Urban Fantasy
From Goodreads:
A
thrilling new Victorian-era urban fantasy for fans of Kevin Hearne’s Iron Druid
Chronicles, the Showtime series Penny Dreadful, and the Sherlock Holmes
movies featuring Robert Downey, Jr.
The
Crown and Key Society face their most terrifying villain yet: Gaios, a deranged
demigod with the power to destroy Britain.
To
avenge a centuries-old betrayal, Gaios is hell-bent on summoning the elemental
forces of the earth to level London and bury Britain. The Crown and Key
Society, a secret league consisting of a magician, an alchemist, and a
monster-hunter, is the realm’s only hope—and to stop Gaios, they must gather
their full strength and come together as a team, or the world will fall apart.
But Simon Archer, the Crown and
Key’s leader and the last living magician-scribe, has lost his powers. As Gaios
searches for the Stone of Scone, which will give him destructive dominion over
the land, monster-hunter Malcolm MacFarlane, alchemist extraordinaire Kate
Anstruther, gadget geek Penny Carter, and Charlotte the werewolf scramble to
reconnect Simon to his magic before the world as they know it is left forever
in ruins.
Once again Simon Archer and friends
must protect Britain from destruction.
Gaios has been at the heart of the danger in the previous books but in
The Conquering Dark he takes center stage. He needs the Stone of Scone and will do anything to get
it. Simon, Kate, Malcolm, Penny,
Charlotte and Imogene all must work together to save Britain from the destruction
Gaios wants to reign on the land.
As usual this is non-stop action and
danger. Simon needs his magic
restored, the Stone must be found and protected and Gaios defeated. Nothing is easy. Many are killed. Much is destroyed but in the end our hero’s
prevail. This time one of their
own does not survive and another is not what he has always seemed. For awhile
it looks like death and betrayal will end the team?
Like the two previous books The
Conquering Dark is action driven.
Take a deep breath before you start. You will need it as you read. We do get to know more about each character. Some of the side characters become more
important. The world building and
back story continue. Surely we
have not seen the last of Simon, Kate and friends.
Del Rey published The Conquering Dark by Clay Griffith and Susan Griffith in 2015.
I received an ARC of The Conquering Dark from Netgalley in return for an honest review.
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