Midnight Blue-Light Special
Cryptid, noun:
1. Any creature whose existence has been
suggested but not proven scientifically. Term officially coined by
cryptozoologist John E. Wall in 1983.
2. That thing that's getting ready to eat your head.
3. See also: "monster."
The Price family has spent generations studying the monsters of the
world, working to protect them from humanity - and humanity from them.
Enter Verity Price. Despite being trained from birth as a
cryptozoologist, she'd rather dance a tango than tangle with a demon,
and when her work with the cryptid community took her to Manhattan, she
thought she would finally be free to pursue competition-level dance in
earnest. It didn't quite work out that way...
But now, with
the snake cult that was killing virgins all over Manhattan finally taken care of, Verity is ready to settle down for some serious ballroom
dancing - until her on-again, off-again, semi-boyfriend Dominic De Luca, a member of the monster-hunting Covenant of St. George, informs her that
the Covenant is on their way to assess the city's readiness for a
cryptid purge. With everything and everyone she loves on the line,
there's no way Verity can take that lying down.
Alliances
will be tested, allies will be questioned, lives will be lost, and the
talking mice in Verity's apartment will immortalize everything as holy
writ - assuming there's anyone left standing when all is said and done.
It's a midnight blue-light special, and the sale of the day is on
betrayal, deceit... and carnage.
Seanan McGuire
Seanan McGuire is a native Californian, which has resulted in her being exceedingly laid-back about venomous wildlife, and terrified of weather. When not writing urban fantasy (as herself) and science fiction thrillers (as Mira Grant), she likes to watch way too many horror movies, wander around in swamps, record albums of original music, and harass her cats.
Seanan is the author of the October Daye, InCryptid, and Indexing series of urban fantasies; the Newsflesh trilogy; the Parasitology duology; and the "Velveteen vs." superhero shorts. Her cats, Lilly, Alice, and Thomas, are plotting world domination even as we speak, but are easily distracted by feathers on sticks, so mankind is probably safe. For now.
InCryptid
These urban fantasy adventures focus on the Price family of cryptozoologists as they seek to protect the cryptids of the world from humanity... and humanity from the cryptids of the world.
InCryptid consists of thirteen books, and the series is set to expand with the upcoming release of one more book. The current recommended reading order for the series is provided below.
