Just awful. Heh heh.
I've noticed that a lot of these books aren't that new (which isn't a bad thing, by the way. Older books are sometimes easier to find, particularly in libraries).
But here are some newer books that I think that people here would enjoy.
The Devil You Know by Mike Carey. Freelance excorcist in London gets back into the game while dragging along a prophecy of death. Great first novel by the writer of Lucifer, Crossing Midnight, and My Faith in Frankie. It's been published for a while in Britain but just came out stateside.
Crooked Little Vein by Warren Ellis. Not quite out yet. Hard-boiled magical realist gonzo fiction? Not sure how to classify it from the first chapter, available for free . . . somewhere. Probably expect all the non-fiction essays that Mr. Ellis wrote over the years to come up.
No Dominion by Charlie Huston. Second in the Joe Pitt series in which down-on-his luck vampire troubleshooter Joe Pitt tries to discover the source of a new drug for vampires. Hard-boiled quasi urban fantasy.
I also second the recommendation of The Jennifer Morgue. While the first book, the Atrocity Archives, was very much HP Lovecraft meets The Ipcress Files, this is very much Lovecraft meets Broccoli's Bond. Funny, scary stuff.
The Thousandfold Thought by R. Scott Baker. This too has been out for a little while. Third in the Prince of Nothing series. Religious crusades and philosophical discussions in a manichean world. Part of the trend towards Arab-tinged fantasy, which also saw Glen Cook's Lord of the Silent Kingdom, the second book of The Instrumentalities of Night series.
Ysabel by Guy Gavriel Kaye. A rarity for Kay in many ways. It's set in the present and connects with his Fionovar series. But it's Guy Gavriel Kay so it's good almost automatically.
-Murmur
Huh, looking over this list, it's mostly from the fantasy genre. Strange.
I've noticed that a lot of these books aren't that new (which isn't a bad thing, by the way. Older books are sometimes easier to find, particularly in libraries).
But here are some newer books that I think that people here would enjoy.
The Devil You Know by Mike Carey. Freelance excorcist in London gets back into the game while dragging along a prophecy of death. Great first novel by the writer of Lucifer, Crossing Midnight, and My Faith in Frankie. It's been published for a while in Britain but just came out stateside.
Crooked Little Vein by Warren Ellis. Not quite out yet. Hard-boiled magical realist gonzo fiction? Not sure how to classify it from the first chapter, available for free . . . somewhere. Probably expect all the non-fiction essays that Mr. Ellis wrote over the years to come up.
No Dominion by Charlie Huston. Second in the Joe Pitt series in which down-on-his luck vampire troubleshooter Joe Pitt tries to discover the source of a new drug for vampires. Hard-boiled quasi urban fantasy.
I also second the recommendation of The Jennifer Morgue. While the first book, the Atrocity Archives, was very much HP Lovecraft meets The Ipcress Files, this is very much Lovecraft meets Broccoli's Bond. Funny, scary stuff.
The Thousandfold Thought by R. Scott Baker. This too has been out for a little while. Third in the Prince of Nothing series. Religious crusades and philosophical discussions in a manichean world. Part of the trend towards Arab-tinged fantasy, which also saw Glen Cook's Lord of the Silent Kingdom, the second book of The Instrumentalities of Night series.
Ysabel by Guy Gavriel Kaye. A rarity for Kay in many ways. It's set in the present and connects with his Fionovar series. But it's Guy Gavriel Kay so it's good almost automatically.
-Murmur
Huh, looking over this list, it's mostly from the fantasy genre. Strange.