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Twenty Palaces is a series of fantasy/mystery novels written by Seattle author Harry Connolly. He provides a first person narrative of each story from the point of view of the main character, Ray Lilly, as he recounts his adventures working for the Twenty Palace Society. Although the series is almost always placed in the urban fantasy genre, the stories so far have actually taken place in rural areas in the Pacific Northwest of the United States. Read more - Shopping-Enabled Wikipedia on Amazon
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βRay Lilly is one of the most interesting characters Iβve read lately, and Harry Connollyβs vision is amazing.ββCharlaine Harris
βAn edge-of-the-seat read! Ray Lilly is the new high-water mark of paranormal noir.β
βCharles Stross, author of _Rule 34
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βExcellent reading . . . delicious tension and suspense.ββJim Butcher, author of The Dresden Files, on Child of Fire
βConnolly doesnβt shy away from tackling big philosophical issues . . . amid gory action scenes and plenty of rapid-fire sardonic dialogue.ββPublishers Weekly (starred review), on Game of Cages
βThis has become one of my must-read series.ββLocus
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SUMMARY: A SECRET HIGH-STAKES AUCTION As a wealthy few gather to bid on a predator capable of destroying all life on earth, the sorcerers of the Twenty Palace Society mobilize to stop them. Caught up in the scramble is Ray Lilly, the lowest of the low in the society-an excar thief and the expendable
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### From Publishers Weekly Starred Review. Connolly's gritty urban fantasy debut is not so urban: it takes place in Hammer Bay, Wash., where residents are thankful for the toy factory that stimulates their economy and are apparently oblivious to the frequent magical immolations of local children. C