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Nightside Novels
The Nightside Series follows the story of John Taylor, a private detective who possesses a very special ability to find anything. This power advances in very interesting ways throughout the series allowing him to take on various entities, monsters, gods, and forces of nature. Each book has its own story but they all follow along a certain line on their own. That is to say he has a different case each book but they all act as pieces to the overall puzzle. For the most part he acts alone but is occasionally aided by his...friend, Suzie Shooter, but has also paired with other people and um...things, throughout the series to get things done.
This is one of my favorite adult fantasy (no not that kind) series. Simon Green took a very liberal approach to a number of mythological figures in this series. He also invented a few nifty beings categorized as Powers and Dominations such as The Lamentation. There are several mini arcs within the series such as the Angel war and John's encounter with The Harrowing. I, and some others, believe 12 books were a bit much. Some books were far better than others but some just seemed to have very little to offer to the major plot of the series, in the end however, it worked out pretty well. At first glance it may seem all over the place but I believe Mr. Green was able to put together a fantastic series that is worth giving a shot.
http://www.goodreads.com/series/40946-nightside
http://www.amazon.com/Nightside-Simon-R-Green/lm/N6DWIO1JYZEV
http://nightside.wikia.com/wiki/Simon_R_Green
“The cream-tiled walls were spattered here and there with old dried bloodstains, deep gouges that might have been clawmarks, and all kinds of graffiti. As usual, someone had spelt Cthulhu wrongly.”
“There are any number of magical creatures, mostly female, whose singing can bring about horror and death. Sirens, undines, banshees, Bananarama tribute bands...” ― Simon R. Green, Nightingale's Lament
“It's hard to maintain a reputation for being grim and mysterious when you're accompanied by a brightly clad young thing, skipping merrily along at your side, holding your hand, and smiling sweetly on one and all.”
― Simon R. Green, The Unnatural Inquirer
"Books can be terrible snobs.”
― Simon R. Green, The Bride Wore Black Leather
The Old Kingom Series
Sabriel- Prequel to Lirael and Abhorsen
Sabriel is heir to the title "Abhorsen" and finds herself somewhat unprepared to take up the full duties of one who binds the dead. She must do so however to save her father and the Old Kingdom from one of the greatest threats.
Lirael- Daughter of the Clayr Lirael, finds herself not mixing well with her Clayr relatives. She does not yet have the Sight, which all proper Clayr have and she even looks completely different from the other daughters of the Clayr. She eventually finds her purpose and sets out with her companion, the disreputable dog, to find out what mysterious and extremely powerful force blocks the Clarys Sight around the red lake.
Abhorsen(Direct sequel to Lirael)- Lirael and Sameth find themselves in a whole new world of trouble with their discovery in the previous book and race against the clock to prevent a great evil from the Beginning from rising again.
Across the Wall- Short stories in connection with the Old Kingdom and Ancelstierre. However it is not a major part of the first "Trilogy".
Clariel-Due sometime late 2014!!!
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The central premise of the novel is that gods and mythological creatures exist because people believe in them. Immigrants to the United States brought with them dwarves, elves, leprechauns, and other spirits and gods. However, the power of these mythological beings has diminished as people's beliefs wane. New gods have arisen, reflecting America's obsessions with media, celebrity, technology, and drugs, among others. The old gods however, will not take this lying down.
This book brings together many deities of very colorful backgrounds such as Egyptian, Norse, Slavic and African and ties them into the story in a way that can only be described as brilliant. The protagonist, Shadow, is a very believable, tough character who takes things pretty well after being thrown into a battle of the gods. I would recommend this to any lore lover out there with a special place in their heart for the gods of old.
American Gods
by Neil Gaiman
December 2013
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