Unveiling my other book project, MAGICK BREW on 4th of July!

For months now it’s been 4th of July for me. Why you ask? Because the novel I’ve been working on (alongside FATE’S KEEP) is MAGICK BREW, which takes place on July 4th, 1976.

If you’ve read FATE’S FABLES, then you know Fate is a published author who fluked into writing a bestselling book called MAGICK BREW, a story about a gangland war between supernatural species. It started with an English assignment, where she was supposed to pick any book about gangs in the 1960’s and put her own spin on a favorite chapter. Being a fantasy geek, Fate turned hers into a big rumble between a bunch of supernatural gangs. Her teacher liked it so much she talked Fate into entering it in a contest. Then before she knew it, a big publisher was asking her to expand the idea into a book. (If only real life worked that way! And that�’s why FATE’S FABLES is a fantasy).

This isn’t revealed in FATE”S FABLES, but the book Fate chose about a gang in the 1960′s was Sol Yurick’s, THE WARRIORS, which takes place on the 4th of July. I’ve always been a fan of this cult classic movie. Also, since I grew up in the United States I got to celebrate the bicentennial in 1976. I was pretty young then, but it was a 4th of July that stands out for me from all others as truly extraordinary. And that’s why I decided to place the story in 1976. So ever since I started thinking of the concept of a lone gang of magical misfits fighting their way back to their home turf while being hunted by the most powerful pureblood supernatural gangs in New York City, I’ve been itching to write the story. But the time came when the characters I’ve been jotting down over the last few years started badgering me to get their story written and that’s why I’ve been putting time towards getting it done.

So to celebrate this year’s Independence Day, I’m super excited to share the synopsis for MAGICK BREW:

It’s July 4th, 1976. Brewing deep beneath the bicentennial celebrations and patriotic fireworks exploding over New York City is a dystopian underworld controlled by supernatural gangs.

Edge can’t remember a time when he wasn’t being chased by every street gang in the city for his rare Djinn powers before a vampire named Maddox brought him into the Forsaken–a gang of magical, halfbreed misfits. The pain of banishment, rejection and abandonment brought them together and it’s what drives them to be unbeatable. But when Maddox decides the Forsaken will attend a gangland summit called by the warlock leader of the Bad Hats on Independence Day, all of Edge’s old fears rise to the surface.

For good reason.

Edge becomes the victim of ultimate betrayal, and finds himself at the center of a century’s old violent power struggle between the warlock Bad Hats and the seelie Highborns. Now every supernatural gang is out for the magick in his blood. Forced to flee through the city’s twisting maze of subway tunnels, parks, sewers and deserted buildings, Edge and what’s left of the Forsaken must fight their way through gangs of shifters, witches, demon goblins, and shadow elves blocking their way back to home turf.