Bøker av Laura Anne Gilman

Welcome to the world of the Cosa Nostradamus, where humans and non-humans co-exist...uneasily.Wren Valere knows she's the best. So when she and her partner Sergei are hired to track down a missing - and deadly - parchment, she thinks it'll be a piece of cake. And getting out of the city, with its rising tensions between human Talent and the fatae, seems like a really good idea.The problem is, their employer hasn't told them everything, and the job, taking them from the Italian countryside back to the summer-sweltering streets of New York City, will unleash a terrible magic that cannot be killed, or controlled….Best or not, Wren's going to need a miracle to pull this one off. "[CURSE THE DARK] maintains the standard set in the first volume of this series. Gilman has managed the nearly impossible here: a cleverly written and well-balanced fantasy with a strong romantic element that doesn't overpower the main plot." - Romantic Times (4 1/2 Stars)"[This series is]…an entertaining, fast-paced thriller set in a world where cell phones and computers exist uneasily with magic, and a couple engaging and highly talented rogues solve crimes while trying not to commit too many of their own."- Locus

"Ordered to investigate suspicious activity outside of Boston carefully, Rosemary and Aaron Harker, suspecting they're being set up, find a simple hunt becoming complicated as they try to stop the uncanny before it strikes again while trying to figure out who-or what-is shadowing them"--

The first rule of lonejacks is "don't get involved...."Wren Valere just wants to do her job, collect a paycheck, and figure out her relationship with her business partner-turned-romantic partner, Sergei. No muss, no fuss, no outside entanglements. But when she takes on a job she shouldn't have, she finds herself once again in the cross-hairs of the Mage Council - and their aim is getting better.Meanwhile, tensions between human Talents and the non-human residents of the city are escalating, putting one of her dearest friends in danger.Her job, her people, and her city are at risk. And now, rather than her usual invisibility, everyone's looking at Wren to do something...So much for never getting involved.

Three months ago, Jan had a crash course in the supernatural. Werewolves, kelpies, elves, trolls -all real. But reclaiming her boyfriend from predatory, abusive elves was only the start of her story….Now, Jan and her supernatural companions have a new deadline: ten weeks, ten days and ten hours until the elves are able to use the portals again. Until they overrun the unsuspecting world, and destroy it.Our realm has one hope: find the missing elven queen, and use her as a bargaining chip.But that isn't going to be easy...and time's up.

"He has been taken. And you are his only chance."When Jan's boyfriend Tyler disappears for several days, she's worried. And then she's angry. Then two strangers rescue her from a violent attack by creatures out of legend, and tell her that Tyler didn't abandon her - he was stolen away to the fairy court. And Jan's his only chance to come home. But her rescuers aren't human either, and they have their own secrets…."You can always count on (the) gifted Gilman to deliver richly layered fantasy filled with winning characters and well-defined worlds, and she doesn't disappoint with HEART OF BRIAR. (A) terrific series starter." ♦♦♦♦ (4 stars) - RT Reviews"[Readers] will be seduced and enthralled by Gilman's metaphysical thriller about wicked elves, shape-shifting supernaturals and portals to another dimension….melds magic with mayhem for a tale of bravery, friendship and devotion." - Publishers Weekly"Calling this story a retelling of Tam Lin doesn't do it justice. Gilman has taken the bones of that fairy tale and reassembled it entirely, restrung with strength and ferocity and drive outside that pale relationship between a woman and her lost lover. Jan's journey starts to find Tyler, but ultimately she finds so much more. Another world, a war, and a strength and bravery she never realized existed." - All Things Urban Fantasy

Ex-cop Danny Hendrickson and his partner Ellen could be any low-rentprivate investigators trying to make a difference, and a living, in NewYork City.Except Danny''s father was a faun, and Ellen is a storm-seer.Together, they save people.Or try to, anyway.MILES TO GOPROMISES TO KEEPTHE WORK OF HUNTERSAN INTERRUPTED CRY"Gilman breaks your heart in the best way possible as she revisits theCosa Nostradamus world with charming half-faun Danny taking thelead....Gilman''s deft touch delights..."- C.E. Murphy, bestselling author of SHAMAN RISES

The Cosa Nostradamus is falling apart....Wren''s got enough on her plate right now, thank you very much, trying to stop her partner Sergei from self-destructing. But attacks against the non-human Fatae have escalated into hate crimes against all members of the Cosa - humans included. With the Mage Council distracted by internal struggles, the Talented and Fatae communities form a fragile alliance....with Wren and the demon P.B. at the heart of it.But to protect themselves, they''re going to have to do something drastic, something that will change the city forever...  

Visit an American West that never was, but could have been. A woman in search of her fate, a people looking for a new place to call home, a young girl about to become more than she could ever dream, a magical creature trapped between What Is and what Will Be... These stories and more welcome you to the Territory, where little is as it seems and everything is what we make of it. Praise for the world of The Devil's West: "...Skillfully plays with western folklore and history, infusing them with ambiguity and subtle strangeness to deliver a memorable adventure out on the untamed frontier. " - Publishers Weekly "Gilman is magic in that junction point between the real and the imaginary." - NPR Books "Her cocktail of Western folklore, Native American mythos, and known history are seamless, and will be a particular treat to fans of the other master of that kind of mashup, Neil Gaiman." - BarnesAndNoble.com