark Is Rising.”
from the catalogue
Start with Over Sea, Under Stone →