SOLVED. Modern Fantasy. Possible trilogy. Main character uses titles of songs he hears each day to predict the future tarot style. [s]

[Michael]

I think it may even be a trilogy) of modern fantasy novels. Takes place in the era it was written, which was no earlier than mid-1987.

No supernatural creatures in it, only a family who has magic abilities. Each member has abilities, but I don't remember if they can be the same or if each member is different. The main character, a male in either his late teen years or early twenties, has the ability to use the first ten(?) songs he hears each day to perform a tarot-like reading to predict the future.

One of the books, the second I think, was released after mid-1987 since there is a scene where the main character isn't surprised his girlfriend(?) left him since he heard REM's "It's the End of the World as We Know It (And I Feel Fine)" but had forgotten the second part of the title.

The main character has a crutch at some point he decorates with RPG miniatures.

The main character is an orphan, whose parents were killed in a car wreck. He was upset that he didn't figure out the song titles were pointing to a bull which would have helped him understand his parents driving a Ford Taurus when the wreck happened.

The same crutch is later used to kill a cousin(?) by mistake because the aunt(?) blessed the cousin to only be killed by a tiny silver sword thrust into his head and one of the miniatures has this item.

[Becca]

Soulsmith by Tom Dietz - the series is also called Soulsmith.

[Michael]

Thank you. That's the series. I've been wracking my brain for the last two days trying to remember it.

[Kris]

Glad you found your book, Michael.

"Soulsmith Trilogy" by Tom Deitz - https://www.goodreads.com/series/5642... - Becca's find