Reviews for the Tower City Chronicles

It takes a very skilled and creative writer to blend character and plot with just the right amount of balance, and even more so when there are multiple characters and multiple plots split between five books set over a time frame of five weeks.

Sean Guy has achieved this extraordinary outcome in his first three Tower City Chronicles, a tightly plotted and tightly woven urban fantasy series set between different worlds, beginning inside a claustrophobic city of New York type proportions.

The first in the series, The Firebringer, kicks off the story, throwing us into revenge, love, murder and chaos as crime lords, otherworld creatures and gang bosses fight for justice and supremacy. Voodoo Games follows, keeping the action and suspense and drama high, twisting the plot to give greater focus on different characters.

Seraph, the third-just-released in the series, kicks the stakes even higher and the real descent into madness and hell begins. New characters are introduced, old ones are miraculously given a second chance at life, and the fight to the death for power and revenge continues at breakneck speed.

No one is safe in this terrifying world where good rarely prevails, bad mostly does, yet the reader is crouched breathlessly on the edge of their chair, still hoping for the best in every page turning chapter. Bring on the next two books!

Sean Guy spent 10 years plotting these books and it shows. His tireless, intricately skilled work has paid off. Each character is comprehensively fleshed out and he does a remarkable thing: he makes us even sympathise with even the worst of the bad guys (or girls, and Harlequin in particular is as bad as it gets), yet keeps us hoping that good will ultimately prevail over evil.

Do yourself a favour, as Molly Meldrum would say, and pick up a copy today!