San Francisco has a Monkey King - and she’s freaking out. Barista, activist, and were-monkey Maya McQueen was well on her way to figuring herself out. Well, part of the way. 25% of the way. If you squint. But now the Bay Area is being shaken up. Occupy Wall Street has come home to roost; and on the supernatural side there's disappearances, shapeshifter murders, and the city’s spirit trying to find its guardian. Maya doesn’t have a lot of time before chaos turns up at her door, and she needs to solve all of her problems. Well, most of them. The urgent ones, anyhow. But who says the solutions have to be neat? Because Monkey is always out for mischief.
Genre: Urban Fantasy
Genre: Urban Fantasy
Praise for this book
"I can't help being obsessed with the beautifully complex world of shapeshifters and magic that Jadie Jang has created. Monkey Around thrilled me and kept me turning pages, but also left me convinced that if I just looked carefully enough, I would see ancient secrets lurking around every corner in the city. Most books are lucky to have either a fascinating world or unforgettable characters, but Monkey Around has both, in spades." - Charlie Jane Anders
"A glittering shapeshifter of a novel that takes you where the modern city and post-modern magic meet." - Terry Bisson
"Hooray to Jadie Jang for creating characters we’ve been waiting for! Monkey Around is action-adventure poetry." - Andrea Hairston
"This hilarious take on the Bay Area and the Asian American community in the 21st Century filled me with pure joy." - Naomi Hirahara
"Pure fun to all sentient beings and to those that aspire to be." - Ed Lin
"Action-packed and inventive, Monkey Around is the magical realist detective story we've all been waiting for. Jadie Jang tells a powerful story of immigrant communities living in the space between supernatural and political worlds -- and it's a hell of a lot of fun, too." - Annalee Newitz
"As delightful, nimble, and unpredictable as its namesake, Monkey Around is phantasmagoric in every sense of the word." - Scott Westerfeld
"A glittering shapeshifter of a novel that takes you where the modern city and post-modern magic meet." - Terry Bisson
"Hooray to Jadie Jang for creating characters we’ve been waiting for! Monkey Around is action-adventure poetry." - Andrea Hairston
"This hilarious take on the Bay Area and the Asian American community in the 21st Century filled me with pure joy." - Naomi Hirahara
"Pure fun to all sentient beings and to those that aspire to be." - Ed Lin
"Action-packed and inventive, Monkey Around is the magical realist detective story we've all been waiting for. Jadie Jang tells a powerful story of immigrant communities living in the space between supernatural and political worlds -- and it's a hell of a lot of fun, too." - Annalee Newitz
"As delightful, nimble, and unpredictable as its namesake, Monkey Around is phantasmagoric in every sense of the word." - Scott Westerfeld
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