The One Who Eats Monsters (Wind and Shadow, #1)

by Casey Matthews

“Find more time. Keep your brain sharp. Hungry. That’s your most important tool now, and you need to learn obsession and curiosity. Otherwise your work regresses to the mean.”

That’s how this world eats you. Doesn’t make you do evil; makes you believe heroes aren’t possible. Squeezes you under the weight of its mediocrity. The best you can hope for is a nice-paying job that’s only a little selfish—and a daughter who calls.