Discount Armageddon (InCryptid Book 1)
<b>First book in <i>New York Times</i>-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.<br /></b><br />"The only thing more fun than an October Daye book is an InCryptid book." —<b>Charlaine Harris</b>, #1 <i>New York Times</i>-bestselling author of Sookie Stackhouse series<br /><br /><b>Cryptid, noun</b>: Any creature whose existence has not yet been proven by science. See also "Monster."<br /><br /><b>Crytozoologist, noun</b>: Any person who thinks hunting for cryptids is a good idea. See also "idiot."<br /><br /> Ghoulies. Ghosties. Long-legged beasties. Things that go bump in the night... <br /><br />The Price family has spent generations studying the monsters of the world, working to protect them from humanity—and humanity from them. <br /><br />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? <br /><br />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. <br /><br />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...