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Nathaniel Hood is a very busy man. He is the Watchmage—half policeman, half wet nurse—for the entire magical population of New York City. As the young city grows, hundreds of supernatural creatures immigate every year, making his life that much more annoying. In the first planned story arc, the baby of a wealthy human couple is kidnapped, Nathaniel suspects . . .
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Nathaniel Hood is a very busy man. He is the Watchmage—half policeman, half wet nurse—for the entire magical population of New York City. As the young city grows, hundreds of supernatural creatures immigate every year, making his life that much more annoying. In the first planned story arc, the baby of a wealthy human couple is kidnapped, Nathaniel suspects . . .
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In October 1929 Berlin, Germany, a young but brilliant detective begins to investigate a series of bizarre and gruesome murders. As he delves deeper, he finds himself drawn into a literal underworld populated by demons, both mythological and otherwise. . . .
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In an alternate past where magic is recognize as a true science, people are starving for land. To alleviate the burden, the government of Great Britain created floating islands, gigantic city that travels the sea. On the Island of King James, two people that have nothing in common must understand what is the link between a series of grotesque . . .
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The British Isles, the 16th century. Decades ago, the fae returned to the mortal world. Released by a coven of magicians after centuries of imprisonment, they swept across the British Isles, covering the land with a tangled forest of enchanted trees. Cities fell. Thousands died. Only a handful of cities were saved. Years later, the people of the . . .
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A fallen hero with a secret past takes a job retrieving an item for its owner. When she and her sociopathic partner arrive the hero finds much more than she expected and her adventures begin Skyway Mechanix follows the trials of Laurel and Violet, two heroes for hire making a living in the western suburbs of the Twin . . .
In the wasteland of commercial culture that is future America, police are operated not by government but by private companies. In Seattle, that role is filled by Civil Protection, and Daniel Gray is a detective in Homicide Solutions. What used to be considered an important – even glamorous – department for public police is very different for the corporate . . .
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The Investigators follows the adventures of a private investigation firm based in India. A variety of cases ranging from serial killings to leakage of funds from multi-national companies are tackled by The Investigators. Readers also get a chance to win free e-books, games and more by solving the mystery before the protagonist Dharmesh Singh does. Clues and hints are dropped . . .
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A collection of short stories, from high fantasy to alternate-history 1920s pulp adventures to detective stories and war stories in a hard science fiction universe. . . .
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Eelsvale: Population 1,355. Magic: Some. Sally Carter writes the fiction column in The Eelsvale Pages, but is a little low on weekly originality. Then she meets Detective Hood, recently turned freelance (reasons unknown). He has bit of a reputation, and a knack, for trouble, and doesn’t seem to mind her company (or else he probably wouldn’t keep turning . . .
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Seventh-grader Sheryl Holmes loves mysteries, and she’s decided to start a new club after-school dedicated to solving mysteries. Dragging her friend, James, into the club, the After-School Detectives help their classmates solve their problems and their mysteries. . . .
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Veteran detective Jake Burleigh is chosen to solve a case using an amazing new technology. It’s only after he finishes the job that the real mysteries begin. Strangers in the Brain is a mysterious detective noir blended with a delirious, dreamlike sci-fi twist. . . .
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When a fire burns down the historic Bartlett House, the body of young activist, Emmy d’Angelo is found inside, dressed in bondage gear. Her older lover, professor Will Adelhardt, is under suspicion, but the manner in which Emmy is found is incomprehensible to Adelhardt, who is devastated by her loss. Now he must take a dark voyage through the . . .
Apr 3, 2013: I enjoyed reading the first eleven chapters of The Watchmage of New York, and I’m interested to see where this series goes next. The story is set in New York City of the 1850’s, and we follow Nathaniel Hood, a 150-year old mage whose duty is to watch over the otherworldly citizens of the city, helping or dispensing justice as the situation dictates.
The writer’s take on the non-humans inhabiting the city is fascinating in its own right, and I found [more . . .]
Jul 11, 2010: ‘A sansanosmilus,’ said the man. ‘Obviously.’
I appreciate any time that a story, regardless of the scope or detail of its world, is willing to dispense with weighty exposition and trusts its reader enough to drop into scene immediately. "Sally Carter," named for its narrator, manages to do this in the wake of a quick, journalistic blurb which drops enough hints about the greater universe to intrigue a curious reader. There’s clearly a lot more to say about what, exactly, is [more . . .]