I have been a fan of fantasy books of all types since I was a little kid back in the 70's. Books by writers like Terry Brooks, Lloyd Alexander, Jack Chalker, Roger Zelazny, Fritz Leiber, Ursula LeGuin, Robert Asprin, Lynn Abbey, Janet Morris and so many more. Set in places like Lankhmar, Sanctuary, Prydain, the Southlands, Earthsea and others. Then one day, I discovered a sub-genre that would change my view of fantasy forever. That genre: Urban Fantasy. A sub-genre in which fantasy elements are set in a real world setting. This could be anything from a wizard advertising in the Chicago yellow pages to a vampire working in the Quiki-Mart in a suburb of Detroit. Or a college professor in New York who happens to be a mage. Or a teenage weredeer in rural Michigan. Or books about a monster company headquartered in rural Alabama, or a 1600 year old sorcerer who used to be Merlin's assassin. All of these and so many more make up the rich world of Urban Fantasy.
This list, which will be in no particular order, will focus on books in the genre that, for whatever reason, have flown a bit under the radar. The ones that don't get mentioned all the time like the Wizard in Chicago. These are some excellent books that you will hopefully give some ideas in find something new to enjoy in the rich genre that is urban fantasy. Again, these are in no particular order, they're just the books I happened to write down as I thought about what qualifies, and these are all the first books in their respective series.
Author: Rune S. Nielsen Length: 774 Pages Publisher: Self Published Release Date: July 7, 2020 Series: The Artifact War, Book 1 Genre: Epic ...