Mark Wojcik and his friends are back—and in more trouble than ever!
Here’s the blurb—read down for an excerpt!
Gotta know when to fake ‘em, know when to stake them, know when to
burn it down—and know when to let all hell break loose.
Some days, mechanic and monster hunter Mark
Wojcik thinks that if it weren’t for bad luck, he’d have no luck at all.
His corner of rural Pennsylvania used to be
relatively quiet—except for the ghosts, trolls, gnomes, and snallygasters. But
when people start disappearing and bodies pile up, Mark and his friends realize
that big city problems have come to town, with deadly consequences.
Necromancer narcos, a monster trafficking
ring, and mafia witches would give anyone heartburn. It’s just Mark’s luck they all converge in his territory,
along with an underground cryptid fight club and a secret casino catering to
witches, werewolves, and the unwary.
The fight gets personal when Mark’s
friends go missing, and all bets are off when he and Father Leo bring in a
ringer to even the odds.
They say the house always wins. Mark’s
betting the farm that he and his friends can save the day. He’s got
a couple of cards up his sleeve—but unless luck and magic go his way, they
might turn out to be aces and eights.
The eighth book in the Spells, Salt, &
Steel series brings Season Two to a close in explosive fashion!
Spells, Salt, & Steel 8: House of Cards Excerpt
Anyone who says there are “no bad dogs” never fought a werewolf with a
grudge.
“I’ll go in the front—cover the back door,” I told Blair Hamilton, my
wingman tonight. Not that she needed instructions. Blair was ex-military, cool
as a cucumber under fire, and damn good with a weapon.
“Try not to be puppy chow.” She smirked before circling to the back of
the isolated cabin deep in the Big Woods.
I checked my Glock to make sure I’d loaded the silver bullets, touched
the silver knife in the sheath on my belt just to be sure, and took a deep
breath, then headed toward the front door with all the stealth I could muster.
Mere mortal sneakiness is no match for werewolf hearing.
Reggie Bloch slammed the cabin door open before I’d gotten close enough
to kick it in.
“Get off my porch and off my land,” Bloch growled. He took a step
toward me, menace clear in his eyes.
I sized him up and didn’t care for the odds. Bloch was my height—a couple
of inches over six feet—but where I was fit, he was ripped muscle. We both knew
who would win if it came to arm wrestling.
Which is why I kept my gun leveled at his heart. “Should have thought
about that before you went on a rampage. Bunch of shredded cows with their
hearts missing says you’ve been feeling peckish—and not sticking to the rules.”
“Fuck the rules,” Bloch snapped. “I’ve got a right to eat.” Werewolves
are known for having hot tempers, but they’re not twitchy. Bloch was positively
tweaking.
“Pay for the cows first, and no one cares what you eat. But you went
Cujo on the cattle, and that’s a problem.”
“You gonna shoot me?”
About the authors:
Gail Z. Martin writes urban fantasy,
epic fantasy, steampunk and more for Solaris Books, Orbit Books, Falstaff
Books, SOL Publishing and Darkwind Press. Urban fantasy series include Deadly
Curiosities and the Night Vigil (Sons of Darkness). Epic fantasy series include
Darkhurst, the Chronicles Of The Necromancer, the Fallen Kings Cycle, the
Ascendant Kingdoms Saga, and the Assassins of Landria.
Together with Larry N. Martin, she is
the co-author of Iron & Blood, Storm & Fury (both Steampunk/alternate
history), the Spells Salt and Steel comedic horror series, the Joe Mack Shadow
Council series, and the Wasteland Marshals near-future post-apocalyptic series.
As Morgan Brice, she writes urban fantasy MM paranormal romance, with the
Witchbane, Badlands, Treasure Trail, Kings of the Mountain and Fox Hollow
series. Gail is also a con-runner for ConTinual, the online, ongoing
multi-genre convention that never ends.
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