Eighty years after the Great Revelation proved the monsters of legend, folklore, and nightmares were real, magic influences everything from appliances and entertainment to politics and war.
San Francisco, 1951. International delegates gather for a historic peace treaty as the city prepares for a week of magic, spectacle, and revelry culminating on Halloween night. But a scientist's son has been kidnapped. Women are disappearing. Magical weapons, illicit enchantments, and intoxicants that alter mind, body, and soul are flooding the streets. Kinichiro “Whiskey” Mononobe is an FBI consultant hiding a secret that carries a death sentence. Michelle “Mickey” McFinn is a magical bounty hunter armed with enough magi-tech to level a room. When their investigations collide, they'll have to work together to discover what's taking shape beneath San Francisco before Halloween night.
Genre: Historical Urban Fantasy / Supernatural Crime
Length: ~190,000 words ARC format: EPUB Publication date: October 20, 2026
The ARC is free. There is no obligation to leave a review or provide a positive review. If you choose to leave an honest review on Goodreads and/or Amazon after reading, it is greatly appreciated.
Eighty years after the Great Revelation proved the monsters of legend, folklore, and nightmares were real, magic influences everything from appliances and entertainment to politics and war.
San Francisco, 1951. International delegates gather for a historic peace treaty as the city prepares for a week of magic, spectacle, and revelry culminating on Halloween night.
But a scientist's son has been kidnapped. Women are disappearing. Magical weapons, illicit enchantments, and intoxicants that alter mind, body, and soul are flooding the streets.
Kinichiro “Whiskey” Mononobe is an FBI consultant hiding a secret that carries a death sentence. Michelle “Mickey” McFinn is a magical bounty hunter armed with enough magi-tech to level a room.
When their investigations collide, they'll have to work together to discover what's taking shape beneath San Francisco before Halloween night.
Genre: Historical Urban Fantasy / Supernatural Crime
Length: ~190,000 words
ARC format: EPUB
Publication date: October 20, 2026
The ARC is free. There is no obligation to leave a review or provide a positive review. If you choose to leave an honest review on Goodreads and/or Amazon after reading, it is greatly appreciated.
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