About this series
Daylight and nox collide as Ashiol and Velody’s uneasy alliance fractures. The Creature Court try to fight the war with theatre instead of bloodshed... but they still have to deliver a sacrifice.
Will Delphine and Rhian escape the dangers of Velody’s new world, or be consumed by them?
Only monsters can save the city.
Titles in the series (4)
- Reign of Beasts
With three kings at war over the title of Power and Majesty, someone’s going to bleed. A final battle is coming, and the Creature Court must learn from their past to save their future, before they lose everyone they love. One last Saturnalia will change the Creature Court and the city of Aufleur forever. "Reign of Beasts continues in this magnificent trend, as we run fleet-footed in the wake of everyone's terrible decisions and rapid beating of their fragile, mistrustful hearts, towards an ending that is epic and utterly satisfying." Narrelle M Harris
- Power and Majesty
Aufleur is a city of honey cakes, decadent ritual... and a secret war fought by an army of beautiful monsters. The Creature Court die and bleed to keep the daylight folk safe, but no one even knows they exist. Who will be the new Power and Majesty of the Creature Court: a man who was broken and exiled from their world, or the woman who knows nothing of their ways? Neither of them wants to rule, but Ashiol is determined to train Velody to take his place, so that he can finally escape his destiny. Dark, epic gaslamp fantasy inspired by Ancient Rome & the 1920s.
- Cabaret of Monsters
Immerse yourself in the glamorous, dangerous world of the Creature Court. Saturnalia in Aufleur is a time of topsy-turvy revels, of the world turned upside down. The city’s theatres produce an annual display of reversals and surprises. Women can transform into wolves. Even the rats are not what they seem. Evie has travelled to Aufleur to uncover the city's sinister secrets... but this newspaper reporter has secrets of her own. As she befriends the dazzling cabaret performers of the mysterious Vittorina Royale theatre, she falls under the spell of their most charismatic celebrities: songbird Livilla and the Stagemaster Poet. Who is Garnet, and why is everyone so afraid of him? What are the secrets of the Creature Court? Evie thought she wanted to learn the truth, but now she just wants to get out of Aufleur alive. If you enjoy intrigue, devastating plot twists, LGBT characters and sumptuous detail, you’ll adore this gaslamp fantasy novella inspired by Paris theatre, Ancient Rome and the Roaring 20s. Prequel novella for the Creature Court -- read it before or after the main trilogy!
- The Shattered City
Daylight and nox collide as Ashiol and Velody’s uneasy alliance fractures. The Creature Court try to fight the war with theatre instead of bloodshed... but they still have to deliver a sacrifice. Will Delphine and Rhian escape the dangers of Velody’s new world, or be consumed by them? Only monsters can save the city.
Tansy Rayner Roberts
Tansy Rayner Roberts is a classical scholar, a fictional mother and a Hugo Award winning podcaster. She can be found all over the internet and also in the wilds of Southern Tasmania. She has written many books.
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