Best Urban Fantasy in November

From the fae to an alternate Las Vegas, you'll find something exciting in this month's urban fantasy. Check out...

DREAMFEVER, Karen Marie Moning (Random House, 10/26/2010, $7.99 Reissue)

They may have stolen Mackayla Lane's past, but she'll never let them take her future. When the walls between Man and Fae come crashing down, freeing the insatiable, immortal Unseelie from their icy prison, MacKayla Lane is caught in a deadly trap. Captured by the Fae.

LIVING NIGHTMARE: THE SENTINEL WARS, Shannon K. Butcher (Signet, 11/2/2010, $7.99)

For nine years, the Sentinel Nika has had one goal- to save her younger sister from the Synestryn who hold her captive. Now, the psychic bond Nika forged with her sibling on that terrible night is fading, and time is running out. But the one man who can unlock the power inside her may be the greatest danger to her.

AFTERLIGHT: THE DARK INK CHRONICLES, Elle Jasper (Signet, 11/2/2010)

Savannah's most unconventional tattoo artist, Riley Poe, lives on the edge. Now she's put over the edge when her younger brother is taken by a sinister cult led by vampires. Her only ally is the hot-tempered vampire Eli Dupre, attracted to Riley's beauty and rare blood type. To save her brother from certain un-death, Riley faces dangers she's never dreamed of, ruthless bloodthirsty enemies, and an evil of endless hunger that wants to devour it all.

MAGIC AT THE GATE, Devon Monk (ROC, 11/2/2010, $7.99, Allie Beckstrom)

Allie Beckstrom's lover, Zayvion Jones, is a Guardian of the Gate, imbued with both light and dark magic and responsible for ensuring that those energies don't mix. But Zayvion lies in a coma, his soul trapped in death's realm. And when Allie discovers that the only way to save Zayvion is to sacrifice her very own magical essence, she makes a decision that may have grave consequences for the entire world.

TROLLS IN THE HAMPTONS: A WILLOW TATE NOVEL, Celia Jerome (Daw, 11/2/2010, $7.99)

Willow Tate is a graphic novelist who earns enough money at her craft to keep her rent- controlled Manhattan apartment and still put food in the fridge. But when she decides to write about a ten-foot-tall troll who's a superhero, one suddenly appears, causing mayhem in Manhattan. Willy thinks she's gone crazy, until she meets Agent Grant from the Department of Unexplained Events. According to him, Willy has managed to break ages-old cosmic laws that could destroy the Earth as we know it. Now she has to help him save the world, rescue a little boy, and stop a murdering kidnapper who wants to use the power of a little village in the Hamptons to become master of the universe.

WOLFSBANE, Patricia Briggs (Berkley, 11/2/2010, $7.99)

Shape shifting mercenary Aralorn leads a dangerous existence. Now she must return home for her noble father, the Lyon of Lambshold, has passed away. But when Aralorn and her companion Wolf arrive, they find he's not dead, but ensorcelled by the ae'Magi, using him as a conduit to destroy Aralorn and Wolf. She must overcome this mysterious mist or fall to the blackest of magic.

BROOKLYN KNIGHT, C. J. Henderson (Tor, 11/2/2010, $7.99 Reissue)

Professor Piers Knight, an esteemed curator at the Brooklyn Museum, is regarded by many on the staff as a revered institution of his own, if not an outright curiosity. Knight's portfolio includes lost civilizations; arcane cultures, languages, and belief; and more than a little bit of the history of magic and mysticism. His colleagues don't know that, in addition to being a scholar of all things ancient, he is schooled in the uses of magical artifacts, the teachings of forgotten deities, and the threats of unseen dangers. A researcher on an expedition in the Middle East calls Knight's attention to just such an object in the collection of the Brooklyn Museum- before it becomes the target of a sorcerous attack that leads to a siege on a local precinct house by a fire elemental.

SILVER ZOMBIE, Carole Nelson Douglas (Pocket, 11/30/2010, $7.99)

What happens in Vegas stays in Vegas--at least that's Delilah Street's hope. With Sin City's vampire and werewolf mobs wanting to cash in her chips once and for all, she's retreating with her partner Ric Montoya and half-wolfhound Quicksilver to her Kansas birthplace. Unfortunately, when it comes to finding trouble, there's no place like home. It doesn't take long before Delilah realizes she's not in Vegas anymore.