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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

In the article: Plot | Publishing history

Review

“Ray Lilly is one of the most interesting characters I’ve read lately, and Harry Connolly’s vision is amazing.”—Charlaine Harris

“An edge-of-the-seat read! Ray Lilly is the new high-water mark of paranormal noir.”
—Charles Stross, author of _Rule 34
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“Excellent reading . . . delicious tension and suspense.”—Jim Butcher, author of The Dresden Files, on Child of Fire

“Connolly doesn’t shy away from tackling big philosophical issues . . . amid gory action scenes and plenty of rapid-fire sardonic dialogue.”—_Publishers Weekly_ (starred review), on Game of Cages

“This has become one of my must-read series.”—_Locus_

From the Paperback edition.