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Soul Bound

by Nicholas Woode-Smith

Published 9 April 2021

I thought moving into a new apartment would be easy…

Even in this world of magic and monsters, moving out shouldn’t be too hard, right?

With help from the ghost in my head, I hunt monsters to pay the bills and pay my way through university. Now it’s time I finally get my own place.

Through lopping off zombie and giant rat heads, I should have enough money, right?

But if there’s anything consistent about living in Hope City, things are seldom easy.

My name is Kat Drummond, and I’m a part-time monster hunter.

Soul Bound is a prequel short story to Part-Time Monster Hunter and the Kat Drummond Series. Follow a young and newbie Kat as she carves a name for herself out of the Hope City monster hunting scene in this action-packed and snarky urban fantasy.


Book 1

Part-Time Monster Hunter

by Nicholas Woode-Smith

Published 4 September 2019

Buffy meets The Witcher in this action-packed Urban Fantasy Series

If there’s one thing I hate more than anything, it’s the undead.

So, just my luck that I’ve got a ghost living rent-free inside my head…

When I was just a kid, my parents were sacrificed by a necromancer. I survived. Barely.

But, the ordeal left me hating two things – necromancers and the undead they bring into the world.

Fast forward years later and I’ve been possessed by a ghost! But, Treth of Concord isn’t just any ordinary ghost. He’s proud, chivalrous and a knight from another world.

Now, with his counsel and some cheap swords I bought on the internet, I hunt the undead of Hope City. For honour, for vengeance, and maybe just a hefty bounty.

My name is Kat Drummond, and I’m a Part-Time Monster Hunter.

Part-Time Monster Hunter is the first book in the epic urban fantasy action series starring Kat Drummond. Join the Crusaders of Hope City, who love the series for its lovable cast of complex characters and stellar world-building.

If you love Kate Daniels, Jane Yellowrock or Buffy the Vampire Slayer, then give Kat Drummond a go!

Content Warnings:

The Kat Drummond Series contains strong language and vivid, gritty violence.

It does NOT contain on-screen sex. Its romance subplot is slow-burn and doesn’t get in the way of the action.


Book 2

Blood Cartel

by Nicholas Woode-Smith

Published 18 September 2019

Being a hero sucks…

You can slay a hundred monsters and some people will still look down on you. And for every person that calls you a hero, there’s another that calls you a murderer.

I’ve been punished for doing my job and tossed to the side to solve a sham of a case, when I’d rather be busting the heads of undead and necromancers.

People go missing in Hope City every day. But this new case is special.

There is something happening in my city, and I need to solve it before anymore people wind up dead.

My name is Kat Drummond, and I’m a Part-Time Monster Hunter.


Book 3

Devil's Gambit

by Nicholas Woode-Smith

Published 7 October 2019

Eight mages presumed dead…

So what? It’s Hope City! People get killed all the time in this monster-infested dump I call my home. Problem is: these aren’t any old mages.

They’re the mages that keep the Titan Under the Mountain asleep. And if more go missing, then what will happen to my city? To the world?

I’m not a detective. I slay monsters. I don’t find people. But if tracking down these mages will keep my city safe, then I’ll search every corner of this ever-darkening abyss. And if necessary, stare down the fires of hell.

My name is Kat Drummond, and I’m a Part-Time Monster Hunter.


Book 4

Necrolord

by Nicholas Woode-Smith

Published 31 October 2019

How does one come to understand evil?

The Necrolord has made her move. Countless dead. Now even the Council wants to stop her. And they’ve hired me to do it.

But I don’t play well with authority figures, and as this city-wide manhunt escalates, I’m sure to offend more than a few politicians and cops.

But none of that matters.

Because the Necrolord has killed too many people already. And I need to make her pay.

My name is Kat Drummond, and I’m a part-time monster hunter.


Book 5

Darkness Beckons

by Nicholas Woode-Smith

Published 30 November 2019

Those who fight monsters risk becoming monsters themselves.

Darkness beckons. Will I answer?

I am imprisoned by my mortal enemy – the Necrolord. I don’t know if my friends are dead or alive. And there are more and more people and monsters wanting me dead.

But not everything is at it seems.

Through darkness, magic and madness, my world will change. Enemies may become allies, and those I once trusted may come to be my biggest enemies.

My name is Kat Drummond, and I’m a monster hunter.

Face the darkness in this action-packed and thrilling instalment of Kat Drummond’s urban fantasy saga.


Book 6

Lost Huntress

by Nicholas Woode-Smith

Published 17 December 2019

My friend is missing. My ex-agent is a literal angel. And the ghost inside my head is getting antsy…

And all I want to do is kill some monsters…

But somebody somewhere has it out for me. I’ve been stripped of my monster hunting license, evicted from my apartment and forced to re-evaluate my life.

But I didn’t come this far moping about!

I’m a monster hunter. In full. And I’ll get to the bottom of this conspiracy against me. Even if it leads into the depths of the darkest corners of Hope City.

My name is Kat Drummond, and I’m a monster hunter.

Lost Huntress is the sixth book in the action-packed Kat Drummond Series, a thrilling urban fantasy series set in a post-apocalyptic magical version of our world. Continue the saga with this book today!


Book 7

Dead World

by Nicholas Woode-Smith

Published 27 January 2020

I have been torn away from Earth…

And now I must survive a dead world.

The rifts of post-Cataclysm Earth have brought me beyond the In Between and into a world of bleak undeath.

I have left my friends, my job and my world behind.

But there is a reason I’ve been brought to this dead world. And while I may not believe in destiny, I will fight for what is right. Especially if it brings me back home.

My name is Kat Drummond, and I’m a monster hunter.

Dead World is the seventh instalment of the action-packed thrill ride that is the Kat Drummond Series. If you love urban fantasy that leans towards the dark and snarky, then you’ll love Dead World and Kat Drummond.


Book 8

Silver Brotherhood

by Nicholas Woode-Smith

Published 28 February 2020

Why can’t anything ever be simple?

My best friend is back from who knows where. And now I’ve got to save her from herself in a city already filled with magic, monsters and mayhem.

But this is my best friend, and I’ll do anything to save her. Even if it means working for the very creatures I despise.

My name is Kat Drummond, and I’m a monster hunter.


Book 9

The Fae Hunt

by Nicholas Woode-Smith

Published 24 March 2020

A darkness has come to Hope City…

And, of course, I’m expected to fight it. Sure, that’s my job. Stab the monster a few times and it falls over. Collect the cheque. Thank you very much.

But this time it’s different.

This isn’t some beast I can just stab. And when it ends up hurting my friends…

Now it’s personal.

I won’t let my city be consumed by rot and pestilence.

My name is Kat Drummond, and I will save my city!


Book 10

Dark Order

by Nicholas Woode-Smith

Published 26 August 2020

Trust no one you used to love…

 I’ve saved Hope City for the umpteenth time. If I wasn’t a hero before, I am now. But, being the city’s number one hero has its costs. Everyone wants my autograph, politicians want to use me for their own gains, and every villain with a bone to pick now has it in for me.

So what? I’ve dealt with villains before. Plenty of times.

But, this time it’s different.

As a shadow falls over Hope City, there’s no one I can trust but myself and the ghost inside my head.

But, without my friends, will I be able to save Hope City again?

My name is Kat Drummond, the Last Light. And I’m a monster hunter.


Book 11

The Silver Star

by Nicholas Woode-Smith

Published 4 November 2020

War brews across the sea…

Why should I care? Hope City is close to exploding every few weeks and we have more than our fair share of enemies.

This is Post-Cataclysm Earth! There are wars going on all the time. Nothing new. I’ve got monsters to hunt, people to save.

But this is different.

Family I once thought dead may still be alive. But not for long. And while the world falls apart around me, if there’s a small hope I can save the last of my family from peril, then I must.

Even if it means facing the Queen of the Elves herself. The Silver Star of New Sintar.


Book 12

Cursed Earth

by Nicholas Woode-Smith

Published 18 April 2021

Evil doesn’t need an excuse…

It just takes. And takes. Consumes.
And destroys…

A new darkness has descended on Hope City, naming itself after an old one. And the disappearance of the magical script that protects my city just makes everything more terrifying. And dangerous.

Which means I can’t give up. Not yet. Not ever.

There’s darkness in this world, and it’s my job to destroy it. Whatever it takes. And this time, there will have to be sacrifices.

My name is Kat Drummond. The Last Light. The Vessel.

A monster hunter.

And I will save my city.


Book 13

Children of Blood

by Nicholas Woode-Smith

Published 6 August 2021

The Blood Remembers…

The Children of Blood, vampires more powerful than any I’ve faced before, have come for me and my friends.

We haven’t even been given a break since the last war! Barely a week has gone by since we defeated the last big baddie, and now the King of Blood and his crazy brothers want revenge for us killing the beasts he sent at us in the first place.
Well, what else is new? This is Hope City. Home of magic, monsters and the apocalypse.

They say that the Blood never forgets. But neither do I.

My name is Kat Drummond, the Last Light of Hope City, and I will protect my home.


Book 14

The Last Light

by Nicholas Woode-Smith

Published 27 October 2021

The Apocalypse approaches…

No big deal. Right? It’s the end of the world every other day in Hope City. Monsters, magical catastrophes and gridlock traffic are a daily occurrence in this city at the edge of the world.

But, this time, it may be different.

The most dangerous man in the world is coming. The man who killed my parents and made me into a killer.
The real war is about to begin. And it will take every skill, every ally, and every stitch of the power I have worked so hard to build, to survive it.

My name is Kat Drummond. I’m the Last Light of Hope City, and I will save my home.

The Last Light is the 14th book in the action-packed urban fantasy Kat Drummond Series. This episode cannot be missed, as Kat faces her ultimate foe in a conflict of apocalyptic proportions.

Also contains Demonic Departure, a short story starring the famous and fiery Hammond York and how he saves his cat from his demonic ex-wife.


Book 15

Werewolves & Wizardry

by Nicholas Woode-Smith

Published 13 December 2021

It takes a werewolf and a wizard to face the apocalypse…

A full-length Katverse novel set after book 14 of the Kat Drummond Series.

It’s almost Christmas, and Pranish Ahuja and Trudie Davison are trying to recover from the destruction of Hope City at the hands of Kat’s mortal enemy. To make matters more complicated, Trudie has become alpha to a pack of previously monstrous and rogue werewolves from another world.

It takes time to domesticate werewolves and trouble abounds on the home front.

But when Pranish discovers a threat to his estranged family, Trudie and her new pack will need to come together and face a new enemy.

That is, if they don’t eat each other alive first.

Werewolves & Wizardry explores the Katverse from the eyes of Kat’s oldest friends as they face their own battles and tribulations in a Hope City constantly on the brink of destruction. This book is set directly after The Last Light, book 14 of the Kat Drummond Series and should be read after that book.


Book 17

Shadow Realm

by Nicholas Woode-Smith

Published 23 October 2022