Introduction: The Grendel Affair (SPI Files #1) When I moved to New York to become a world famous journalist, I never imagined that snagging a job at a seedy tabloid would change my career path from trashy reporter to undercover agent. I鈥檓 Makenna Fraser, a Seer for SPI. I can see through any disguise, shield, or spell that a paranormal pest can come up with. I track down creatures and my partner, Ian Byrne, takes them out鈥攗sually saving my skin in the process. Our cases are generally pretty routine, but a sickle-wielding serial killer has been prowling the city鈥檚 subway tunnels. And the murderer鈥檚 not human. The fiend in question, a descendant of Grendel鈥攜es, that Grendel鈥攕hares his ancestor鈥檚 hatred of parties, revelry, and drunkards. And with New Year鈥檚 Eve in Times Square only two days away, we need to bag him quickly. Because if we don鈥檛 find him鈥攁nd the organization behind him鈥攂y midnight, our secret鈥檚 out and everyone鈥檚 time is up....