Hello. I wanted to tell you that I wrote a book.
For years when I was a younger adult, I was hopelessly addicted to the Urban Fantasy genre, magic in the modern world for the uninitiated. I spent years working on a novel, never really thinking it would go anywhere. But there was a lot of joy in writing. After a few years, I finally took the step of hiring a professional editor. I wanted whatever feedback I could get but mostly I needed an honest answer to one question: “Is this publishable?”
And the answer was yes. There were things that needed polishing, but I did all that. Then it sat for a while as life moved on, and I got married. My wife loved the book and essentially refused to let me not do anything with it. I explained the great difficulty of getting an agent, let alone getting published, and she told me (basically) to stop whining and just publish it myself. So I hired an artist on Fiverr to make me a cover and...
The book is out now on Amazon. It’s called: “Drop Ins”, and here’s the blurb from the back:
“Corwin Dean lives and works in Philadelphia as part of an invisible community of mages who cohabitate alongside normal people under the auspices of their own government called The Collegium.
Their existence is known only to each other and high-ranking government officials. Since the world ‘knows’ that magic isn’t real, mages can live more or less normal lives. Usually.
As the Philadelphia Praetorian (Collegium troubleshooter) Corwin has responsibility for protecting the local population and assisting their host government however he can.
So when an attack on an apartment building full of Burmese refugees provokes a lethal response from a group of previously unknown sorcerers, Corwin is called in to work alongside FBI Special Agent Bo Khine to unravel the reasons behind the attack and find the identities of the sorcerers before the conflict can escalate beyond any hope of containment, or recovery.”
If you’ve been reading my reviews for a while you know the tone of my writing: snarky, cynical, and desperately hoping to find something sincere in an ocean of cheaply produced dreck. Be assured the book is very much in the same tone.
It is meant for an adult audience and I personally would give it a rating of ‘M’ for mature. It explores themes of accepting adult responsibility, getting over your past, and finding something worth living for. Characters come from a variety of backgrounds, which I have endeavored to research as thoroughly as possible to represent them as real people with layers, good qualities, serious flaws, and the ability to kick significant amounts of ass.
If you enjoy fantasy adventure, you will enjoy this. A sample is available on Amazon that will give you the first four chapters so you can get a taste of things to come. I appreciate the opportunity to shamelessly self-promote in this forum, and I hope you enjoy the read.
