Circle of Enemies: A Twenty Palaces Novel
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| Rating | : | 4.33 (661 Votes) |
| Asin | : | B004J4WKF6 |
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| Number of Pages | : | 187 Pages |
| Publish Date | : | 2014-03-05 |
| Language | : | English |
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“Ray Lilly is one of the most interesting characters I’ve read lately, and Harry Connolly’s vision is amazing.”—Charlaine Harris“An edge-of-the-seat read! Ray Lilly is the new high-water mark of paranormal noir.”—Charles Stross, author of Rule 34“Excellent reading delicious tension and suspense.”—Jim Butcher, author of The Dresden Files, on Child of Fire“Connolly doesn’t shy away from tackling big philosophical issues amid gory action scenes and plenty of rapid-fire sardonic dialogue.”—Publishers Weekly (starred review), on Game of Cages “This has become one of my must-read series.”—LocusFrom the Paperback edition.
He lives in Seattle. Harry Connolly spent two years writing his first novel, Child of Fire. He has held a variety of jobs in the past, from customer service to landscaping to stay-at-home dad.
Now Ray will have to choose between the ties of the past and the responsibilities of the present, as he and the Society face not only Wally King but a bizarre new predator.From the Paperback edition.. Former car thief Ray Lilly is now the expendable grunt of a sorcerer responsible for destroying extradimensional predators summoned to our world by power-hungry magicians. Worse yet, the spell was cast by Wally King, the sorcerer who first dragged Ray into the brutal world of the Twenty Palace Society. But when a friend from his former gang calls him back to his old stomping grounds in Los Angeles, Ray may have to face a threat even he can’t h
"So disappointed to hear this will be the last book!!" according to Suzy Schettler. I was so disappointed when I heard that the publisher has dropped this series and that there will be no fourth book to follow this one. This series, imo, was very underrated. At a time when there is an overabundance in urban fantasy of vampires and werewolves and fairies, it was so refreshing to read a series that was so different and had alien. It made them much more frightening and creepy and you never knew where the story was going to go or how they would be beaten and/. "Three Stars" according to SEMC. Good series, but abandoned.. "Get some rest first; you'll be up all night with this one." according to Tiffany B.. This is my favorite of the Twenty Palaces books. Why? So glad you asked. With two encounters with predators under his belt, Ray finally has some idea of what they are, how they work, and can get to work killing them instead of figuring them out. That means: MORE SCARY MONSTERS. In Circle of Enemies, Ray can barely catch his breath from killing one roomful of terrifying creatures from the darker reaches of Harry Connolly's twisted imagination before a decaying, tumor-ridden