Praise for Vigil: Verity Fassbinder Book 1Ī brilliant start to what promises to be an enjoyable series. VIGIL is the first book in award-winning author Angela Slatter's Verity Fassbinder series. As such a rarity, she is charged with keeping the peace between both races, and ensuring the Weyrd remain hidden from us.īut now Sirens are dying, illegal wine made from the tears of human children is for sale - and in the hands of those Weyrd who hold with the old ways - and someone has released an unknown and terrifyingly destructive force on the streets of Brisbane.Īnd Verity must investigate - or risk ancient forces carving our world apart. The daughter of one human and one Weyrd parent, she has very little power herself, but does claim unusual strength - and the ability to walk between us and the other - as a couple of her talents. Verity Fassbinder has her feet in two worlds. It's easy to see how she's managed to make such an impact on the genre' - British Fantasy Society.Ī rich and exciting new urban fantasy, perfect for fans of Harry Dresden and Kinsey Milhone. 'Slatter's work is excellent, and eminently readable. It was nominated for a Ditmar Award and Aurealis Award.From award-winning author Angela Slatter comes her first full length novel, VIGIL, where the normal and the weyrd combine. Lawrie noted that Verity's status as a human/Weyrd hybrid allowed Slatter to explore themes of alienation and the immigrant experience. ĭuncan Lawrie, writing for Vector, praised the book's setting, plot and use of mythology, while commenting that it would have benefited from more editing. Rjurik Davidson of The Sydney Morning Herald wrote that "Slatter handles the interaction of the modern digital world with the lost world of myth with considerable control", but felt that the portrayal of Brisbane was not as localized as it could be. The book received mixed to positive reviews from critics. Her father was a Kinderfresser who consumed human children, while her mother was an ordinary human. Verity Fassbinder is half human, half Weyrd and uneasily moves between their spheres as a detective who investigates supernatural cases. The series is set in an alternate Brisbane in which Weyrds, magical beings from European and Judeo-Christian mythology, live alongside normal humans. It is the first novel in the Verity Fassbinder series. Vigil is a 2016 urban fantasy novel by Angela Slatter.
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