Liz Williams
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Inspector Chen journeys to Hell on a fact-finding mission-and what he finds is trouble For years, the embarrassing secret of the Singapore Three police department was Detective Inspector Chen-a specialist in the supernatural whose jurisdiction extended to Heaven and Hell. But when a rampaging goddess nearly destroyed the city, only to be stopped by Chen and his demonic partner, Zhu Irzh, the department was forced to reward them, resulting in the kind...
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A demon cop in an unfamiliar city works his first homicide case Zhu Irzh is having trouble adjusting to life on Earth. The food is bland, the colors dim, and the weather much too chilly for a demon used to the balmy climate of the underworld. Recently attached to the Singapore Three police department, Zhu Irzh has been assigned to help humans like Detective Inspector Chen investigate cases that overlap this world and the world to come. But how dedicated...
4) Embertide
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The Fallow sisters encounter a mystery in the distant past in "another time-slipping and spirit-battling adventure. . . . Entertaining" (SciFi Mind).
As the air begins to hint of spring and the Fallow sisters recover from the events of Christmas, things start to feel normal again-but that's not going to last long. They've made dangerous enemies-not all of them human-and soon darkness intrudes once again on their everyday lives in London and...
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Enslaved on an isolated planet, an alchemist fights to free her sister-and mankind Latent Emanation is a cruel world where ordinary people do everything they can to stay out of the way of their vicious masters, the mysterious Night Lords. Apprentice alchemist Alivet Dee is more cautious than most, having devoted her life to making enough money to buy back her imprisoned sister from the Night Lords-but trouble is about to find her. When a client dies...
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Chen searches for a missing book that holds the fate of creation in its pages No mortal has ever heard of the Book, and few in Heaven even believe it is real. Instead, they regard the stories of a bound volume older than time itself as something of a creation myth. But Mhara, the Emperor of Heaven, knows the Book is very real, very powerful, and very much missing. It has a mind of its own, and it appears to have wandered off-taking the secrets of...
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This tale of four fey sisters is "a golden slice of British rural fantasy in the tradition of Diana Wynne Jones and Tanith Lee. . . . I loved it" (Paul Cornell, New York Times–bestselling author of Witches of Lychford).
Levelheaded Bee still lives at Mooncote, the family home in Somerset, where she has an unconventional boyfriend of whom her sisters are unaware. Stella, a DJ who's just done some gigs in Ibiza, has vowed never to return to...
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In the distant future, Earth is dominated by a Martian matriarchy known as the Grandmothers. Males are virtually unknown, and reproduction is a matter of industry. These experts in genetic engineering have bred a messiah, Lunae, who can bend time to her will. But when killers from a rival planet are dispatched to destroy her, the Grandmothers order a Martian warrior, Dreams-of-War, to protect the young savior. Dreams-of-War's guardianship leads to...
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Four sisters are drawn from their ordinary lives into darker realms: "Combines stellar character work with exploration of British folklore and fairy tales." -The Fantasy Hive
Bee, Stella, Serena, and Luna are preparing for Christmas, but all is not merry and bright when fashion designer Serena's new collection is maliciously destroyed on the eve of its debut. A wealthy man miraculously comes to the rescue-but he may be hiding something. Meanwhile,...