Unwitch Hunt

by Justin Robinson

Overview

Hexene Candlemas was part of the most powerful witch coven in Los Angeles. Then her toad died in a mad scientist's stab at doomsday. Now she's got nothing.

In a last ditch effort at regaining her powers, her coven journey to the one place that might have answers: La Ciudad de las Brujas. Founded by witches and run according to their ancient laws, Las Brujas is intended as a utopia. Hexene quickly learns that's not the case as she finds herself facing down the city's unofficial police force, a mad soft drink magnate, and a full-blown zombie rebellion.

It's not the City of Devils. It's something worse.

Product Details

ISBN-13:	9781952456077
Publisher:	Candlemark & Gleam
Publication date:	03/14/2022
Series:	City of Devils , #5
Pages:	334
Sales rank:	742,826
Product dimensions:	6.00(w) x 9.00(h) x 0.75(d)

About the Author

Much like film noir, Justin Robinson was born and raised in Los Angeles. He splits his time between writing and taking care of a small human. Degrees in Anthropology and History prepared him for unemployment, but an obsession with horror fiction and a laundry list of phobias provided a more attractive option. He is the author of more than 15 novels in a variety of genres including noir, humor, fantasy, science fiction, and horror. Most of them are pretty good.

Editorial Reviews

01/24/2022

With this fun fantasy, Robinson expands the world of his City of Devils series (after A Stitch in Crime) where humans are transmuted into supernatural forms but still crave melodramatic cinema, build capitalist confection conglomerates, and indulge in murder to solve interpersonal problems. Former hex slinger Hexene Candlemas, an “unwitch” after her familiar is killed by a mad scientist, heads to the city of witches, Las Brujas, with her coven in hopes of recovering their magic. Rejected by the nervous ruling witches, brash underdog Hexene finds allies among the city’s working monsters, the robots, zombies, and shape-shifters who handle the daily chores. Enemies, however, seek to eliminate the Candlemas coven, and Hexene’s older partners meet a witch’s worst nightmare—melting death by water bucket. Now Hexene must figure out who done it and why. Robinson leavens the mystery with a lot of humor (“She was speaking German, so even if all she was doing was reciting a recipe for strudel, it sounded terrifying”) and a charming heroine. This adventure is sure to delight with its embrace of being oneself whether others accept it or not. (Mar.)

Publishers Weekly