Discount Armageddon
Discount Armageddon by Seanan McGuire is the first book in the InCryptid series, published by Penguin on March 6, 2012. This original edition spans 368 pages and is written in English. The narrative follows the Price family, a lineage of cryptozoologists dedicated to protecting both magical creatures and humanity. The story centers on Verity Price, who, despite her training, prefers to pursue a career in professional ballroom dance in Manhattan rather than confront the supernatural threats surrounding her.
Readers will encounter a blend of urban fantasy and contemporary fiction as Verity navigates a world filled with cryptids, including talking mice and telepathic mathematicians. The plot thickens with the arrival of a trained monster-hunter from the Covenant of St. George, a group with a longstanding rivalry against the Price family. As local cryptids begin to vanish and rumors of a dragon surface, Verity’s life becomes increasingly complicated, merging her passion for dance with the chaotic demands of her family’s legacy. This edition offers a unique glimpse into a vibrant world where the ordinary and the extraordinary collide.
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First book in New York Times-bestselling Seanan McGuire’s witty urban fantasy InCryptid series about a family of cryptozoologists who act as a buffer between humans and the magical creatures living in secret around us.
“The only thing more fun than an October Daye book is an InCryptid book.” —Charlaine Harris, #1 New York Times-bestselling author of Sookie Stackhouse series
Cryptid, noun: Any creature whose existence has not yet been proven by science. See also “Monster.”
Crytozoologist, noun: Any person who thinks hunting for cryptids is a good idea. See also “idiot.”
Ghoulies. Ghosties. Long-legged beasties. Things that go bump in the night…
The Price family has spent generations studying the monsters of the world, working to protect them from humanity—and humanity from them.
Enter Verity Price. Despite being trained from birth as a cryptozoologist, she’d rather dance a tango than tangle with a demon, and is spending a year in Manhattan while she pursues her career in professional ballroom dance. Sounds pretty simple, right?
It would be, if it weren’t for the talking mice, the telepathic mathematicians, the asbestos supermodels, and the trained monster-hunter sent by the Price family’s old enemies, the Covenant of St. George. When a Price girl meets a Covenant boy, high stakes, high heels, and a lot of collateral damage are almost guaranteed.
To complicate matters further, local cryptids are disappearing, strange lizard-men are appearing in the sewers, and someone’s spreading rumors about a dragon sleeping underneath the city…
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