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Corpselight

Paperback / ISBN-13: 9781784294359

Price: £9.99

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Watch out, Harry Dresden, Kinsey Milhone and Mercy Thompson: there’s a new kick-ass guardian in town and Verity Fassbinder’s taking no nonsense from anyone, not even the fox-spirit assassins who are invading Brisbane in this fast-paced sequel to VIGIL.

Life in Brisbane is never simple for those who walk between the worlds.


Verity’s all about protecting her city, but right now that’s mostly running surveillance and handling the less exciting cases for the Weyrd Council – after all, it’s hard to chase the bad guys through the streets of Brisbane when you’re really, really pregnant.

‘Verity is the best thing about the book . . . she’s a surly, straight-talking, Doc Marten-wearing punchbag who investigates Weyrd-related crime on behalf of the beleaguered “normal” police’ (SFX)

An insurance investigation sounds pretty harmless, even if it is for ‘Unusual Happenstance’. That’s not usually a clause Normals use – it covers all-purpose hauntings, angry genii loci, ectoplasmic home invasion, demonic possession, that sort of thing – but Susan Beckett’s claimed three times in three months. Her house keeps getting inundated with mud, but she’s still insisting she doesn’t need or want help . . . until the dry-land drownings begin.

V’s first lead in takes her to Chinatown, where she is confronted by kitsune assassins. But when she suddenly goes into labour, it’s clear the fox spirits are not going to be helpful.

Corpselight, the sequel to Vigil, is the second book in the Verity Fassbinder series by award-winning author Angela Slatter.

‘Simply put: Slatter can write! She forces us to recognise the monsters that are ourselves’ Jack Dann, award-winning author.

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Slatter is a master world-builder
beyondfiction.com
Slatter's work is excellent, and eminently readable . . . It's easy to see how she's managed to make such an impact on the genre
British Fantasy Society
The world of the Weyrd collides with modern-day Brisbane, bringing chaos in its wake. A brilliant new urban fantasy with elements of murder, mystery and magic - I'm already looking forward to the next Verity Fassbinder adventure
Alison Littlewood, author of A Cold Season
Simply put: Slatter can write! . . . Read this writer. She'll drop the scales right out of your eyes!
Jack Dann, award-winning author of The Memory Cathedral
Verity Fassbinder comes on like a high-octane mix of Jim Butcher's Harry Dresden and Sue Grafton's Kinsey Milhone - dry, smart, funny, fuelled by a need to protect the weak, and driven by a past that haunts her. Verity's BrisVegas is a far cry from the streets of Brisbane you'll see in tourist brochures, a dark supernatural playground where anything can happen and where the strangest of us can find safe haven. If you loved True Blood, or if you've ever loved a great PI series, then Vigil is for you. Smart, funny, and engaging. I can't wait for the sequel!
Jonathan Strahan, editor of The Best Science Fiction and Fantasy of the Year series
Rich and heady as honey mead, potent and earthy as great Scotch, the sublimely dark tales of Angela Slatter are an addictive delight
Neil Snowden
Like Aickman, her sense of the fantastic serves to show us the weird world we hold within our own psyches . . . Slatter's prose is often magnificent, and she's able to craft characters as great as the powers they wield
Rick Kleffel, American Public Radio Books on Angela Slatter
One of the most important voices in fantasy
SF Signal on Angela Slatter
Angela Slatter's ink is full of intimate magic and hard wisdom. Her characters live and breathe and glance out at you from the page to question your motives. One of the best dark fantasy writers working today
Christopher Golden, New York Times bestselling author of ARARAT and SNOWBLIND
Edgy, hilarious and full of heart - Verity is back and as brilliant as ever!'
Alison Goodman, award-winning author of Lady Helen and the Dark Days Club
Angela Slatter is an Australian author who spins beautiful yarns in a musical, fascinating narrative style
SFsite
The Fassbinder fun continues. The only-half-Normal Brisbane sleuth has fox-spirits, ninja librarians and much, much worse to deal with now, even as motherhood gives her a makeover. Slatter's dark imaginings, spritzed with humour, pack age-old magic into a contemporary setting with a sure hand. This woman knows her stuff.
Margo Lanagan, author of Tender Morsels
Half-Weyrd troubleshooter Verity Fassbinder is back: funny, capable, super-strong ... and this time heavily pregnant . . . Angela Slatter's writing is as deft and witty as ever. With its delicious blend of the mundane and the totally weird, CORPSELIGHT will make you laugh, shudder and keep turning pages until the very end.
Juliet Marillier, award-winning author of the BLACKTHORN & GRIM series
Superb. Witty, dark, increasingly fascinating characters and a gorgeous set up ending to make you desperate for the next one.
Liz Barnsley, Liz Loves Books
A fast-paced new entry into the urban fantasy genre
Stefan’s Books
Angela Slatter [is one] of the most daring and exquisitely polished writers on today's' speculative fiction scene
Karen Miller, author of the Kingmaker, Kingbreaker series
If you loved the Dresden Files but thought there were not nearly enough females taking charge, Verity is the answer to all your woes.
Read at Midnight
The narration is witty, adroit, a fine example of good crime storytelling . . . an entertaining read
Sisters in Crime