Resistance: Dave vs. the Monsters [Paperback]

For fans of Jim Butcher and Kevin Hearne comes a heart-pounding new urban fantasy series featuring monster slayerDave Hooper and his magical splitting maul.
 
When you drop a monster-killer on the Strip, all bets are off.
 
Holed up in Las Vegas after the tumultuous Battle of New Orleans, Dave is enjoying the VIP perks afforded a champion monster-slayer. He may be a superhero of swag and the toast of the town, but if some fire-breathing dragons have their way, odds are everyone will soon be toast. As the hordes from the UnderRealms regroup for their next attack, Dave parties with celebrities, lunches with A-listers, and gets his ass lawyered up—because his hellacious ex is looking for a piece of that sweet, sweet action.
 
It’s all good, until new monsters roll in, looking to parley with “the Dave.”
 
WTF, monsters. Do you think the Dave can’t spot a trap before he falls into it? And when things go to hell at warp 10, a suit from a shadow operation swoops in to offer Dave a deal he can’t refuse. Now Dave’s about to face off against an opponent who makes battling bloodthirsty behemoths look like child’s play—a ravishing Russian spy with a few superpowers of her own.John Birminghamis the author ofEmergence, Resistance, Ascendance, After America, Without Warning, Final Impact, Designated Targets, Weapons of Choice,and other novels, as well asLeviathan,which won the National Award for Nonfiction at Australia’s Adelaide Festival of the Arts, and the novellaStalin’s Hammer: Rome. He has written forThe Sydney Morning Herald, Rolling Stone, Penthouse, Playboy,and numerous other magazines. He lives at the beach with his wife, daughter, son, and two cats.9780345539892|excerpt

Birmingham / RESISTANCE

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