Urban Fantasy discussion

Urban Fantasy or Fantasy book with main character that is in grey area(Sandman Slim), has dark/split personality(Demon Accords, Dresend filer later in the serier) or just evil(Nagash, Malus Darkblade from Warhammer), well Malus is more cruel and cunning than evil but you get the drift.

Dead Things by Stephen Blackmoore comes to mind.

The Cal Leandros series by Rob Thurman is good. Cal gets progressively darker as the series goes on and he does have a very dark side that always wants to be let out. I also like that the series has a lot of humor to balance the dark.

If you like those characters, she's also written which has a similar dynamic between the main characters and dark themes. No fantasy creatures though, just genetically manipulated psychic abilities.

Also, not sure if it's UF or not (more like a blend of more traditional fantasy with a dystopian cyberpunk-ish future) but Matthew Stover's Acts of Caine series is really excellent and Caine is about as dark as an antihero can get while still being the hero he doesn't want to be. is the first one.

might qualify too. Joe Pitt is on the grey side of things, definitely not a nice guy but in the hard-boiled detective kind of way. He's mouthy like Stark and not shy about the violence when it's expedient.

has a female protagonist who is pretty grey. It's the first in a new series so not sure if I will continue to like her but it was an interesting take on some typical UF themes.

by Chuck Wendig - Miriam is generally just a nasty human being to be around and as the series progresses her use of her "gift" gets darker. Not evil. She is kind of sympathetic. But still horrible.

I second Dead Things, great read.

by Skyla Dawn Cameron - the MC is in a grey area. Not necessarily a bad person, but not altruistic either.

I second Charlie Huston's Already Dead series- very gritty and good. Also try:
The Last Werewolf the hero is a werewolf, and not a nice one
Hunter's Moon he's an assassin
Blood Engines ruthless magician
Bloodshot heroine is a thief and vamp

I would say
Monster Hunter International
Nightside by Simon R. Green
Felix Castor by Mike Carey
14 by Peter Cline

The Unholy Ghosts/Magic series by Stacia Kane is pretty good. At least, I've enjoyed it a great deal.

Unholy Ghosts

Also! Seconded on 14

I'll second on Chuck Wendig and also Skyla Cameron. Oh, and Unholy Ghosts would fit that bill, too.

Thanks for all the suggestions. I have read Monster Hunter International some time ago. I started with Cal Leandros series and with time i'm planing to read thru all the books above.

I second Cal Leandros by Rob Thurman, Nightside by Simon Green and Downside Ghosts by Stacia Kane.

I recently read the first two Vlad Taltos books by Steven Brust which might fit the bill

And maybe the Hellequin Chronicles by Steve McHugh

The first thing that came to mind is . Hekat is certainly dark, I found her rather terrifying really.