"Vigil" is perfect for fans of Dresden Files and Rivers of London. Verity Fassbinder, daughter of one human and one Weyrd parent, is tasked with keeping the peace between the two. She must investigate rising tensions and stop ancient forces that threaten to destroy the world.

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• Ditmar Award Nominee for Best Novel (2017)
• Aurealis Award Nominee for Best Fantasy Novel (2016)

From award-winning author Angela Slatter comes her first full length novel, VIGIL, where the normal and the 'weyrd' combine on the streets of Brisbane.Verity Fassbinder has her feet in two worlds. The daughter of one human and one Weyrd parent, she has very little power herself, but does claim unusual strength - and the ability to walk between us and the other - as a couple of her talents. As such a rarity, she is charged with keeping the peace between both races, and ensuring the Weyrd remain hidden from us.But now Sirens are dying, illegal wine made from the tears of human children is for sale - and in the hands of those Weyrd who hold with the old ways - and someone has released an unknown and terrifyingly destructive force on the streets of Brisbane.And Verity must investigate - or risk ancient forces carving our world apart.

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