Stories by @poppydunning

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Rivers of London

My name is Peter Grant and until January I was just probationary constable in that mighty army for justice known to all right-thinking people as the Metropolitan Police Service (and as the Filth to everybody else). My only concerns in life were how to avoid a transfer to the Case Progression Unit – we do paperwork so real coppers don’t have to – and finding a way to climb into the panties of the outrageously perky WPC Leslie May. Then one night, in pursuance of a murder inquiry, I tried to take a witness statement from someone who was dead but disturbingly voluble, and that brought me to the attention of Inspector Nightingale, the last wizard in England. Now I’m a Detective Constable and a trainee wizard, the first apprentice in fifty years, and my world has become somewhat more complicated: nests of vampires in Purley, negotiating a truce between the warring god and goddess of the Thames, and digging up graves in Covent Garden …and there’s something festering at the heart of the city I love, a malicious vengeful spirit that takes ordinary Londoners and twists them into grotesque mannequins to act out its drama of violence and despair. The spirit of riot and rebellion has awakened in the city, and it’s falling to me to bring order out of chaos – or die trying.

Priory of The Orange Tree

A world divided. A queendom without an heir. An ancient enemy awakens. Inspired by the legend of Saint George and the Dragon and other tales from around the world, the Roots of Chaos cycle is a fantasy of epic proportions. In The Priory of the Orange Tree, follow Ead, who carries an ancient secret; Loth, a nobleman sent to investigate a suspicious disappearance; Niclays, an embittered alchemist, who seeks the key to eternal life; and Tané, a talented young dragonrider. In A Day of Fallen Night, go back five centuries and meet Tunuva, a mage fighting to protect her family; Dumai, a godsinger on Mount Ipyeda; Wulf, a foundling with a mysterious past; and Princess Glorian, heir to the Queendom of Inys.

The Trojan War

The Trojan War was a legendary conflict in Greek mythology that took place around the 12th or 13th century BC. The war was waged by the Achaeans (Greeks) against the city of Troy after Paris of Troy took Helen from her husband Menelaus, king of Sparta.

The Locked Tomb / Gideon the Ninth

The Locked Tomb series—Gideon the Ninth, Harrow the Ninth, Nona the Ninth, and Alecto the Ninth—is an epic science fantasy that blends necromantic theory and thrilling swordplay with a wicked, sacrilegious sense of humor; a modern mix of Dune, Riddick, and Gormenghast.