Burning Water
Diana Tregarde Investigation Series, Book 1
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Mercedes Lackey
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Dallas Police Detective Mark Valdez isn't just any cop, he's a psychic who knows that the cattle mutilations and torture murders he's been investigating are somehow tied together. He also knows that his meager psychic abilities aren't enough to identify the killers, much less stop them.
Luckily, Mark has an ace up his sleeve: an attractive young romance novelist who happens to be a practicing witch. And not just any witch, either - Diana Tregarde is a Guardian, charged with protecting the Earth and all its creatures.
Using modern science and ancient magics, Diana and Mark discover that they are tailing no ordinary serial killer but the awakened avatar of an Aztec god. Tezcatlipoca and his four beautiful handmaidens are preparing for a great sacrifice that will transform North America into a new Aztec realm.
Diana isn't sure her powers are strong enough to take on those of a risen Aztec god, but she has no choice. As a Guardian, she is sworn to protect mankind, even at the cost of her own life. Luckily, she does not stand alone. Mark Valdez is more than just a cop. And Tezcatlipoca is not the only Aztec god walking in the world.
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It's hard enough for Alastair Stone to keep his two lives - powerful mage and mundane Occult Studies professor - separate without an old friend asking him to take on a new apprentice. Especially after a university colleague wants him to investigate a massive old house for things that go bump in the night. Still, Stone figures it's an easy job: just turn up, put on a little show, and announce that the house is clean. Only it isn't. A malevolent spirit is reawakening in the basement.
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should I tell doctor stone?
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Infernal Justice, Books 1-3
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My name is Ethan Drake, and I’m a police detective. And I got plenty darkness to give. So does my partner, who’s a demon, and frankly, a royal pain in my ass. But occult investigators are in short supply in the PD, so what are you going to do? Anyway, we just caught a bodysnatching case that has the stench of occult workings all over it.
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It wasn't quite what I expected, it was better!
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Heart of Stone
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Okay, so jogging through Central Park after midnight wasn't a bright idea. But Margrit Knight never thought she'd encounter a dark new world filled with magical beings, not to mention a dying woman and a mysterious stranger with blood on his hands. Her logical, lawyer instincts told her it couldn't all be real, but she could hardly deny what she'd seen...and touched.
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Her best by far
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Hellboy: An Assortment of Horrors
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- Narrated by: Seth Podowitz
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Fifteen of the biggest names in weird literature come together to pay tribute to Hellboy and the characters of Mike Mignola’s award-winning line of books! Assembled by Joe Golem and Baltimore co-writer Christopher Golden, this anthology boasts 15 original stories by the best in horror, fantasy, and science fiction, including Seanan McGuire (October Daye series), Chelsea Cain (Heartsick), Jonathan Maberry (Joe Ledger series), and more! The new writer of Hellboy and the BPRD, iZombie co-creator Chris Roberson, pitches in as well!
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An assortment of good times.
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Touch the Dark
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- By: Karen Chance
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Cassandra Palmer can see the future and communicate with spirits - talents that make her attractive to the dead and the undead alike. The ghosts of the dead aren't usually dangerous; they just like to talk...a lot. The undead are another matter. Like any sensible girl, Cassie tries to avoid vampires, but when the bloodsucking mafioso she escaped three years ago finds Cassie again with vengeance on his mind, she's forced to turn to the vampire Senate for protection.
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On and on and on with no point....OMG so ANNOYING
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Hellboy: Odd Jobs
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In 1994, Mike Mignola created one of the most unique and visually arresting comics series to ever see print: Hellboy. Tens of thousands have followed the exploits of the World's Greatest Paranormal Investigator in comics form and in prose. Now, fans of the comic can enjoy the world of Hellboy as seen through the eyes of some of the brightest creative lights in horror and mystery fiction.
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Extra stories for true fans
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Resurrection of the Damned
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In a world invaded by demons, it's up to Katie and her Killers to restore order while also evading enemies - and friends - who want her in the worst way.
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Totally Spoiled Storyline
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Hellboy: Oddest Jobs
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Longtime contributor to the Hellboy mythos Christopher Golden brings together a crew of luminaries including Joe R. Lansdale and China Miéville, cross-genre sensation Barbara Hambly, celebrated mystery writer Ken Bruen, best-selling science-fiction and fantasy novelist Tad Williams, and a bevy of other skilled storytellers eager to spin a tale or two about the world's greatest paranormal detective. Some of the biggest names in horror, mystery, and fantasy come together to pay homage to Mike Mignola's Hellboy!
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could go with more authors that know Source materi
- By bEnemy on 07-25-23
By: Author Various
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Hellboy: Odder Jobs
- By: Frank Darabont, Christopher Golden
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Mike Mignola's award-winning series Hellboy has earned fans all over the world, among them some of the most respected horror, fantasy, and mystery novelists in the field as well as some of Hollywood's most talented writers and directors. Now a who's who list of these writers are drawn together to tell their own tales of Hellboy, to play with the characters and worlds Mignola has created. As part of Dark Horse's celebration of Hellboy in 2004, Christopher Golden has brought together a stellar array of talents.
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vocal performance
- By Christopher Hopper on 03-23-24
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Superhero Syndrome
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Tess McBray was dying. The solstice syndrome had no cure, and she resigned herself to an early grave. But just when she gave up on survival, all her symptoms mysteriously disappeared. All but one symptom, anyway. Something is wrong with Tess’ hands. They absorb any material they touch, and her skin turns to wood, steel, or concrete. It doesn’t take this comic book obsessed 21-year-old long to figure out what’s going on: somehow, she’s developed super powers. And she’s not the only one; across the country, people are coming forward and sharing their gifts with the world.
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"Origin" story with great characters and narration
- By Kara on 08-17-19
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Storm Front
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A call from a distraught wife, and another from Lt. Murphy of the Chicago PD Special Investigation Unit makes Harry believe things are looking up, but they are about to get worse, much worse. Someone is harnessing immense supernatural forces to commit a series of grisly murders. Someone has violated the first law of magic: Thou Shalt Not Kill. Tracking that someone takes Harry into the dangerous underbelly of Chicago, from mobsters to vampires....
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Excellent Story, Distracting Sound Engineering
- By Tom on 05-20-10
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- B. Stiner
- 10-12-19
One of the Better Fantasy Novels I've Found Lately
The story was fairly well constructed, better than the other series' I've tecently tried out. I finished this one, and I'll get the second book. There were some overly convenient plot twists, and some turns in conversation that stumbled rather than flowed. There was the usual lack of understanding about multiple organized religions that you tend to see in a humanist work. I'd be more willing to let it go as the character's perspective except that the one speaking was supposed to be an expert. Instead, it comes off as a lack of research.
It was a bit surreal to read a book set in the '80's, since it seems like it should be relatively close in time to now (I was a small child when this was originally published), but the world of the book is so different from 2019. It was interesting, in it's own way, to realize how much the US has changed in a few decades.
Regarding the narration, for the first couple sentences, I honestly thought it was a computer reading. The narrator did pick up some emotive qualities as it went on, but she's by no means Tantor's best reader. The battle scenes and climax were particularly noticeable in their lack of emotion. I recommend the reader listen to someone like James Marsters and take a few more acting lessons. And work on her enunciation. When she did male voices such as the Chief, she tended to mumble, and I had to keep going back and replaying to figure out what she was saying.
Despite my technical issues with the audiobook, I will definitely be buying Book 2 as soon as I finish this review. It's been a while since I found a new urban fantasy story that actually kept me wondering what's going to happen next (as opposed to being able to surmise the whole book from the first couple chapters). On to Book 2 and another adventure!
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- K. Schutz
- 10-17-22
I would probably be better if it was updated.
I bought this because I remember loving it when I was a teenager, about 40 years ago. While I understand that books are a product of the time and culture in which they were written, some of the language and stereotypes used in this book made me pretty uncomfortable. They were things that could easily be changed without changing the story and may make it more palatable for a modern audience.
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- Steph & Mario Garcia
- 08-27-19
Nice change from princesses and fancy horses
I have read/heard quite a bit of Mercedes Lackey's works and had grown a bit tired of the fancy horse series. This is a breath of fresh air and a complete change. Her usual well researched descriptions and magnetic story line makes this a great beginning to a new obsession.
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- Colleen Gorman
- 08-28-19
love this series
This series was always 20 years ahead of its time. Occult/ Paranormal mystery at best!
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- Rafael C
- 06-30-21
Ignore the bad pronunciation and you will enjoy it
This is another book I read year ago. I had forgotten most of it and it was a great listen. the pronunciations for many words, terms and names were off...some really bad. But, if you can get over that, it is a really fun book.
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- Douglas Sundseth
- 03-29-24
Interesting Urban Fantasy
3.5 stars.
The protagonist is a strong female investigator with a hinted-at deep backstory. The plot is interesting and its timing is more reasonable than that of most police novels, taking weeks to resolve rather than hours. The magical version of the world shown in the novel is coherent and deep.
And yet, with all those virtues, the story seems to lack vitality. Tregarde is rather sketched in and never really engages me, and her partner seems likewise to be a bit flat.
Not Lackey's strongest work, but decent.
NB: The use of "ack emma" for a.m. by several of the characters is an affectation. It's a British slang phrase from WWI and certainly not common in 1980s US slang. I found its use really distracting here.
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- Cynthia
- 05-15-24
Don't Bother
i am a fan of Mercedes Lackey and was very disappointed in this story. I won't be listening zo any others in this series.
The narrator didn't pause from one sentence to another or section. It caused some confusion on what and where things were happening.
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- Kindle Customer
- 11-27-19
love everything by Mercedes Lackey!
So glad to find another Diana Tregarde book. Thanks Audible. Can't wait to get another.
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- H. Brad Haga
- 04-13-20
A great story overall, but ...
I've been a long time fan of Mercedes Lackey and Diana Tregarde so, naturally, I enjoyed this audiobook. Only one thing detracted from it, however, and that was Traci Odom's reading. On the whole it was quite well done, both in terms of inflection and character accents, but Odom had a marked tendency to vary her volume significantly. Her baseline was good and Odom could raise her voice when needed for effect but when she went soft, generally as part of characterization, she was so quiet that I could barely hear her at all.
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- Brenna, Chad & M
- 03-20-20
Magic comes with responsibility... great book!!!
Love thus author!!! She creates a great and amazing world!!! This series gives wonderful vivid mind magic as the problems get figured out and ‘magically fixed!’
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