Year One: a Quincy Harker, Demon Hunter Collection by John G. Hartness
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Read and Download Ebook Year One: A Quincy Harker, Demon Hunter Collection... Year One: A Quincy Harker, Demon Hunter Collection John G. Hartness PDF File: Year One: A Quincy Harker, 1 Demon Hunter Collection... Read and Download Ebook Year One: A Quincy Harker, Demon Hunter Collection... Year One: A Quincy Harker, Demon Hunter Collection John G. Hartness Year One: A Quincy Harker, Demon Hunter Collection John G. Hartness AWARD-WINNING DARK FANTASY WITH ACTION, SNARK, AND DEMONS GALORE “If you love action-packed dark edged urban fantasy with mystery, humor and a lot of foul language then check this one out.” – Sharon Stogner, I Smell Sheep Straight out of the pages of the legendary vampire novel Dracula comes a demon hunter for the modern world. Mina Murray and Jonathan Harker had a son. They named him Quincy. His guardian angel calls him Q. Dracula calls him nephew. Demons call him The Reaper. "There are things in this world that men and women aren’t meant to understand. We aren’t supposed to know these things exist, much less how to fight them. The things that go bump in the night, the monsters in the closet, the shadow out of the corner of your eye — that’s where I live." Year One collects the first four short novels in the Quincy Harker, Demon Hunter series Raising Hell - Winner of the 2016 Manly Wade Wellman Award - Quincy Harker takes on a demon- summoning entrepreneur that makes Gordon Gecko look like Santa Claus. Straight to Hell - The Four Horsemen are back in Charlotte, NC, and I don't mean Ric, Arn, Tully, and Barry. Harker has to save the world from the forces of Apocalypse. Hell on Heels - She's hot, she's mean, she's borderline psychotic and has a lot of issues with Harker and his people. She's Gabriella Van Helsing, and she's Hell on Heels. Hell Freezes Over - Somebody is walking through dreams and murdering families all over Harker's city. Now the ghost of a murdered little girl is walking through Harker's dreams. Is he going to stand for this? Yeah, when Hell Freezes Over. Year One: A Quincy Harker, Demon Hunter Collection Details Date : Published January 2nd 2016 by Falstaff Media ISBN : Author : John G. Hartness Format : Kindle Edition 384 pages Genre : Fantasy, Urban Fantasy, Paranormal, Vampires, Magic, Audiobook Download Year One: A Quincy Harker, Demon Hunter Collection ...pdf Read Online Year One: A Quincy Harker, Demon Hunter Collection ...pdf PDF File: Year One: A Quincy Harker, 2 Demon Hunter Collection... Read and Download Ebook Year One: A Quincy Harker, Demon Hunter Collection... Download and Read Free Online Year One: A Quincy Harker, Demon Hunter Collection John G. Hartness PDF File: Year One: A Quincy Harker, 3 Demon Hunter Collection... Read and Download Ebook Year One: A Quincy Harker, Demon Hunter Collection... From Reader Review Year One: A Quincy Harker, Demon Hunter Collection for online ebook Alex says This novel has some charm, mostly because of the fast paced, humor laced dialog. However the main character can be an insufferable asshole and so ridiculously overpowered that it's hard to take. In the very beginning of the book, the MC is hired by a man who's 15 year old daughter has just been violently killed by a demon. From the moment he arrives, Quincy makes crude, sarcastic comments about the man and his daughter. He calls the man an idiot. He wonders if the daughter is just having her period. His behavior crosses the line from jaded and darkly humorous to disgusting pretty much right off the bat. The book gets better from there, but there is always that underlying "how does anyone put up with this guy?" Are we really supposed to root for him? And the demons are as gross as they could possibly be. The other main issue is that Quincy just barges into every situation with no strategy or thought, kills 30 guys, and then the book is over. He was born when his parents were being mind controlled by a vampire. Why does that make him stronger than most vampires? It makes no sense. Then, I guess by pure chance, he also ends up being a crazy powerful sorcerer. It's never really explained and his powers are vaguely defined. I waffled for a while until he started ripping on Buffy while oh so clearly ripping it off at the same time. Cloak88 says Entertaining collection of novella's 3.5 stars As it turns out Mina Murray and Jonathan Harker had a son: Quincy Harker. Skip a century and in present day Charlotte (USA) Quincy is a deamon hunter who bumps back, the things that go bump in the night. Occasionally supported by his uncle Luke Card and his manservant Renfield (yeah you can do the math...) he fights the nasty things in the night. A fun premise and cool characters. Overall this novel has a bit of a badass/ feelgood feeling to it. There is plenty of nasty, but no angsty teenagers, bloodchilling horror or endless superfluous wordbuilding. Just a bunch of cool characters doing their thing. In all this is a solid collection of four quite entertaining novella's. I'll probably be reading more from this author and his series. Tracie Lester says Great read. I love this series. The narrator made the whole book great, the story line was interesting in that Count Dracula's nephew was the main character. A great twist on an old classic. PDF File: Year One: A Quincy Harker, 4 Demon Hunter Collection... Read and Download Ebook Year One: A Quincy Harker, Demon Hunter Collection... Lucy Blue says You know all those supernatural TV shows with the cool, goth-y promos that look so fresh and good you actually make a note to watch it live—and then when you do, it’s either just crap from the starting line or slowly devolves into crap as the season wears on? (Lookin’ at you, Sleepy Hollow.) This book, a series of funny, scary, fast-paced novellas about a half-vamp demon hunter named Quincy Harker, is what you really, really, REAAALLY want a season of those shows to be. Author John Hartness deals with the exposition fast and gets to the good stuff, so I will, too: Quincy is the son of Jonathan and Mina Harker, conceived when they were literally up to their necks in vampires back in the 19th century—he’s more than a hundred years old and calls Dracula “Uncle Luke.” He has a thriving business dealing with demons in the greater Charlotte, North Carolina area, a day job working for the government and a hardass named “John Smith,” the obligatory sassy, sexy, tough-as-nails girl cop partner, and a gorgeous guardian angel with blonde curls and a potty mouth. Any writer who can find something fresh to do with the Dracula mythology deserves my money anyway, but there’s a strong sense of place in these stories that adds another fun layer we’ve never seen before. And not for nothing, anybody who wonders how to write supernatural fantasy in a multi-cultural universe, read and take notes—Harker’s world feels so real in part because it’s got all different kinds of people in it. And while it definitely has a sense of humor, it’s not embarrassed by its setting (again, are you listening, TV people?). Quincy can make fun of himself, but he’s not ashamed of what he is, and his stories, no matter how crazy they get, never seem anything but real. Full disclosure; I know John Hartness, so I knew to expect to laugh out loud and to find good world-building and exciting story. What I didn’t expect and love is the depth of character and how emotionally and spiritually satisfying these stories are. Yeah, it’s got jokes and bad-ass fight scenes and cool monsters. But there are real stakes involved—you don’t just care about Quincy, you care about the people he’s trying to save because HE cares about the people he’s trying to save. This is a scary universe populated by people and creatures that feel real dealing with stuff that matters. Like all the best characters in stories, I’ll be carrying them around in my head for a while. And I’m very much looking forward to meeting the next batch in Year Two. Megan says I knew after the first three minutes of listening, that I would love every minute of this collection of novellas! Quincy Harker is a super snarky, magic using, demon and supernatural hunter. His sarcastic nature makes for some laugh out loud moments. The stories were great, being full of action and mystery. With a fast pace, there was no point that felt slow to me. James Foster was the narrator of the audiobook, and he was fabulous. He really brought the story to life, and was a perfect fit for Harker's personality. I really hope there will be more stories released in this series. I'd like to check out some of the author's other work as well. I had so much fun with this audiobook, and I highly recommend! **I was provided this audiobook in exchange for an honest review. This does not change my opinion in any way PDF File: Year One: A Quincy Harker, 5 Demon Hunter Collection... Read and Download Ebook Year One: A Quincy Harker, Demon Hunter Collection... BookLoversLife says In all honesty I don't know what to say about this to do it justice! Every time I sat down to write a review all that came to mind was amazing, hilarious, addictive and something that everyone should read!!! Year one contains the first four Quincy Harker, Demon Hunter novellas and I was so glad they were all put into one volume.