Aftermarket Afterlife by seanan McGuire

Just finished yesterday
"Aftermarket afterlife" by Seanan McGuire. this is an novel of a series about a groups of scientists who attempt to preserve cryptid life forms from dragons to boogeymen. They are heretics and escapees from the Covenant of St.George which as you might guess is quite interested in making dragons extinct. They are also the object of worship by the Aeslin mice which talk a lot. I believe that they pretended death and escaped to North America where they do their best to protect the strange creatures most of us ignore. The Covenant in this novel attacks the Dragon Nest in New York City but only kill a female dragon. The male dragon is safe but one of the family members is injured and her husband is killed. Now the main POV here is of one Ghost named Mary Dunleavy who as explained in the story is the Family's babysitter and they can call on her in the dase of distrees. Oliva is a 5 year old human child living in the Dragon nest and Mary rescues her with the aid of Sarah, a cuckoo (not a bird) who has the power of teleportation. And the story goes on from there with Mary assuming the role of a general in protecting her family for which she has been baby-sitting for over 100 years. All in all a very satisfy read.
The background remark are intended for a person who is
not reading the series currently.  I try to keep the SA of
the Team Amiga mailing list well entertained with notes
about this sort of thing and manga.
bliss
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