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The Foul Mouth and the Fanged Lady (The King Henry Tapes Book 1)
Raley, Richard
by Richard Raley
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My name is King Henry Price. Yes, really. Don’t blame Mom, she was already a little Anima Mad by the time I was born. See, world ain’t as simple as you mundanes think it is. Whole lot more complicated, whole lot more messy, whole lot more foul. Got your Vampires, not the sparkly pretty boys you’re expecting from romance covers, but blood parasites living in a human shell. Just waiting to cut your skin open and suck you dry from the inside out.
Got your Weres, not a hunk among them and gangsters and thugs every one, transform into whatever the idiot first made their Totem decided to sacrifice, be it coyote, wolf, tiger or even your momma’s Shih Tzu. Last, you got your mancers. That’s my group of misfits and malcontents. I first heard of the Mancy when I was fourteen. Smiling blond woman came to recruit me and I was insistent I'd be going nowhere.
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But when she walked on through my locked bedroom door like it wasn’t there, even a jaded, pugnacious, teenage punk like King Henry Price had to give the sales pitch a second thought. Got trained, seven years at the Institution of Elements, or the Asylum as the student body calls it. I’m a geomancer, special kind of geomancer called an Artificer even.
After graduation I made a deal with that same recruiter and opened my own Artificer shop, making magical items of power for all comers, be they Were, Vampire, or Mancer. What I didn’t sign up for was a vampire named Annie B coming into my shop and kidnapping me. Never trust the pretty ones, especially the pretty ones want to eat on you. THE KING HENRY TAPES Book 1
"The Foul Mouth and the Fanged Lady" (released) Book 2
"The Foul Mouth and the Cat Killing Coyotes" (released) Book 3
"The Foul Mouth and the Troubled Boomworm" (released) Book 4
"The Foul Mouth and the Headless Hunny" (released) Book 5
"The Foul Mouth and the Mancy Martial Artist" (released) Book 6
"The Foul Mouth and the Pit of No Return" (released) Book 7
"The Foul Mouth and the Seismic Semester (released) Book ?
"The Foul Mouth and the War to End All Wars (forthcoming) Book ?
"The Foul Mouth and the Most Obvious Trap" (forthcoming) MancyVerse Moments King Henry and the Three Little Trips (released) Assault on Dread Fortress Paine (released) Glassbreaker Goes Home (released) The Everchanging Dilemma (released) Vicky von Welf and the Mancy Masquerade (forthcoming)
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But when she walked on through my locked bedroom door like it wasn’t there, even a jaded, pugnacious, teenage punk like King Henry Price had to give the sales pitch a second thought. Got trained, seven years at the Institution of Elements, or the Asylum as the student body calls it. I’m a geomancer, special kind of geomancer called an Artificer even.
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After graduation I made a deal with that same recruiter and opened my own Artificer shop, making magical items of power for all comers, be they Were, Vampire, or Mancer. What I didn’t sign up for was a vampire named Annie B coming into my shop and kidnapping me. Never trust the pretty ones, especially the pretty ones want to eat on you. THE KING HENRY TAPES Book 1
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"The Foul Mouth and the Fanged Lady" (released) Book 2
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"The Foul Mouth and the Cat Killing Coyotes" (released) Book 3
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3 confirmed reader reviews.
Pretty fun read
I was surprised how raw and funny the main characrers voice was, it realy fehlt live he was talking straight to me. The Mix of Dirk Humor, Magie, and gritty supernatural creatures made the story hard to put down
Brutal, Hilarious, and Unforgettable
The book cover caught my attention, which is why I picked it. It took me a little while to get into the book, even with the sarcasm in the beginning. However, if you like bloody fights, foul language, and laugh-out-loud snark all rolled into one. Then Richard Raley’s The Foul Mouth and the Fanged Lady is urban fantasy at its wildest and right up your alley. The showdown between Annie B and d’Arc is eventful, with knives pumping, blood twisting into weapons, and King Henry’s sarcastic commentary keeping it all darkly funny. Raley’s mix of ancient grudges and modern humor makes the story feel fresh and extremely addictive. If you like your fantasy gritty, fast-paced, and unapologetically profane, this book is a must-read to get you hooked to read the rest of the series.
Humor and magic
I just started this book and it immediately pulled me in. The mix of gritty magic and the foul-mouthed humor makes it stand out from other fantasy I’ve read.The humor is biting, the fights are gritty, and the pacing never lets up. Imagine Harry Potter if Harry had been a foul-mouthed delinquent dragged into a brutal magical academy more like juvie than Hogwarts—and then grew up to run a magic shop while still getting pulled into chaos. That’s the ride you’re in for.
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