Book View Café Releases Light Errant by Chaz Brenchley

I don't know how many of you clicked through when I posted the sampler link for Chaz Brenchley's first Ben Macallan book, Dead of Light, but the writing was phenomenal! I am going to jump into Dead of Light this summer, but this one is going on the list. The first is gritty, character and plot driven urban fantasy, the magic working well with the world created. I'm expecting more of the same!

Light Errant (Urban Fantasy)
Chaz Brenchley
May 24, 2011 $4.99 ebook (DRM-free)
ISBN: 978 1 61138 064 4

Ben's back—and this time he means business. Family business...

Benedict Macallan, wonder-worker malgré lui, has travelled the length and breadth of Europe since the events of Dead of Light, and still discovered no family like his own. Maybe Macallan blood really is a biological sport, a freak of evolution.

What Ben does discover is that he can't escape his birthright. He can run to the sun and hide among strangers, but he can't hide his powers from himself. When a friend asks for help, he has to use them. With blood on his hands once more, it's farewell la dolce vita; he gets on his bike and goes home.

Home is no sweeter than it was before, but it has changed. His gangster relatives have lost control somehow, of themselves and their city. More than one evil is at work here now, and even Ben's unique talents may not be enough to save the one he loves.

If he can only work out who that is...

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What else should be turned into a ministries or series?

Over at SF Signal's MIND MELD this week, the Question was about other fantasy novels that would make excellent series. I was delighted to play, but I tried to keep my answer simple.

Fortunately, other people mentioned the works that occurred to me, but I didn't spell out -- like the Chronicles of Prydain series, Charmed Life, and the Bridge of Birds AND its sequels (YES!)

I'd also like to see done Steven Brust's Vlad series, American Gods, Robin McKinley's Damar series, Scott Lynch's books, and don't forget The Atrocity Archives and The Jennifer Morgue by Charles Stross.

These are all books and series I would have happily tossed into the mix while discussing such a project. Other books were mentioned that did not immediately spring to my mind, yet would also be excellent. The SyFy channel cannot say there isn't a lot of great material out there waiting to be turned into high-rated viewing.

What didn't we get to? What would you like to see made into a ministries, series or movie?