THE MONSTRANCE SERIES
In New York City of the 1930s, a city steeped in ancient magic, Sadie Palester, orphan and thief, discovers forbidden magic, deadly conspiracies, and sizzling romance. Together with a charismatic nightclub owner, she enters a world where every relic holds a secret—and every secret comes at a price. This spellbinding fantasy harkens back to the days of Nick and Nora Charles of The Thin Man series but this time with heart-stopping danger and bone-chilling monsters.
The Monstrance Book 1
Susan Zell Griffith
New York City, 1933.
Behind the glittering lights of jazz clubs and the glamour of high society lies a hidden world fueled by magic. Relics infused with rare mystical stones grant extraordinary powers to those who possess them—and in the wrong hands, those powers can be deadly.
Sadie Palester knows a thing or two about wrong hands. An orphan and former thief, she survives by trusting few and safeguarding relics, making sure they find their way into the right hands. But when she steals an ancient stone from a notorious black-market dealer, she unwittingly uncovers a force powerful enough to shatter the fragile balance of New York’s magical community.
When ruthless cultists hunt her down and murder the one person she can count on, Sadie is thrust into a dangerous race against time. Her only ally is a charismatic and irresistibly handsome nightclub owner whose secrets run as deep as the city’s shadows. Together, they must protect the stone before it falls into the cult’s grasp.
But as the mystery unfolds, Sadie discovers that the cult’s obsession with the stone may be tied to her own past. What begins as a fight for survival soon becomes a journey that could rewrite her future and alter the fate of everyone she loves.
THE GRIZZLY SERIES
Harry Shepard, a failing screenwriter; McMurdo, a magic bear with a song in his heart; and a group of B-movie has-beens navigate a deadly world of magic and monsters in post-war Hollywood.
Grizzly in the Shadows
Clay Griffith
Harry Shepard hopes to resume his career as a screenwriter, but he finds all doors closed except the B-movie schlock shop Lancer Pictures where he encounters McMurdo, the talking bear. McMurdo is the tip of a mystical iceberg at Lancer that includes a forgotten starlet who may or may not murder men to prolong her life; a Latin Lover who is not really Argentinian and may not really be alive; a typecast outcast who exercises power over life itself; and a profane director and hoarder of other peoples’ memories. This collection of has-beens must overcome conjurer Eddie Cannon, whose sinister power spawns from humiliating innocents who only want to be in movies.
VAMPIRE EMPIRE SERIES
Combining rousing pulp action with steampunk style, the Vampire Empire series brings epic political themes to life within a story of heartbreaking romance, sacrifice, and heroism.
The Greyfriar Book 1
Clay Griffith and Susan Griffith
In the year 1870, a horrible plague of vampires swept over the northern regions of the world. It is now 2020 and a bloody reckoning is coming.
Princess Adele is heir to the Empire of Equatoria, a remnant of the old tropical British Empire. When she becomes the target of a merciless vampire clan, her only protector is the Greyfriar, a mysterious hero who fights the vampires from deep within their territory.
The first book in a trilogy of high adventure and alternate history, the Vampire Empire series brings epic political themes to life within a story of heartbreaking romance, sacrifice, and heroism.
The Rift Walker Book 2
Clay Griffith and Susan Griffith
As the Equatorian Empire stands on the brink of war against the vampire clans of the north, the horrific strategy for total victory drives Princess Adele to reunited with her great love, the mysterious adventurer known as the Greyfriar. She embarks on a desperate quest both to keep her nation from genocide and to discover more about her strange powers of geomancy.
If Adele ever brings geomancy under her command, she could be death to vampires. But such a victory would cost the life of Adele’s beloved Greyfriar.
The Kingmakers Book 3
Clay Griffith and Susan Griffith
Empress Adele has launched a grand crusade against the vampire clans of the north. Prince Gareth, the vampire lord of Scotland, serves with the harried Equatorian army in his guise as the dashing Greyfriar. They are in danger of being cut off and obliterated.
Adele unleashes the power of her geomancy, a fearsome weapon capable of slaughtering vampires in vast numbers. However, the power she expends threatens her own life even as she questions the morality of such a horrific weapon.
As the war turns ever bloodier and Adele is endangered, Gareth faces a terrible opportunity to strike against the lord of the vampire clans–his brother, Cesare. It is a gamble that could win the war or signal the final days of the Greyfriar.
The Geomancer Book 4
Clay Griffith and Susan Griffith
The uneasy stalemate forged by Adele and Gareth between vampires and humans is over. A new power threatens to tilt the balance back to the vampire clans. A deranged human geomancer called the Witchfinder has found a way to give his vampire masters the ability to kill humans on a massive scale.
From a free Britain struggling to rebuild to the vampire capital of Paris, from the heart of the Equatorian Empire to a vampire monastery in far-away Tibet, old friends and past enemies return. Unexpected allies and terrible new villains arise. Adele and Gareth fight side-by-side as always, but they can never be the same if they hope to survive.
CROWN & KEY SERIES
Set in a shadowed Victorian Britain where magic lurks beneath the surface of polite society, the series follows the secretive Crown and Key Society—an elite order of gifted men and women sworn to protect the realm from supernatural danger. From savage werewolves and ancient demigods to dark sorcery and hidden conspiracies, the Society stands as Britain’s last defense against forces that threaten both crown and country. Blending gothic fantasy, supernatural adventure, and Victorian intrigue, the series delivers a world of hidden magic, dangerous secrets, and heroes willing to risk everything to keep the darkness at bay.
The Shadow Revolution Book 1
Clay Griffith and Susan Griffith
As fog descends, obscuring the gas lamps of Victorian London, werewolves prowl the shadows of back alleys and the inner circles of upper-crust society. Only a handful of specially gifted practitioners are equipped to battle the beasts. Among them are the roguish Simon Archer, who conceals his powers as a spell-casting scribe behind the smooth veneer of a dashing playboy; his layabout mentor, Nick Barker, who prefers a good pub to thrilling heroics; and the self-possessed alchemist Kate Anstruther, who is equally at home in a ballroom as she is on a battlefield.
When a lycanthrope targets Kate’s vulnerable younger sister, the three join forces with fierce Scottish monster-hunter Malcolm MacFarlane—but quickly discover they’re dealing with a threat far greater than they ever imagined.
The Undying Legion Book 2
Clay Griffith and Susan Griffith
When monster-hunter Malcolm MacFarlane comes across the gruesome aftermath of a ritual murder in a London church, he enlists the help of magician-scribe Simon Archer and alchemist extraordinaire Kate Anstruther. They struggle to understand obscure clues in the ancient Egyptian hieroglyphics carved into the victim’s heart—as well as bizarre allusions to the romantic poetry of William Blake. One thing is clear: Very potent black magic is at work.
Desperate to save lives, Simon, Kate, and Malcolm—along with gadget geek Penny Carter and Charlotte, an adolescent werewolf—track down a necromancer who is reanimating the deceased. The team battles an unrelenting army of undead, a powerful Egyptian mummy, and monstrous serpentine demons. When the true purpose of the ritual is revealed, the gifted allies must confront a destructive force that is positively apocalyptic.
The Conquering Dark Book 3
Clay Griffith and Susan Griffith
To avenge a centuries-old betrayal, the ancient demigod Gaios is hell-bent on summoning the elemental forces of the earth to level London. To stop Gaios, the Crown and Key Society must gather their full strength, despite the threat of betrayal from within, or the world will fall apart.
But Simon Archer, Crown and Key’s leader and the last living magician-scribe, has lost his powers. As Gaios searches for the Stone of Scone, which will give him destructive dominion over the land, monster-hunter Malcolm MacFarlane, alchemist extraordinaire Kate Anstruther, gadget geek Penny Carter, and Charlotte the young werewolf scramble to reconnect Simon to his magic before the world as they know it is left forever in ruins.
Flash: The Haunting of Barry Allen
Clay Griffith and Susan Griffith
In the first part of an epic 2-book crossover with ARROW, Barry Allen finds out there are consequences to being a hero. He is fighting for his life, his powers are failing, and he is experiencing visions of a future Flash who is trying to warn him of danger. At the same time, a group of the Flash’s greatest enemies band together to bring the city to its knees and extract revenge on Flash. Unable to safeguard his city alone, Barry turns to the one man he trusts above all others — Oliver Queen, the ARROW.
The story continues in ARROW: A GENERATION OF VIPERS.
Arrow: A Generation of Vipers
Clay Griffith and Susan Griffith
Continuing the story begun in THE FLASH: THE HAUNTING OF BARRY ALLEN.
Oliver Queen, wealthy playboy now known as the grim vigilante The Green Arrow, struggles to find a way to save Barry Allen, The Flash, from the transdimensional energies that are killing the Scarlet Speedster. Team Arrow and members of Team Flash must journey to the enemy nation of Markovia to confront a castle full of international criminals, including frequent nemesis, Malcolm Merlyn. The key to Barry’s survival is held by the terrorist lord, Count Wallenstein. At the same time, Oliver must come to terms with dark enemy from his past who threatens to derail the mission and prevent Oliver from meeting his obligations to his friends.