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Gangs & Shadows: Return Of The Ponocny
Gangs & Return Of The PonocnýA supernatural urban fantasy with monsters, mayhem, and one very new teenage Ponocný (watchman)
"Look, I didn’t ask for this job.
I was a golem hunter. A professional monster-puncher. the BEST in the Vanguard!
Now? I’m the Ponocný—Prague’s Night Watch.
Basically a magical mall cop with a badge, a squad of noobs, and the impossible task of keeping the supernatural gangs from tearing each other to bits.
Vampires are plotting. were-orcs are throwing hands. Goblins are rigging vending machines into death traps.
Oh, and my partner? Off to Bucharest dealing with vampire family drama. So now it’s just me, a zombie receptionist, a troll who wears traffic signs, and a barbarian who breaks doors accidentally on purpose.
The Underworld gangs think I’m a joke.
The city thinks I’m already dead.
The captain thinks I’ll “figure it out.”
I think I need a Malinovka. Or a flamethrower. Or both.
But someone just put a blade in the wrong were-orc, and now all-out war is back on the menu.
So yeah, I guess I’m saving Prague....again.
Just… not the way they expect.
For fans Ben Aaronovitch, Terry Pratchett, Buffy the Vampire Slayer, The Witcher (if Geralt had anxiety and a punchable face).
"Look, I didn’t ask for this job.
I was a golem hunter. A professional monster-puncher. the BEST in the Vanguard!
Now? I’m the Ponocný—Prague’s Night Watch.
Basically a magical mall cop with a badge, a squad of noobs, and the impossible task of keeping the supernatural gangs from tearing each other to bits.
Vampires are plotting. were-orcs are throwing hands. Goblins are rigging vending machines into death traps.
Oh, and my partner? Off to Bucharest dealing with vampire family drama. So now it’s just me, a zombie receptionist, a troll who wears traffic signs, and a barbarian who breaks doors accidentally on purpose.
The Underworld gangs think I’m a joke.
The city thinks I’m already dead.
The captain thinks I’ll “figure it out.”
I think I need a Malinovka. Or a flamethrower. Or both.
But someone just put a blade in the wrong were-orc, and now all-out war is back on the menu.
So yeah, I guess I’m saving Prague....again.
Just… not the way they expect.
For fans Ben Aaronovitch, Terry Pratchett, Buffy the Vampire Slayer, The Witcher (if Geralt had anxiety and a punchable face).
179 pages, Paperback
Published May 27, 2025
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