Strange Magic

A Yancy Lazarus Novel, Volume 1

By: James Hunter

Narrated by: Charlie Kevin

Yancy Lazarus is having a bad day: there's a bullet lodged in his butt cheek, his face looks like the site of a demolition derby, and he's been saran-wrapped to a banquet table. He never should have answered the phone. Stupid bleeding heart - helping others in his circles is a good way to die - just ask the gang members ripped to pieces by some kind of demonic nightmare in LA.

As a favor to a friend, Yancy agrees to take a little looksee into the massacre and boom, he's stuck in a turf war between two rival gangs, which both think he's pinch-hitting for the other side. Oh, and there's also a secretive dark mage with some mean ol' magical chops and a small army of hyena-faced, body-snatching baddies. It might be time to seriously reconsider some of his life choices.

Yancy is a bluesman, a rambler, a gambler, but not much more. Sure, he can do a little magic - maybe even more than just a little magic - but he knows enough to keep his head down and stay clear of freaky-deaky hoodoo like this business in LA. Somehow though, he's been set up to take a real bad fall - the kind of very permanent fall that leaves a guy with a toe tag. That's unless, of course, he can find out who is responsible for the gangland murders, make peace in the midst of the gang feud, and takeout said magical dark mage before he hexes Yancy into an early retirement. Easy right? Stupid. Bleeding. Heart.

©2014 James A. Hunter (Adam W. Strode) (P)2022 James A. Hunter (Adam W. Strode)

Great Go to for Butcher fans

Great Dresdenesque urban fantasy.
The performance by the reader is spot on for Noir style fantasy

amazing story!

plot lines for days! well written and excellent, keeps you listening and impatient for the next book.

great new sarcastic occult detective

A great new sarcastic occult detective that could defeat even Harry Dresden. A must read.

New, shockingly good, Urban Fantasy

This is the best Urban Fantasy I have listened to since the Dresden Files. I picked up this book with low expectations and fell in love within the first 10 minutes. If you like lots of magic in your Urban fantasy this is a definite winner.

To give you an idea of what other books I like, to see if you have similar tastes and may enjoy this book as much as I did, here are a few other series I have enjoyed as well; Dresden Files, Grimnoir Chronicles, Iron Druid Chronicles, Demon Accords, and Alex Verus are the first to come to mind.

awesome and intriguing

good performance. the voice matched the character well. will definitely get another in the series