Chosen by the Sword

An Urban Fantasy series

There are some things a PhD doesn’t prepare you for, like running two feet of steel through the guts of a flesh-eating monster straight out of a nightmare, while ducking razor sharp claws. Or having the sword critique your fighting style while you do it.

Dave Howard had a problem. Last week, he was out looking for a teaching job in the middle of a wrecked job market. This week he was neck deep in green blood and hellfire. Dragged into it by the very sword, his grandfathers’ mysterious possessed blade, that was now walking him through hacking up a ghoul without getting his own head cut off. This wasn’t exactly what he had gone to school for, and the University he had just taken a job with seemed to be anything BUT an academic institution. More like some kind of monster hunting bunch of weirdo nerds. Maybe his degree in Personality Psychology might be useful there, at least. The fighting though … as he dodged another swipe of claws and awkwardly tried to follow the instructions the sword was screaming at him, he shot back at it, "Hell, I'm Canadian! Swordplay isn't in my cultural DNA!"

An exciting new series that dives into a hidden supernatural world that lies just outside our own.

Fantastic story!

This was a REALLY fun, interesting story! I look forward to more from this universe! Hopefully future installments will have a human narrator though. AI just isn’t quite there yet.

Roll with Laughter at a Rollicking Modern Fantasy!

It has been a long time since I've come across a well-written fantasy with this many LOLs packed in. The author's tongue-in-cheek Canadian humor and dry wit creates the perfect literary style for a rollicking fantasy set in contemporary times. As someone already familiar with the worlds of academia, Canada, South Carolina, fantasy tropes and pop culture, hearing these disparate elements expertly mingled in an enjoyable and entertaining plot only added to the fun. And I was pleasantly surprised to find the AI narration wasn't bad - I was only occasionally distracted by a mispronounciation or wrong inflection, but not enough to hinder my enjoyment of this tale. I will be keeping my eyes open for the sequel and will get it as soon as it is released! Definitely recommend.