Now a Hugo-nominated series!
The eighth book in the funny and fast-paced InCryptid urban fantasy
series returns to the mishaps of the Price family, eccentric
cryptozoologists who safeguard the world of magical creatures living in
secret among humans.
Crossroads, noun:
1. A place where two roads cross.
2. A place where bargains can be made.
3. See also "places to avoid".
Antimony Price has never done well without a support system. As the
youngest of her generation, she has always been able to depend on her
parents, siblings, and cousins to help her out when she's in a pinch -
until now. After fleeing from the Covenant of St. George, she's found
herself in debt to the crossroads and running for her life. No family.
No mice. No way out.
Lucky for her, she's always been resourceful, and she's been gathering
allies as she travels: Sam, furi trapeze artist turned boyfriend; Cylia,
jink roller derby captain and designated driver; Fern, sylph friend,
confidant, and maker of breakfasts; even Mary, ghost babysitter to the
Price family. Annie's actually starting to feel like they might be able
to figure things out - which is probably why things start going wrong
again.
New Gravesend, Maine, is a nice place to raise a family...or make a
binding contract with the crossroads. For James Smith, whose best friend
disappeared when she tried to do precisely that, it's also an excellent
place to plot revenge. Now the crossroads want him dead, and they want
Annie to do the dirty deed. She owes them, after all.
And that's before Leonard Cunningham, aka, "the next leader of the
Covenant", shows up....
It's going to take everything Annie has and a little bit more to get out
of this one. If she succeeds, she gets to go home. If she fails, she
becomes one more cautionary tale about the dangers of bargaining with
the crossroads.
But no pressure.
