What's New In Urban Fantasy

The things that go bump in the night never take a holiday. . . and neither do these heroes. Check out these new and exciting Urban Fantasy titles this April.

MAGIC ON THE HUNT, Devon Monk (ROC, 4/5/2011, $7.99, Allie Beckstrom)
In the secret lockup of the Authority an undead magic user has possessed one of them prisoners. He wants his freedom- and then some. Now Allie Beckstrom and her lover, Zayvion, are the first line of defense against the chaos he’s about to unleash on the city of Portland.

WAKING NIGHTMARES, Christopher Golden (ACE, 3/29/2011, $7.99, Peter Octavian)
Peter Octavian, once a vampire, now a powerful mage, has been living a quiet life in San Francisco. But when the barriers that used to prevent demons and monsters from entering the world have fallen, Octavian is compelled to do what he can to hold back the darkness.

SHADY LADY, Ann Aguirre (ROC, 4/5/2011, $7.99, Corine Solomon)
Whenever Corine Solomon touches an object, she immediately knows its history. But the future concerns her more when former ally Kel Ferguson walks through her door with a warning for her: the Montoya cartel is coming for her- but they don’t just pack guns. They use warlocks, shamans, and voodoo priests. And Corine has become enemy number one.

BLACK BLADE BLUES, J.A. Pitts (TOR, April 2011, $7.99)
Sarah Beauhall has more on her plate than most twenty-somethings: day job as a blacksmith, night job as a props manager for low-budget movies, and her free time is spent fighting in a medieval reenactment group. After the lead actor breaks Sarah’s favorite, one-of-a-kind sword, one of the extras- who claims to be a dwarf- offers to help repair the blade. And that’s when things start to get weird. Sarah will have to decide if she can reject what is safe and become the heroine who is needed to save her world.