num_pages: 352
description: Cryptid noun: Any creature whose existence has not yet been proven by science. See also Monster.Cryptozoologist 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 humanityand 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...
language: English
title: Discount Armageddon
publisher: DAW