Max Gladstone
Author
Series
Craft novels volume 1
Publisher
Tor
Pub. Date
2012
Language
English
Description
"A god has died, and it's up to Tara, first-year associate in the international necromantic firm of Kelethres, Albrecht, and Ao, to bring Him back to life before His city falls apart. Her client is Kos, recently deceased fire god of the city of Alt Coulumb. Without Him, the metropolis's steam generators will shut down, its trains will cease running, and its four million citizens will riot. Tara's job: resurrect Kos before chaos sets in. Her only help:...
4) Fitting In
Author
Series
Language
English
Description
For over 25 years, the Wild Cards universe has been entertaining readers with stories of superpowered people in an alternate history. "Fitting In" by Max Gladstone shows how everyday people can step up to become extraordinary.
Robin Ruttiger tries-he really does-but his lot in life falls way shorter than his expectations. A failed contestant of the superhero reality TV show, American Hero, he now works as a high school guidance counselor to reluctant...
Author
Language
English
Description
A contemporary Lovecraftian tale of art, obsession, and elder gods.
There were no monsters at first, only "Arthur Dufresne Crispin," who met me on the front steps of his apartment in the Village: towheaded, tall, and lean, with long spidery fingers that closed mine in a strangler's handshake.
Don't miss Max Gladstone's dark fantasy tale Crispin's Model, a Tor.com Original.
Author
Series
Language
English
Description
For four thrilling seasons, The Bookburners-a covert ops team dedicated to the recovery and containment of dangerous magical books-have battled forces of magic that have threatened to tear them and the world apart. But nothing has prepared them for the personal trials they have endured, or the scale of cataclysm they must ultimately face.
Sal's original quest to save her brother has become so much more; Father Menchú's faith has been tested . ....
Author
Series
Language
English
Description
Magic is real, and hungry--trapped in ancient texts and artifacts. Only a few who discover it survive to fight back. Join Detective Sal Brooks, newest recruit to a black-ops magic hunting team backed by the Vatican, as she travels the world to keep the supernatural in check. Just remember: watch your back and don't touch anything. Fans of Supernatural, The X-Files, Buffy the Vampire Slayer, and The Da Vinci Code will love this epic urban fantasy....
Author
Series
Language
English
Description
Magic is real, and hungry. It's trapped in ancient texts and artifacts, and only a few who discover it survive to fight back. Detective Sal Brooks is a survivor. She joins a Vatican-backed black-ops anti-magic squad-Team Three of the Societas Librorum Occultorum-and together they stand between humanity and the magical apocalypse. Some call them the Bookburners. They don't like the label. Supernatural meets The Da Vinci Code in a fast-paced, kickass...
Author
Series
Language
English
Description
Supernatural meets The Da Vinci Code in a fast-paced, kickass character driven novel chock-full of magic, mystery, and mayhem, written collaboratively by a team of some of the best writers working in fantasy. Magic is real . . . and hungry. Everything in the Bookburners' lives falls into two categories: Before London and After London. Before London, things were strange, sure, but After London . . . "strange" doesn't even begin to describe it. Magic...
Author
Series
Language
English
Description
Magic is real, and hungry--trapped in ancient texts and artifacts. Only a few who discover it survive to fight back. Join Detective Sal Brooks, newest recruit to a black-ops magic hunting team backed by the Vatican, as she travels the world to keep the supernatural in check. Just remember: watch your back and don't touch anything. Fans of Supernatural, The X-Files, Buffy the Vampire Slayer, and The Da Vinci Code will love this epic urban fantasy....
13) Dead country
Author
Series
Craft wars volume 1
Publisher
Tordotcom/Tor Publishing Group
Pub. Date
2023.
Language
English
Description
"Discover the destiny of the Craft in Dead Country, the beginning of the end of Max Gladstone's beloved fantasy epic. BOOK ONE OF THE CRAFT WARS SERIES Since her village chased her out with pitchforks, Tara Abernathy has resurrected gods, pulled down monsters, averted wars, and saved a city, twice. She thought she'd left her dusty little hometown forever. But that was before her father died. As she makes her way home to bury him, she finds a girl,...
Author
Language
English
Description
Welcome to Prague, 1970: the epicenter in a struggle of spies and sorcerers. The Witch Who Came In From The Cold follows agents on opposing sides of two struggles: the Cold War, and an ancient conflict between two occult secret societies: the Consortium of Ice and the Acolytes of Flame. A CIA and KGB agent will find their loyalties to country tested when they realize they must work together to prevent the destruction of the world at the hands of the...