Mystery/Thriller

Fight It Out: Books About Supernatural Battles

This edition of Riot Recommendation is sponsored by Angelfall by Susan Ee. It’s been six weeks since angels of the apocalypse descended to demolish the modern world. Street gangs rule the day while fear and superstition rule the night. When warrior angels fly away with a helpless little girl, her seventeen-year-old sister Penryn will do anything to get her back. Anything, including making a deal with an enemy angel. Raffe is a warrior who lies broken and wingless on the street. After eons of fighting his own battles, he finds himself being rescued from a desperate situation by a half-starved teenage girl. Traveling through a dark and twisted Northern California, they have only each other to rely on for survival. Together, they journey toward the angels’ stronghold in San Francisco where she’ll risk everything to rescue her sister and he’ll put himself at the mercy of his greatest enemies for the chance to be made whole again. _________________________ Last week, we asked for your favorite stories about light vs. dark, good vs. evil, two powerful forces fighting it out. Here’s a round-up of the suggestions from Facebook, Twitter, and the comments. The Book of the Dun Cow by Walter Wangerin The Dark is Rising Series by Susan Cooper The Wheel of Time series by Robert Jordan Something Wicked This Way Comes by Ray Bradbury The Belgariad by David Eddings Good Omens by Terry Pratchett and Neil Gaiman The Strain trilogy by Guillermo del Toro and Chuck Hogan The Mercury series by Robert Kroese The Harry Dresden novels by Jim Butcher early Anita Blake The Dark Tower series by Stephen King The Stand by Stephen King Knights of Dark Renown by David Gemmell Spirit Fighter by Jerel Law This Present Darkness by Frank Peretti Zothique by Clark Ashton Smith The Listener by Taylor Caldwell Kushiel’s Avatar by Jacquelyn Carey Anne Rice’s vampire novels What would you add?