The Hexologists (The Hexologists, #1)

by Josiah Bancroft

My wife has a talent for hexes and mysteries. I mostly just carry her bag.”

But rather than physically beat a path, the alchemist conjured a static field of yellow sparks that cracked and leapt like sugar on a fire.

“First off, I don’t think that’s quite the compliment you think it is, and secondly, fortunes are mostly made thanks to a surfeit of luck and a paucity of morals. Tenacity, talent, and principles are all common enough. It’s avarice that’s scarce.”