JAY NEILL
Jay writes British Urban Fantasy that delights in the collision of the mundane and the magical. After 25 years working as a technology land product leader, he decided to switch to writing fiction to pursue his real passion: building worlds that are hidden just beneath our reality.
His first novel, The Terminus Of All Things, is a standalone urban portal fantasy. It explores the concept of Endland, a chaotic, mirror-dystopia built entirely from the obsolete remnants and discarded ideas of our own world.
His new series is The LineFolk of London, which is a separate urban mythology project. It uses the intricate infrastructure of the London Underground as the central nervous system for a secret magical society. The core concept is that all UK mythological creatures are forced to live within the restricted boundaries of the Circle Line, surviving only by harnessing a unique magical energy source called Linether. You can start your LineFolk journey with Curious Physiologies.
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Author: Jay Neill
467 pages, Paperback
ISBN: 978-1068174704
Language: English
Genre: Nostalgic Urban Fantasy set in London
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First his heart broke. Then reality did.
Imagine a place where nothing truly dies, where the discarded remnants of human progress find a new existence. This is Endland: a vibrant, chaotic realm built from the cast-offs of our world, a dizzying collision of forgotten fashion, outdated technology, and lost ideologies.
When Jack Gardener stumbles into Endland, reeling from being dumped in a London railway station, he learns that this world, and the one he has left behind, are teetering on the edge of chaos.
With the help of Piper, a seasoned traveller between realities, Jack must risk everything to stop a plot that could either save or destroy not just Endland, but also his home, and the final resting place for all human existence, at the terminus of all things.
Perfect for fans of Ben Aaronovitch, China Miéville, Terry Pratchett, Robert Rankin and Jasper Fforde. The Terminus Of All Things will have you revelling in nostalgia, questioning what sparks human creativity, and asking yourself whether the end is truly the end, or just a new beginning.
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Book #1 in The Line Folk of London Series
Author: Jay Neill
248 pages, Paperback
ISBN: 978-1068174735
Language: English
Genre: Urban Fantasy set in London
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Hannah Chadwick is running from her past, but she just stumbled into London’s most dangerous secret.
A fierce, professional nurse, Hannah found herself unfairly blacklisted after speaking out against corporate misconduct. Desperate for work, she takes the job at a nondescript clinic just off Harley Street, treating patients with "rare conditions" for an eccentric abclynician named Julius Wayworthy.
But this isn't a normal medical practice. Hidden throughout the city, their world is defined by a mysterious energy source lurking in the tunnels of London's Tube. These are the LineFolk: thousands of creatures—from elegant haemovores to monstrous shapeshifters—who use the city’s network to conceal their true forms.
When Hannah witnesses her colleague violently transform to save her life during a mugging, she learns two terrifying truths: she is a human working in a world of monsters, and her predecessor was brutally murdered.
Now, caught between the LineFolk’s lethal secrets and the growing curiosity of the Police, Hannah must quickly decide who she can trust. Because if Wayworthy hired her for a reason, that reason might just get her killed.
Welcome to the Underground. Don't stray from the lines.
If you like the London-based, bureaucratic magic of Ben Aaronovitch, the cynical, street-smart protagonists facing monstrous hidden societies like those of Jim Butcher, the intricate, darkly atmospheric worlds of China Miéville, and the fast-paced, magical underworld politics of Benedict Jacka, you'll love Curious Physiologies. The LineFolk of London series is a gripping descent into a hidden city within a city of myths and legends, hiding in plain sight.