About this series
How do you save a monster who doesn't want to be saved?
A wolf attack outside Babylon is more than mere coincidence. It's a message… and a threat.
Psychic medium Lena Alan doesn't have time for monsters.
Finally back in her own universe, she's still coming to terms with what she saw inside the quantum elevator. When a young woman is slaughtered outside the city's most infamous subversive club, Lena realizes she can't avoid monsters anymore. At the request of private detective Jesper MacMillian's enigmatic landlord, she and MacMillian team up to hunt down the killer.
Their investigation takes them deep into San Francisco's dangerous and violent werewolf scene, considered extreme even by Demimonde standards. But there's more to this crime than meets the eye. With one of Babylon's owners ready to confess, Lena and MacMillian must race to find the truth before it's too late.
Is Daniel Zerubbabel the monster they're hunting?
Can they save him from his real enemy: himself?
In the city's darkest shadows, Lena and MacMillian push their partnership to the brink… and make a choice that will change it forever.
Titles in the series (4)
- A World Apart: Shades Below, #1
1
There are things that go bump in the night. Are you ready to bump back? San Francisco's homeless residents are disappearing... and an epidemic of ghosts is rising in their place. Lena Alan is your friendly neighborhood medium. Most of her job involves convincing half-baked ex-hippies the sound in their attic is a problem for pest control, but a shocking visitation kicks off a case that's anything but business-as-usual. In the dangerous and derelict Tenderloin district, people are disappearing from street corners and SRO's... and no one is asking why. Together with private detective Jesper MacMillian, Lena discovers a deadly threat stalking San Francisco's shadowy underbelly, and is forced to confront some shadows of her own. Can she discover the source of the disappearances before it's too late? Once she faces down the source of the evil, will the shadows ever let her go?
- The Devil's Disease: Shades Below, #2
2
In a city of ghosts, how do you tell who the monsters are? San Francisco's vampires are getting sick... and the city by the Bay is getting bloody. Psychic medium Lena Alan can handle the dead. The undead are another matter. When her brother Cyrus agrees to look into a troubling incident for local vampire Seneca Lynch, Lena is in unfamiliar territory. A mysterious illness is bringing San Francisco's most enduring Sons out of the shadows, leaving them even more bloodthirsty - and dangerous - than usual. Reunited with private detective Jesper MacMillian, Lena is drawn into a part of the demimonde where folklore is real and nightmares are born. She also find herself working with the darkly compelling Seneca Lynch. Is Lynch a man... or a monster? Why is he so determined to bring MacMillian into his world? Both Lena and MacMillian will have to decide just how far into the shadows they're prepared to go... and which lines they are willing to cross.
- Ghost In The Machine: Shades Below, #3
3
Where do you turn when you're trapped in the wrong universe? A ghost hotel. A quantum elevator. A race against the universe. Psychic medium Lena Alan's world is crumbling. Still reeling from a devastating loss, she returns home to The Wayfare Hotel For Restless Spirits. Mysterious forces have made San Francisco's ghostly way-station more unpredictable than usual, but Lena is blind to the warning signs… until a freak accident rips her from her own reality and sends her hurtling through space and time. Her sudden disappearance plunges private detective Jesper MacMillian into a race against the clock and the cosmos. Lena's not the first person to get lost in the quantum elevator. The first person made it back, but lost their mind along the way. Forced to confront her deepest desires and darkest fears, can Lena stay true to who she is? By the time MacMillian reaches her, will it already be too late? At the crossroads where science and magic collide, Lena and MacMillian will have to determine what is real… and which stars guide the way home.
- Graveyard Shift: Shades Below, #4
4
How do you save a monster who doesn't want to be saved? A wolf attack outside Babylon is more than mere coincidence. It's a message… and a threat. Psychic medium Lena Alan doesn't have time for monsters. Finally back in her own universe, she's still coming to terms with what she saw inside the quantum elevator. When a young woman is slaughtered outside the city's most infamous subversive club, Lena realizes she can't avoid monsters anymore. At the request of private detective Jesper MacMillian's enigmatic landlord, she and MacMillian team up to hunt down the killer. Their investigation takes them deep into San Francisco's dangerous and violent werewolf scene, considered extreme even by Demimonde standards. But there's more to this crime than meets the eye. With one of Babylon's owners ready to confess, Lena and MacMillian must race to find the truth before it's too late. Is Daniel Zerubbabel the monster they're hunting? Can they save him from his real enemy: himself? In the city's darkest shadows, Lena and MacMillian push their partnership to the brink… and make a choice that will change it forever.
LJK Oliva
L.J.K. OLIVA writes gritty urban fantasy in the Shades Below ShadowVerse. She spent much of her childhood exploring the creeks and storm drain tunnels near her house, and remains fascinated by the places no one notices. After all, that's where magic lives. When not poking the thing that lives in her closet, L.J.K. enjoys exploring the shadows of the San Francisco Bay Area and searching for faeries in every creek within driving distance. She hasn't found any yet, but thinks that's because they're better at hiding than she is at looking. She's still waiting for one to slip up.
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