92,508 words (≈ about 6 hours)
A violent, epic, action-packed urban quest full of very eccentric, often hilarious, extremely dangerous characters who also happen to be animals — the wildlife of New York City, to be exact.
A revised version of this book (also freely available on Feedbooks, as Beasts of New York 2.0) has been published by the prestigious literary press The Porcupine's Quill.
To learn more, visit the book's web site: www.beastsofnewyork.com
About The Author
Language: English
Written in: 2007
Published: 2009-01-03
Word count: 92,508 words (≈ about 6 hours)
License: Attribution Non-Commercial No Derivatives (cc by-nc-nd)
Tags: quest, animals, fantasy, Central Park, new york city, urban fantasy
Jon Evans is a novelist, journalist, adventure traveller, and software engineer. His novels have won an Arthur Ellis Award, translation into half a dozen languages, and praise from The Economist, The Times, and The Washington Post. His most recent work is the Vertigo Crime graphic novel The Executor.
Jon's journalism has appeared in Wired, Reader's Digest, The Guardian, The Globe and Mail, and The Times Of India, and he writes a weekly column for TechCrunch.
Jon has released four of his novels - Beasts of New York, Invisible Armies, Swarm and The Night of Knives - under a Creative Commons license; all can be freely downloaded from Feedbooks.
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Sun, 20 Nov 2011 03:46:37 +0100
A great read! Keeps you hooked and you can't put it down.
Thu, 13 Oct 2011 16:04:04 +0200
Amazing Author! I loved this book and can't wait to read more of his work. Beasts of New York is definitely action packed and had me hooked from the first chapter.