Vigil is the first book in award-winning author Angela Slatter's Verity Fassbinder series. Slatter has taken urban fantasy by the horns, and given it the kick up the arse that it needed. Angela Slatter is the author of the supernatural crime novels Vigil, Corpselight and Restoration from Jo Fletcher Books, as well as nine short story collections, including The Girl with No Hands and Other Tales, Sourdough and Other Stories, The Bitterwood Bible and Other Recountings, and A Feast of Sorrows: Stories. As such a rarity, she is charged with keeping the peace between both races, and ensuring the Weyrd remain hidden from us.īut now Sirens are dying, illegal wine made from the tears of human children is for sale - and in the hands of those Weyrd who hold with the old ways - and someone has released an unknown and terrifyingly destructive force on the streets of Brisbane.Īnd Verity must investigate - or risk ancient forces carving our world apart. Vigil is an absolute powerhouse of a book. The daughter of one human and one Weyrd parent, she has very little power herself, but does claim unusual strength - and the ability to walk between us and the other - as a couple of her talents. Verity Fassbinder has her feet in two worlds. Slatter) is the author of the gothic fantasy novels All the Murmuring Bones and forthcoming The Path of Thorns (Titan Books), and the supernatural crime novels Vigil, Corpselight and Restoration (Jo Fletcher Books).

It's easy to see how she's managed to make such an impact on the genre' - British Fantasy Society.Ī rich and exciting new urban fantasy, perfect for fans of Harry Dresden and Kinsey Milhone. 'Slatter's work is excellent, and eminently readable.

Vigil by Angela Slatter