Steel Beneath the Skin by Niall Teasdale

‘A thousand year old woman and an archaeologist have taken over our primary operations centre and armoury? Is it too much to ask that you remove them?’ Hunter’s throat had the red shade to it that people who knew him had learned to recognise as a sign that they should be elsewhere. ‘She’s holed up in the bunker with Narrows.’ His eyes darted from Hunter to the woman near him with the kind of nervous look a man got when he felt the messenger might end up strangled with his own entrails. As the link between the deaths becomes clear the couple have to delve into a world Lily thought she had left behind for good, digging through the ugly underbelly of London’s night life to find a killer bent on revenge at any cost.‘It’s the Jansen women, sir.’ The Humanity First soldier who had landed the job of explaining what had happened to Charles Hunter was not happy about it. When bodies start piling up under mysterious, violent circumstances, it’s up to Ceri and Lily to discover who is doing the killing. Can Ceri and her friend Lily survive to uncover the secret of the Dragon’s Blood? As Ceri searches for the answers an old enemy returns with murder on his mind. Stonehenge, enigmatic ancient monument alone in the English countryside, hides a mystery even more ancient than the rocks themselves. The question is, which will get her first? With mysterious figures watching the Battersea pack and Lily thinking her father might be back on Earth, Ceri has to help her best friend and lover overcome her dark, demonic side, fend off a magical conspiracy, and pass her PhD thesis moderation. Ceri must uncover the truth behind ancient werewolf legends and find “The Fair One” to save her friends and herself. But something is going oddly wrong in the werewolf packs with violence breaking out for no apparent reason. The first novel in the series, Thaumatology 101 tells the tale of how Ceridwyn Brent helps to discover one of the three fundamental particles of magic, and also manages to survive assassination attempts, sabotage, and the feminine wiles of her housemate, Lily, who is a half-succubus.Ĭeri begins work on her PhD thesis, a study of the previously undiscovered metaphysical process by which werewolves transform. (Genuine reviewers can obtain a free copy of any published book. The books of the Thaumatology Series, both released and upcoming (where known).

Steel Beneath the Skin by Niall Teasdale