Frostbite

by Joshua Bader

Overview

A down on his luck wizard-for-hire must save his new boss from a deadly ice demon in this urban fantasy novel for fans of Jim Butcher and Benedict Jacka.

Colin Fisher is a young man with a lot of problems on his plate: a dying father, a dead car doubling as a home, and a mysteriously disappeared fiancée. You'd think with a magical inclination he'd be able to turn it all around, but not so much.

Yet his bad luck appears to be on the way out when the CEO of a multinational corporation offers him a job. It's a sweet gig as a personal wizard with a fat paycheck. It just has one catch. The paranoid CEO isn't a mere hypochondriac, he's been hexed with an authentic ancient curse.

Now Colin is the only thing standing between his new boss and a frozen bundle of fangs, claws, and rage. If he can't stop the cannibal ice demon in time to save his new boss, it'll be back to living out of his dead car. That is, if he even survives the battle.

Product Details

ISBN-13:	9780986251696
Publisher:	City Owl Press
Publication date:	06/21/2016
Series:	Modern Knights , #1
Pages:	252
Product dimensions:	5.50(w) x 8.50(h) x 0.57(d)

About the Author

Joshua Bader is a genderfluid retired semi-professional vagabond wizard... witch... witzard who now leads a much more settled life in Louisiana. They dabble in the mystic arts of writing, math, history, pizza delivery, parenting, and behavioral health. When not working on more Modern Knights books, they work with youth at-risk of out of home placement and stream way too much Bob's Burgers with their partner.

Editorial Reviews

★ 05/23/2016
Debut author Bader introduces readers to the Modern Knights series with an extremely impressive first novel of delicious urban fantasy with just a hint of romance. Colin Fisher, wizard, is a Harvard dropout who’s become a wanderer, searching for answers regarding his fiancée’s disappearance years ago. He and his car, Dorothy, have been traversing the present-day United States, but now he feels obligated to head home to Colorado to see his dying, estranged father one last time. His plans, however, have a way of abruptly changing, and Colin’s agenda is disrupted when he finds a body in Oklahoma that’s missing its heart. This fantastical thrill ride is filled with perfectly timed pop-culture references, stunning plot twists, and the snarky (and sometimes offensive) stylings of Colin’s inner voice. Along the way he finds a job as the personal wizard for a man who embodies the sneaky evil of corporate homogeneity, and he begins dating Veruca, his boss’s pink-wearing personal assassin. Readers who have wearied of depictions of religion clashing with magic will be delighted that Colin is a devoutly Catholic wizard who’s as comfortable attending Mass as reading from The Necronomicon. Well-researched and creatively presented humor and action perfectly blend with moral quandaries in this outstanding debut. (July)

Publishers Weekly

"Well-researched and creatively presented humor and action perfectly blend with moral quandaries in this outstanding debut." - Publishers Weekly Starred Review

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