Discount Armageddon: An Incryptid Novel

Seanan McGuire

Feb 2014 · Hachette UK

About this ebook

The Price family has spent generations studying the monsters of the world, working to protect them from humanity – and humanity from them.

Meet 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 to pursue her dream career in professional ballroom dance. That is, until talking mice, telepathic mathematicians, and a tangle with the Price family’s old enemies, the Covenant of St. George, get in her way...

Ratings and reviews

3,5 stars. This was my first Seanan McGuire novel - I've read both of Mira Grant's "zombie" trilogies - and it was a fairly fun ride! She certainly knows how to create a world and keeps the action moving. If anything, 'Discount Armageddon' - a title I still don't get btw - has some of the same issues as the other works I've read, namely, she seems to take such care to build the tension to a crescendo and then lets everything transpire far too quickly. The incomplete and rushed ending leaves the reader wondering what exactly just happened and also wishing she had taken a few more pages to stretch things out and tie up any loose ends. Right now I am left with a big 'maybe' in my consideration to continue the series or not, particularly as there's no short-term conclusion in any real sense in sight! Just needed a little more effort as the talent is there but again and again and again the execution is lacking.

About the author

Seanan McGuire is a California-based author with a strong penchant for travel and can regularly be found just about any place capable of supporting human life (as well as a few places that probably aren't). The October Daye novels are her first urban fantasy series, and the InCryptid novels are her second series, both have put her in the New York Times bestseller list. Seanan was the winner of the 2010 John W. Campbell Award for Best New Writer. She also writes under the name Mira Grant. She is the first person to be nominated for five Hugo Awards in a single year. You can visit her at www.seananmcguire.com.