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    Frost: Keith Murphy Urban Fantasy Thrillers, #2
    Crusade: Keith Murphy Urban Fantasy Thrillers, #3
    Exile: Keith Murphy Urban Fantasy Thrillers, #1
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    Keith Murphy Urban Fantasy Thrillers Series

    By Peter M. Ball

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    About this series

     

    Keith followed orders: He came back home, freed his soul, and laid claim to a magic sword he never wanted to weild. All he wants now is the opportunity to walk away from his old life and forget the years spent killing things that go bump in the night.

     

    But Keith Murphy doesn't have time to rest, because his sorcerous partner Danny Roark is out of commission and the end of the world is thundering towards humanity like a freight train on steroids. As the elder entities from the depths of the Gloom break through the veil of reality with increasing regularity, Keith's forced to assemble a rag-tag army of demons, seers, and reluctant allies to stop Ragnarök from occurring.

     

    LanguageEnglish
    PublisherBrain Jar Press
    Release dateSep 27, 2021
    Frost: Keith Murphy Urban Fantasy Thrillers, #2
    Crusade: Keith Murphy Urban Fantasy Thrillers, #3
    Exile: Keith Murphy Urban Fantasy Thrillers, #1

    Titles in the series (3)

    • 1

      Exile: Keith Murphy Urban Fantasy Thrillers, #1
      Exile: Keith Murphy Urban Fantasy Thrillers, #1

      Exile: Keith Murphy Urban Fantasy Thrillers, #1

      Peter M. Ball
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      From Aurealis Award-Winner Peter M. Ball, Exile is the first book in the Gold Coast Ragnarök trilogy. If you love hard-boiled action, dark magic, and a beleaguered anti-hero fighting against overwhelming odds, you're going to love Keith Murphy. When Keith Murphy left the Gold Coast, he swore he'd never return. Not an unexpected vow from a man running out on a leg-breaker job for a local demon gang, with far too many regrets about the things he'd done to earn a living and a girlfriend on the verge of getting sucked into the shadowy underworld where Keith plied his trade. Better to use his skills as a assassin targeting the worst of the supernatural world, earning redemption one kill at a time. But sixteen years spent killing monsters, warlocks, and wizards is a hard way to atone for your past. Especially when you don't have any magic of your own. A botched job in the Adelaide hills threatens to end Keith's long exile. He's on the run with a necromancer's soul trapped in the bullet, a death curse on his heels, and an apocalyptic cult baying for his blood. They've got dark magic, a lot of money, and fervid desire to resurrect their leader. Keith's got his guns, a missing partner-in-crime, and one place with a safe-house strong enough to ward his location from the cult's scrying. Pity it's the last place in the world he wants to go. Especially now the demonic ex-boss he abandoned is running the whole damn city. File This Book Under: Hardboiled Urban Fantasy, Supernatural Criminals and Secret Worlds, Reckoning With the Past, Fighting Against the Odds, Alliances and Betrayals, Noir and Dark Magic, You Can't Go Home Again. Read it if you loved Chuck Wendig's The Blue Blazes, thought Jim Butcher's Storm Front needed more guns, wondered if Lee Child's Jack Reacher would make a great monster hunter, or always wanted the action of John Wick blended with the occult world of John Constantine.   PRAISE FOR THE KEITH MURPHY SERIES   "All the grit and growl of the golden age detectives let loose upon the monsters and magics that keep us fascinated (and occasionally afraid) as we curl up on the couch at night. Ball is masterful in his use of tension, with a knack for keeping readers glued to the screen or page. His ability to showcase emotional connections and complications without devolving into self-pitying monologues or poetic meanderings give the stories an action movie vibe that adds tension and focus to the stories." Kylie Thompson, HushHushBiz

      From Aurealis Award-Winner Peter M. Ball, Exile is the first book in the Gold Coast Ragnarök trilogy. If you love hard-boiled action, dark magic, and a beleaguered anti-hero fighting against overwhelming odds, you're going to love Keith Murphy. When Keith Murphy left the Gold Coast, he swore he'd never return. Not an unexpected vow from a man running out on a leg-breaker job for a local demon gang, with far too many regrets about the things he'd done to earn a living and a girlfriend on the verge of getting sucked into the shadowy underworld where Keith plied his trade. Better to use his skills as a assassin targeting the worst of the supernatural world, earning redemption one kill at a time. But sixteen years spent killing monsters, warlocks, and wizards is a hard way to atone for your past. Especially when you don't have any magic of your own. A botched job in the Adelaide hills threatens to end Keith's long exile. He's on the run with a necromancer's soul trapped in the bullet, a death curse on his heels, and an apocalyptic cult baying for his blood. They've got dark magic, a lot of money, and fervid desire to resurrect their leader. Keith's got his guns, a missing partner-in-crime, and one place with a safe-house strong enough to ward his location from the cult's scrying. Pity it's the last place in the world he wants to go. Especially now the demonic ex-boss he abandoned is running the whole damn city. File This Book Under: Hardboiled Urban Fantasy, Supernatural Criminals and Secret Worlds, Reckoning With the Past, Fighting Against the Odds, Alliances and Betrayals, Noir and Dark Magic, You Can't Go Home Again. Read it if you loved Chuck Wendig's The Blue Blazes, thought Jim Butcher's Storm Front needed more guns, wondered if Lee Child's Jack Reacher would make a great monster hunter, or always wanted the action of John Wick blended with the occult world of John Constantine.   PRAISE FOR THE KEITH MURPHY SERIES   "All the grit and growl of the golden age detectives let loose upon the monsters and magics that keep us fascinated (and occasionally afraid) as we curl up on the couch at night. Ball is masterful in his use of tension, with a knack for keeping readers glued to the screen or page. His ability to showcase emotional connections and complications without devolving into self-pitying monologues or poetic meanderings give the stories an action movie vibe that adds tension and focus to the stories." Kylie Thompson, HushHushBiz

    • 2

      Frost: Keith Murphy Urban Fantasy Thrillers, #2
      Frost: Keith Murphy Urban Fantasy Thrillers, #2

      Frost: Keith Murphy Urban Fantasy Thrillers, #2

      Peter M. Ball
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      Rule one for surviving Ragnarök? Don't piss off a Valkyrie.   Ex-hitman Keith Murphy sold his services to a demon in order to stop an apocalyptic cult. Now he's stuck fighting a gang way against a local biker gang who knows far too much about magic for a pack of mortals. A routine hit turns into a mystery, and that mystery leads to a series of deaths with a very unexpected source. Something has crossed over from the darkest parts of the Gloom, and it seems like Keith sold his soul to delay Ragnarök instead of stopping it.   The last, long winter frost before the end of the world is setting in, and the only man who can stop it is a pissed-off, well-armed assassin with nothing left to lose… Equal parts John Wick and John Constantine, the Keith Murphy series is an apocalyptic thrill ride that blends the thriller with urban fantasy.   PRAISE FOR THE KEITH MURPHY SERIES   "All the grit and growl of the golden age detectives let loose upon the monsters and magics that keep us fascinated (and occasionally afraid) as we curl up on the couch at night. Ball is masterful in his use of tension, with a knack for keeping readers glued to the screen or page. His ability to showcase emotional connections and complications without devolving into self-pitying monologues or poetic meanderings give the stories an action movie vibe that adds tension and focus to the stories." Kylie Thompson, HushHushBiz

      Rule one for surviving Ragnarök? Don't piss off a Valkyrie.   Ex-hitman Keith Murphy sold his services to a demon in order to stop an apocalyptic cult. Now he's stuck fighting a gang way against a local biker gang who knows far too much about magic for a pack of mortals. A routine hit turns into a mystery, and that mystery leads to a series of deaths with a very unexpected source. Something has crossed over from the darkest parts of the Gloom, and it seems like Keith sold his soul to delay Ragnarök instead of stopping it.   The last, long winter frost before the end of the world is setting in, and the only man who can stop it is a pissed-off, well-armed assassin with nothing left to lose… Equal parts John Wick and John Constantine, the Keith Murphy series is an apocalyptic thrill ride that blends the thriller with urban fantasy.   PRAISE FOR THE KEITH MURPHY SERIES   "All the grit and growl of the golden age detectives let loose upon the monsters and magics that keep us fascinated (and occasionally afraid) as we curl up on the couch at night. Ball is masterful in his use of tension, with a knack for keeping readers glued to the screen or page. His ability to showcase emotional connections and complications without devolving into self-pitying monologues or poetic meanderings give the stories an action movie vibe that adds tension and focus to the stories." Kylie Thompson, HushHushBiz

    • 3

      Crusade: Keith Murphy Urban Fantasy Thrillers, #3
      Crusade: Keith Murphy Urban Fantasy Thrillers, #3

      Crusade: Keith Murphy Urban Fantasy Thrillers, #3

      Peter M. Ball
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        Keith followed orders: He came back home, freed his soul, and laid claim to a magic sword he never wanted to weild. All he wants now is the opportunity to walk away from his old life and forget the years spent killing things that go bump in the night.   But Keith Murphy doesn't have time to rest, because his sorcerous partner Danny Roark is out of commission and the end of the world is thundering towards humanity like a freight train on steroids. As the elder entities from the depths of the Gloom break through the veil of reality with increasing regularity, Keith's forced to assemble a rag-tag army of demons, seers, and reluctant allies to stop Ragnarök from occurring.  

        Keith followed orders: He came back home, freed his soul, and laid claim to a magic sword he never wanted to weild. All he wants now is the opportunity to walk away from his old life and forget the years spent killing things that go bump in the night.   But Keith Murphy doesn't have time to rest, because his sorcerous partner Danny Roark is out of commission and the end of the world is thundering towards humanity like a freight train on steroids. As the elder entities from the depths of the Gloom break through the veil of reality with increasing regularity, Keith's forced to assemble a rag-tag army of demons, seers, and reluctant allies to stop Ragnarök from occurring.  

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    Peter M. Ball

    Peter M Ball is the author of more than fifty short stories and six novellas, along with essays, RPG material, articles, and poetry. His short stories and non-fiction have appeared in venues such as Clarkesworld, Strange Horizons, Shimmer, Dragon Magazine, Writing Queensland, and Apex Magazine, and has been included in several Year’s Best anthologies. He’s previously taught creative writing at Griffith University and the Queensland Writers Centre, spent five years as the manager of the Australian Writers Marketplace, and convenes the biennial GenreCon writing conference in Brisbane, Australia.

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