Splintered
An Arcane Underworld Novel
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Publisher Description
“Like a cross between the TV show Leverage and Jim Butcher’s ‘Dresden Files’ books.”—Library Journal
The author of Premonitions continues his Arcane Underworld saga...
Anna Ruiz is on a mission: Help her friend and partner-in-crime Karyn Ames break free of the tangle of hallucinations and premonitions that have cut her off from reality. With the aid of her crew—ex-soldier Nail and sorcerer Genevieve—she’ll do whatever it takes to get Karyn help, even if it means tracking down every lowlife informant and back alley magic practitioner in the occult underworld of Los Angeles.
But since a magical heist went to hell, the crew has been working for crimelord and doomed magus Enoch Sobell. Between fighting Sobell’s battles with some seriously scary demonic forces and tangling with a group of violent fanatics who want to manipulate Karyn’s abilities for their own gains, Anna, Nail, and Genevieve are beginning to realize they’re in way over their heads.
And now that Karyn’s secret about seeing the future is out, even more unpleasant parties—human and otherwise—are about to come knocking…
"Jamie Schultz breathes new life into the urban fantasy genre." (Fresh Fiction)
PUBLISHERS WEEKLY
This gritty, intense, and tersely written sequel to Premonitions develops an intriguing premise into an outstanding urban fantasy/horror series. In Schultz's twisted vision of present-day L.A., magic-users make bargains with demons, and each spell eats away at the wielder's soul. Career thief Anna Ruiz's life is centered on her criminal crew: enforcer Nail, her buddy; sorcerer Genevieve, her lover; and precognitive seer Karyn, her best friend, who's currently disabled by an uncontrollable torrent of visions. Their employer, Enoch Sobell, promises money and magical assistance, but all he really cares about is avoiding the end of his demon-extended life. Meanwhile, the FBI is trying to shut him down for various mundane and magical infractions. For a time, Sobell succeeds in getting Anna's crew to do his chores including kidnapping the leader of a band of cannibalistic wannabe occultists but by the end of the book Anna realizes that she and her friends have been callously played. Schultz's powerful, vivid writing will give readers the shuddering creeps as reality warps and twists around the sometimes hapless but never despondent antiheroes. The individual and believable motivations of the various characters lead to seemingly insurmountable conflicts even between the closest companions. This violent, unnerving, and convincingly tough installment will leave readers craving the next one.
