Sixteen-year-old Goth girl Pandora Zwieback has a major problem: she's just discovered that her New York City hometown is the stalking ground for every monster and ghoul out to raise a little hell (literally!) . . . BUT she's apparently the only one who can see them. That means she can't tell her friends or family about the dangers around them - not unless she wants to spend the rest of her life locked up in a psychiatric ward.
But before Pan has a chance to make sense of her increasingly weird life, she finds herself in the middle of a war among rival vampire clans. Elegant Gothic Lolitas from Japan on one side, silk-suited London vamps on the other, leather-clad hunters from Eastern Europe in the middle, and all after the same prize: a mysterious crate recently delivered to the horror-themed museum owned by Pan's father.
What is the terrifying secret of Item #179? How do its contents tie into an incident from the blood-drenched past of Pan's new friend, a 400-year-old, shape-shifting monster hunter named Annie? And, more important, will Pan survive long enough to get any answers?
"Far and away one of the best young adult supernatural fantasy novels released in the last few years.... Pan is a teen heroine that readers should be standing up and cheering for." - HorrorNews.net
"One of those fabulous books that manages to straddle the young adult/adult fiction divide... catering equally for teens and more, ahem, 'mature' readers alike with a light touch that makes it a joy to read." - BCF Book Reviews
"A young adult book that does the all-important job of translating well to an adult audience.... Roman's writing is wonderfully crisp, drawing us into a hidden world that is great fun. Definitely recommended for the target audience (and us readers who are that little bit older)." - Taliesin Meets the Vampires
"A fun and very much recommended read that shouldn't be overlooked." - Midwest Book Review
"A big-style cinematic vampire and monster hunter shoot-'em-up with a very human kid caught in the crossfire... but her relationship with her parents and close friends makes the story gold." - Goodreads
"Well written... this modern-day, urban Goth horror will have readers turning the pages to discover how Pandora comes to terms with a very old problem - encountering the monsters among us!" - Gothic Blend
"Charmingly fun, addictively energetic, and highly recommended." - Sci-Fi Saturday Night
Genre: Young Adult Fantasy
But before Pan has a chance to make sense of her increasingly weird life, she finds herself in the middle of a war among rival vampire clans. Elegant Gothic Lolitas from Japan on one side, silk-suited London vamps on the other, leather-clad hunters from Eastern Europe in the middle, and all after the same prize: a mysterious crate recently delivered to the horror-themed museum owned by Pan's father.
What is the terrifying secret of Item #179? How do its contents tie into an incident from the blood-drenched past of Pan's new friend, a 400-year-old, shape-shifting monster hunter named Annie? And, more important, will Pan survive long enough to get any answers?
"Far and away one of the best young adult supernatural fantasy novels released in the last few years.... Pan is a teen heroine that readers should be standing up and cheering for." - HorrorNews.net
"One of those fabulous books that manages to straddle the young adult/adult fiction divide... catering equally for teens and more, ahem, 'mature' readers alike with a light touch that makes it a joy to read." - BCF Book Reviews
"A young adult book that does the all-important job of translating well to an adult audience.... Roman's writing is wonderfully crisp, drawing us into a hidden world that is great fun. Definitely recommended for the target audience (and us readers who are that little bit older)." - Taliesin Meets the Vampires
"A fun and very much recommended read that shouldn't be overlooked." - Midwest Book Review
"A big-style cinematic vampire and monster hunter shoot-'em-up with a very human kid caught in the crossfire... but her relationship with her parents and close friends makes the story gold." - Goodreads
"Well written... this modern-day, urban Goth horror will have readers turning the pages to discover how Pandora comes to terms with a very old problem - encountering the monsters among us!" - Gothic Blend
"Charmingly fun, addictively energetic, and highly recommended." - Sci-Fi Saturday Night
Genre: Young Adult Fantasy
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