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Mythos Unbound
A brother who hunts monsters. A sister who hunts serial killers. A case that might break them both.
Finn Bryant lectures in mythology by day and moonlights as a supernatural hunter, tracking the glamoured ‘Shadow Kin’ he alone sees walking among us. Ghouls, vampires and other monsters have come for him since before he can remember, and he’s spent his life learning how to take them down - before they can get to him or his beloved found family.
Evie Bryant doesn’t see the supernatural in her line of work, profiling serial killers for the FBI. Her brother’s fascination with folklore feels a world away from Evie’s reality of violent crime scenes and broken lives, even if it’s been noted more than once that her talent for reading people is a little… eerie.
When a series of brutal murders with a mythological overtone prompts Evie to consult with Finn on a case, the siblings find themselves hunting the same killer. Evie will do anything to distance her brother from her work, but Finn can’t walk away from this one. But whose monster is it? And what might it cost these siblings to find out?
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“The writing style and the unfolding of the plot reminded me so much of supernatural crime shows like Penny Dreadful and The X-Files with the same level of intrigue and maturity… I didn't realise how badly I needed to read this!”
—Emily Wyeth, author of Mother’s Milk and Aurealis Award winner 2023
Finn Bryant lectures in mythology by day and moonlights as a supernatural hunter, tracking the glamoured ‘Shadow Kin’ he alone sees walking among us. Ghouls, vampires and other monsters have come for him since before he can remember, and he’s spent his life learning how to take them down - before they can get to him or his beloved found family.
Evie Bryant doesn’t see the supernatural in her line of work, profiling serial killers for the FBI. Her brother’s fascination with folklore feels a world away from Evie’s reality of violent crime scenes and broken lives, even if it’s been noted more than once that her talent for reading people is a little… eerie.
When a series of brutal murders with a mythological overtone prompts Evie to consult with Finn on a case, the siblings find themselves hunting the same killer. Evie will do anything to distance her brother from her work, but Finn can’t walk away from this one. But whose monster is it? And what might it cost these siblings to find out?
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“The writing style and the unfolding of the plot reminded me so much of supernatural crime shows like Penny Dreadful and The X-Files with the same level of intrigue and maturity… I didn't realise how badly I needed to read this!”
—Emily Wyeth, author of Mother’s Milk and Aurealis Award winner 2023
341 pages, Kindle Edition
Published February 1, 2025
About the author
Shayla Morgansen
10 books81 followersHi! I'm Shayla, and making stories is the basis of everything I love and do. I write lengthy books about magical happenings in ordinary places, and the supernatural crossing paths with the everyday. My favourite themes to explore in these fantasy story worlds are interdependency, found families, us-against-the-world, and a good helping of angst.
At home in Brisbane where I'm a happy little hermit, I'm married and a mum to our two adorable white cats. In my working life, I have been a schoolteacher, an editor, an assistant publisher and a lecturer. I'm too easily roped into study and am accidentally completing a PhD in Publishing Studies.
At home in Brisbane where I'm a happy little hermit, I'm married and a mum to our two adorable white cats. In my working life, I have been a schoolteacher, an editor, an assistant publisher and a lecturer. I'm too easily roped into study and am accidentally completing a PhD in Publishing Studies.
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