Devon Monk - Magic on the Line, an Allie Beckstorm Novel, Awesome Urban Fantasy

Devon Monk, an award-winning American urban fantasy writer, author of Allie Beckstorm series and Age of Steam series, has just come up with another instalment of the former: Magic on the Line.



For some reason Allie Beckstorm, protagonist of Magic on the Line and the series, reminds me of Ellen Ripley of the Alien films (goodness knows I love that girl).
This time the tough lady faces a tide of dark magic: dead magic users return - to kill. The new leader of the Authority, Bartholomew Wray, denies the obvious: something evil (other than a deadly epidemic) is let loose and kills people out there. Allie for once refuses to comply the Authority...