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Publication Order of Lana Harvey, Reapers Inc. Books

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Lana Harvey, Reapers Inc is a series of novels written by best-selling American author Angela Roquet. The series features a main character named Lana Harvey who is an eight generation reaper. She has been a small risk soul harvester for three hundred years; however, her job finds a new turn on life when Grim drops a higher-risk promotion on her lap. However, she does not care for the Afterlife Council politics, but she soon finds herself forging some uneasy alliances, which turn her life upside down, from igniting her love life to attracting the attention of the evil forces seeking to overthrow the council. Lana would, however, be having some bottle of beer at Purgatory Lounge with her good friend Gabriel, but apparently, it appears that she has some serious soul searching to do first.

Roquet began the publication of Lana Harvey, Reapers Inc series in 2009 when Graveyard Shift the first novel in the series was published. Currently, the series consists of over five books, and it is still ongoing.

Graveyard Shift

Graveyard Shift is the first novel in Lana Harvey, Reapers Inc, a comic mystery series by Angela Roquet. The unique central theme takes the approach of the Dead Like Me, an American comedy drama series that aired between 2003 and 2004. Imagine of the various religions from primitive pagan to the elaborate mythological through major religions, and even the New Age advocates competing for souls and even sometimes cooperating. In this setup, even the governance of the afterlife is rather delicate. That is why, Lana Harvey, sort of a gunslinger reaper gets in trouble for undertaking her assignments outside the strict guidelines, and she is forced to work out a mystery to restore the political balance in the afterlife.

Along the way, you will be treated with a fast pacing story with most of the most delighting quips and quotations introducing several chapters. Our heroine in this fantastic novel is Lana, a reaper who is hired by an organization owned and run by Grim. She is some slacker, doing her job but nothing more, and just trying to keep off the radar of the big guys. One of her friends, Josie is a real ethical reaper, who follows all the rules to the latter. The two friends own a ship since the only way to drop their souls off below and above as determined is by sailing across a sea in Limbo. Sometimes their relationship can get somehow strained, especially when some unusual things start happening in Limbo and no one knows why he or she are happening. To this two couple, add in one of their best friend, archangel Gabriel, and there you have a fascinating group.

If you are an urban fantasy lover, you will love this book; it has spirits, reapers, creatures from Mythology, Angels and many others all which are blended seamlessly into an endless entertaining pastiche. You will love the characters that Roquet has descriptively woven and the storyline that flows flawlessly from the first page to the last. The interaction between Josie, Lana, and Gabriel is one that will grip your attention to the very last sentence of the story.

For the Birds

For the Birds is the third installment in Lana Harvey, Reapers Inc series in which the author Roquet continues to put our heroine Lana into an amazing array of situations- some of which are frustrating, dangerous, and others sexy.

In the third novel, Lana makes a comeback, but this time she is the leader of the Posey Unit. All her good friends and all her adversaries are present as well. The rebels will have to take a confrontation route this time, and Lana has to keep one eye firmly on her back and the other on her future. All of the secret deals she is dealing with pound heavily on her mind as she attempts to navigate her abrupt and untimely promotion and the promises made to Winston and Meng and also she has to deal with Horus blackmail.

She has limited time for the people and things that she loves- her friends Kevin, Jenni, Josie, Gabriel, and for her love Beelzebub. The gods and demons alike are out hunting her and Grimm her employer, as usual, is unhappy about everything. Lana survives two attempts on her life during a routine soul retrievals, but discovers a possible replacement for Winston and then when she is found doing a little spying when she escorts Meng to meet the Fates; she is charged of looting the shears of Atropos. She is continualy inspected by the angels, demons, gods and other reapers alike due to her current situation with The Lord of the Flies. She is subsequently captured and seriously questioned by Loki about the possible location of Winston, and then saved by Beelzebub who tracks her when she is not where she should be on time.

She also finds out that Loki has been impersonating Jenni and that Jenni has been missing for a couple of days. Grim assembles a group to work with Lana and rescue Jenni and also find the rebel strong base. That elite team includes Kevin, Josie, Coreen, Saul, Beezelbub, and Maalik. They make a trip to hell to fight the rebels and save Jenni. Along the way, old debts are paid, relationships are built, some are mended others improved, and the afterlife starts to settle down but not without some serious threats approaching on the horizon especially when is confronted by her secrets which could soon become public.

The third series installment is an enjoyable read, our heroine; special little reaper cannot keep herself from the trouble. Her secrets and IOU’s keep on stacking up even though she manages to garner some few boons along the way. Additionally, her inner circle keeps on getting more exciting with each dawn, and even though some of her new allies are better termed as frenemies in some cases, Lana needs all the help she can get especially when her boss Grimm adds decides to display his grim side. The plot is well woven, the characters are well crafted, and the storyline is fast paced. If you fancy urban fantasy novels, then Lana Harvey, Reapers Inc series by Angela Roquet is ideal for you.