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  • Cover of Necroscope
    NecroscopeSeries

    series · 26 books · 1982

    completed

    Horror, dark and tense in tone, set in contemporary.

    “Harry turns that gift against Thibor Ferenczy, a vampire buried since the Middle Ages, and against Ferenczy's agent Boris Dragosani, a Soviet spy who has learned to tear secrets from corpses in pursuit of world domination.”

    from the catalogue
    Start with Necroscope →

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  • Cover of The Devils
    The DevilsSeries

    series · 1 book · 2025

    Grimdark, dark in tone, about quests, set in secondary world.

    “The audiobook, read by Steven Pacey, won an AudioFile Earphones Award.”

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    Start with The Devils →

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  • Cover of Noble Dead
    Noble DeadUniverse

    universe · 31 books · 2003

    Fantasy, set in secondary world.

    “A woman makes her living slaying vampires that were never there — staged frauds, a wooden stake, a frightened village glad to pay.”

    from the catalogue
    Start with Dhampir →

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    includes The Dead Seekers, Forgotten / Tales of Misbelief, Mist-Torn Witches

  • Cover of Nytefall Trilogy
    Nytefall TrilogySeries

    series · 3 books · 2023

    Fantasy, set in secondary world.

    “Chloe C. Peñaranda's Nytefall trilogy continues the star-maiden Astraea's story after she wins her freedom, following her as she tries to hold onto it while recovering memories and coming into dangerous new powers.”

    from the catalogue
    Start with The Stars Are Dying →

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  • Cover of Blood and Tea
    Blood and TeaSeries

    series · 2 books · 2024

    About found family and revenge, set in secondary world and big city.

    “Hafsah Faizal's A Tempest of Tea introduces Arthie Casimir, a criminal mastermind whose renowned tearoom in the city of White Roaring doubles after dark as an illegal bloodhouse serving the vampires society fears.”

    from the catalogue
    Start with A Tempest of Tea →

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  • Cover of Johannes Cabal
    Johannes CabalSeries

    series · 9 books · 2004

    Fantasy, dark and funny in tone, about undead.

    “Johannes Cabal the Necromancer follows an amoral necromancer who sold his soul years earlier and must now win it back from Satan through a wager, journeying through a demonic travelling carnival to collect the hundred souls required.”

    from the catalogue
    Start with Johannes Cabal the Necromancer →

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