β Scribed by Joseph Garraty
No coin nor oath required. For personal study only.
For Jimmy Pecatti, joining the mob doesnt seem so bad. The street tax on his old mans business drops to zero, he pulls down more cash in a week than he used to see in half a year--and, if hes gonna learn to channel his innate talent for magic, the underworld is the only place to do it. It seems like everything he could ask for.
Trouble is, Jimmy doesnt know what hes getting into. The Mafia isnt such a big deal in Boston these days, and the Russian mob is gearing up to exterminate them. Worse, the Russians have hired a notoriously out-of-control wizard named Kelsen who is conjuring up unkillable demons and leaving wiseguys in pieces all over town. As the Mafias hot new talent and the only one with enough mojo to stop Kelsen, Jimmy might as well be wearing crosshairs.
When the violence escalates into all-out war, Jimmy pulls every trick he can think of to stay alive, protect his family, and keep ahead of the Russian gangsters. Luck and smarts wont get Jimmy through this--its going to take magic. But magic is a dirty back room deal with the universe, and demons mediate the deals, sinking their hooks into Jimmys soul a little more with every spell he works.
Jimmy just might be able to protect his folks, take Kelsen out, and bring the war to an end--but hell have to take a flamethrower to his own soul to do it.
"This is urban fantasy that's been kicked down the stairs and woken up with a horse's head in its bed . . . Highly recommended gritty darkly humorous urban fantasy." -Peter Sutton, LibraryThing review
Joseph Garraty is an author of dark fantasy, horror, and science fiction. He has worked as a construction worker, rocket test engineer, environmental consultant, technical writer, and deadbeat musician. He lives in Dallas, Texas.
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