Master of Hounds

The Pickman Files, Book 1

De: C.Steven Manley

Narrado por: James Anderson Foster

Clint Mercer is about to get a crash course in magic.

After he barely survives an attack on the hospital where he works, Clint is quickly recruited by the brilliant but often unstable wizard Arlo Dandridge.

Working on behalf of the mysterious Pickman Institute, the two men soon find themselves in a race to recover an ancient relic of deadly power before a centuries-old warlock and his cult of militant followers can beat them to it.

With the lives of an entire city on the line, failure is not an option.

Master of Hounds is the first audiobook in the Pickman Files series, a dark urban fantasy filled with magic, monsters, secret societies, and dark conspiracies.

Get yours now and keep the hounds at bay!

©2018 Chuck Manley (P)2019 Chuck Manley

Met my expectations and then a little more too.

I am curious to find out more of this world and it's inhabitants, magic and monsters in an urban setting. I did request this book from the publisher and have voluntarily left this review.

A Good Start To A New Series

Clint Mercer, a former air force para-rescuer, has his whole life turned upside down when agents of the Pickman Institute bum rush the hospital emergency room where he works as a nurse. While trying to treat the wounded agents, the emergency room is attacked by an evil mage and his supernatural beasts.

Somehow, Clint survives the attack but he is not the same. Weird new abilities manifest that he doesn't understand. The agents of the Pickman Institute, however, do understand. This begins what I feel is a good start to what I can only assume will be a new urban fantasy series.

I was not familiar with the author, C. Steven Manley, but I am very familiar with the narrator, James Anderson Foster. He is the reason I gave "Master Of Hounds" a try. I think Mr. Foster is one of the best narrators in the audiobook industry and I tend to try out urban fantasy stories that he narrates no matter who the author is. While that may not be the smartest way to choose an audiobook, in this case, it worked out just fine. I am glad I chose "Master Of Hounds" and I will be picking up the next book in the series when it becomes available.

Finally, this free, review copy audiobook was given to me at my request and I have voluntarily left this review.

I like the world this book takes place in

really in joyed the world this book was in, I like the idea of the the monsters you know of existing but in a different way you think about them.

Urban Fantasy

I really enjoyed this new urban fantasy world. I like how the magic works and how mages need some extra help with life. Makes it more believable. The characters were likable and the world was well thought out. The narrator did a good job.

If you are a fan of urban fantasy, you should check this out. Great all around fiction too.

This book was given to me for free at my request and I provided this voluntary review.

Unique Urban Fantasy

So when I first started this book, I wasn’t sure what to think. It seemed so ordinary and based on the description, I was like well, wait, where’s the magic? Then it came into the story with a punch and the entire tone/feeling of the book changed a couple chapters in. What goes from a normal day for Clint working at the hospital turns into something he’ll never be able to forget.

This is an intense urban fantasy story that drew me in the deeper I went into the story. While, I admit at first it was hard for me to get into, I pushed past that, and I’m glad I did. The story is rich with character development and worldbuilding. I loved the idea of the Favored and the use of Hellhounds.

This is definitely a book to check out if you’re sick of the typical tropes of a lot of other fantasy/paranormal books.