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April 1, 2018 7:46 AM Subscribe
I would like to read a fun, fast-paced, ideally thriller-y fiction book not written by Stephen King in which ley lines are used as a plot device. I only have enough interest in me to read one such book. Any recommendations?
Winds of Fury by Mercedes Lackey
The Raven Boys by Maggie Stiefvater
Black Magic Sanction by Kim Harrison
All fantasy, rather than pure thriller. Dan Brown might be just what you're looking for.
posted by MiraK at 7:55 AM on April 1, 2018 [4 favorites]
The Raven Boys by Maggie Stiefvater
Black Magic Sanction by Kim Harrison
All fantasy, rather than pure thriller. Dan Brown might be just what you're looking for.
posted by MiraK at 7:55 AM on April 1, 2018 [4 favorites]
Response by poster: (Ley lines aren't mentioned at all in the Da Vinci Code.)
posted by phunniemee at 7:59 AM on April 1, 2018
posted by phunniemee at 7:59 AM on April 1, 2018
The Raven Boys is a lot of fun, but it's the first in a four book series.
posted by ilovewinter at 8:05 AM on April 1, 2018 [2 favorites]
posted by ilovewinter at 8:05 AM on April 1, 2018 [2 favorites]
Ley lines are a big piece of the plot in The Nightmare Stacks by Charles Stross.
It's fast paced and thrillery but supernaturally also.
posted by duoshao at 8:13 AM on April 1, 2018 [2 favorites]
It's fast paced and thrillery but supernaturally also.
posted by duoshao at 8:13 AM on April 1, 2018 [2 favorites]
Response by poster: Ley lines are a big piece of the plot in The Nightmare Stacks by Charles Stross.
Would that be Metafilter's Own cstross?
I think we have our winner.
posted by phunniemee at 8:19 AM on April 1, 2018 [9 favorites]
Would that be Metafilter's Own cstross?
I think we have our winner.
posted by phunniemee at 8:19 AM on April 1, 2018 [9 favorites]
Foucault's Pendulum is, uh not exactly fast-paced but there are thrillery man-on-the-run bits, and the cartography of telluric currents becomes a significant plot point.
posted by jackbishop at 8:33 AM on April 1, 2018 [6 favorites]
posted by jackbishop at 8:33 AM on April 1, 2018 [6 favorites]
Ley lines turn up in the later outlander books.
posted by brujita at 8:47 AM on April 1, 2018 [1 favorite]
posted by brujita at 8:47 AM on April 1, 2018 [1 favorite]
Ley lines are a central feature of The Mislaid Magician, which is the last book in the trilogy beginning with Sorcery and Cecelia.
posted by jamjam at 9:13 AM on April 1, 2018 [1 favorite]
posted by jamjam at 9:13 AM on April 1, 2018 [1 favorite]
The Remains of an Altar by Phil Rickman features ley lines. It's more of a mystery than a thriller, but isn't afraid to bring in supernatural events.
posted by oozy rat in a sanitary zoo at 9:23 AM on April 1, 2018 [2 favorites]
posted by oozy rat in a sanitary zoo at 9:23 AM on April 1, 2018 [2 favorites]
Raven Boys is an enjoyable book but not exactly fast-paced.
posted by salvia at 10:26 AM on April 1, 2018
posted by salvia at 10:26 AM on April 1, 2018
just to add, the Hollows urban fantasy series depends pretty extensively on ley lines. series, though. total brain candy.
posted by annabear at 10:51 AM on April 1, 2018 [4 favorites]
posted by annabear at 10:51 AM on April 1, 2018 [4 favorites]
Ley lines feature in Good Omens. It has some thriller elements but mostly fantastical one.
posted by His thoughts were red thoughts at 5:15 AM on April 2, 2018 [2 favorites]
posted by His thoughts were red thoughts at 5:15 AM on April 2, 2018 [2 favorites]
They are often mentioned and sometimes an important plot element in Harry Dresden books.
posted by jennypower at 6:06 AM on April 2, 2018 [1 favorite]
posted by jennypower at 6:06 AM on April 2, 2018 [1 favorite]
Ghostbusters (latest Kristen Wiig 2016 version) had ley lines. I'm sure they wrote a paperback book when it was released. Libraries may have them.
posted by TrishaU at 8:17 PM on April 2, 2018
posted by TrishaU at 8:17 PM on April 2, 2018
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posted by Neeuq Nus at 7:53 AM on April 1, 2018