I’ve just started answering some questions sent by Harry for his Reviewer Time Feature and I’ve been thinking back to my reading in the mid to late 90s. One series that still stand out was Storm Constanine’s Grigori Trilogy a wonderful Dark Fantasy tale. Now I haven’t read something that is labelled as Dark Fantasy for ages so these are some recommendations from Twitter:
The Drowning City by Amanda Downum
The Drowning City: home to exiles and expatriates, pirates and smugglers. And violent revolutionaries who will stop at nothing to overthrow the corrupt Imperial government. For Isyllt Iskaldur, necromancer and spy, the brewing revolution is a chance to prove herself to her crown. All she has to do is find and finance the revolutionaries, and help topple the palaces of Symir. But she is torn between her new friends and her duties, and the longer she stays in this monsoon-drenched city, the more intrigue she uncovers – even the dead are plotting. As the waters rise and the dams crack, Isyllt must choose between her mission and the city she came to save.
The Haunting of Alaizabel Cray by Chris Wooding
A dark fantasy set in a parallel London stalked by demons… London has survived war and plague only to face a new horror – the Wych Kin. All kinds of demons lurk in the labyrinth of the Old Quarter, and it is the task of wych-hunters such as Thaniel Fox to keep them at bay. Then one night he rescues a young woman who has lost her memory: the beautiful and vulnerable Alaizabel Cray. But Alaizabel is nursing a dark secret, one that even she does not understand, a secret that could unleash the most terrible evil of all…
Vampire of the Mists by Christie Golden
Jander Sunstar, an elven vampire from the Forgotten Realms world, is pulled into the newly formed dark realm of Ravenloft and forges an alliance with the land’s most powerful inhabitant–Count Strahd Von Zarovich, himself a newly risen vampire. But as Jander teaches the Count the finer points of being undead, he learns that he is tutoring the man that drove his lost love insane!
Sunshine by Robin Mckinley
There are places in the world where darkness rules, where it’s unwise to walk. But the lake had been quiet for years…She never heard them coming. Of course you don’t, when they’re vampires. They took her clothes and sneakers. They dressed her in a long red gown. And they shackled her to the wall of an abandoned mansion – within easy reach of her fellow prisoner. She knows he is a vampire. She knows that she’s to be his dinner, and that when he is finished with her, she will be dead. Yet when dawn breaks, she is still alive. And now he needs her to help him survive the day…
Mr Shivers by Robert Jackson Bennett
It is the time of the Great Depression. The dustbowl has turned the western skies red and thousands leave their homes seeking a better life. Marcus Connelly seeks not a new life, but a death – a death for the mysterious scarred man who murdered his daughter. And soon he learns that he is not alone. Countless others have lost someone to the scarred man. They band together to track him, but as they get closer, Connelly begins to suspect that the man they are hunting is more than human. As the pursuit becomes increasingly desperate, Connelly must decide just how much he is willing to sacrifice to get his revenge.
Some great choices so far. Any more recent Dark Fantasy titles I could be reading?
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