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A deadly disease outbreak intensifies the war between humans and monsters in this gripping dark fantasy from the New York Times–bestselling “master of drip-feeding horror and suspense” (The Guardian)
There exists a secret and highly illegal trade in mythological creatures and their artifacts. Certain individuals pay fortunes for a sliver of a satyr’s hoof, a gryphon’s claw, a basilisk’s scale, or an angel’s wing. Embroiled in the hidden world of the Relics, creatures known as the Kin, Angela Gough is now on the run in the United States.
Forty years ago, the town of Longford was the site of a deadly disease outbreak that wiped out the entire population. The infection was contained, the town isolated, and the valley in which it sits flooded and turned into a reservoir. The truth—that the outbreak was intentional, and not every resident of Longford died—disappeared beneath the waves.
Now the town is revealed again. The Kin have an interest in the ruins, and soon the fairy Grace and the Nephilim leader, Mallian, are also drawn to them. When the infection rises from beneath silent waters this forgotten town becomes the focus of the looming battle between humankind and the Kin.
There exists a secret and highly illegal trade in mythological creatures and their artifacts. Certain individuals pay fortunes for a sliver of a satyr’s hoof, a gryphon’s claw, a basilisk’s scale, or an angel’s wing. Embroiled in the hidden world of the Relics, creatures known as the Kin, Angela Gough is now on the run in the United States.
Forty years ago, the town of Longford was the site of a deadly disease outbreak that wiped out the entire population. The infection was contained, the town isolated, and the valley in which it sits flooded and turned into a reservoir. The truth—that the outbreak was intentional, and not every resident of Longford died—disappeared beneath the waves.
Now the town is revealed again. The Kin have an interest in the ruins, and soon the fairy Grace and the Nephilim leader, Mallian, are also drawn to them. When the infection rises from beneath silent waters this forgotten town becomes the focus of the looming battle between humankind and the Kin.
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Taylor Block
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Coca is Reading
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“This was ok for me.
The story was decent, moved at a good pace, and kept me engaged.
That being said, I felt like it was lacking something. I don't know what, I just felt like there was something lacking.
Overall, I liked the series. It was inventive and interesting. Maybe I just want more stories in this world.”

Amadan
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“This is the conclusion of the Relics trilogy. The first book, about Angela and her boyfriend Vince's discovery that the relics of ancient supernatural creatures were not of extinct beings but creatures who still existed, turned into a standard urban fantasy with magical creatures living hidden in the modern world.
Book two ended with Vince trapped in the Fold, with the faerie Grace, who has staked the nephilim Mallion to the ground and torments him and the other Kin endlessly. Meanwhile Angela is stuck in the normal world, not knowing if Vince is still alive, and trying to take care of her niece, Sammi, whose own faerie blood is beginning to assert itself.
Like the first two books, The Edge is a pretty gory book, with Kin and humans being ripped apart in various grisly ways. Eventually of course we know Angela and Vince will be reunited, and Sammi will be the key to defeating both Mallion and Grace. I was not expecting the author to threaten to rip open the "Masquerade" and have the Kin reemerge into public, and there is a showdown at the end where it looks like it's going to be the U.S. Army vs. nephillim and werewolves and dragons.
Overall this was a fun if not terribly original series. A few named characters die, there is a semi-final resolution, and the world goes on. Most of the characters were never fleshed out in much detail and we never get much knowledge of the Kin. I liked it well enough but wouldn't consider it a series that needs another sequel.”

GiGi
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“The plot armor is thicc with this one”

d_rudes17
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About Tim Lebbon
Tim Lebbon is the New York Times bestselling author of Coldbrook, The Silence, and the Relics trilogy. He has also written many successful movie novelizations and tie-ins for Alien and Firefly. Tim has won three British Fantasy Awards, a Bram Stoker Award, a Shocker, a Tombstone and been a finalist for the International Horror Guild and World Fantasy Awards. The Silence is now a gripping Netflix movie starring Stanley Tucci and Kiernan Shipka.
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