Butcher, Butcher, den Namen hat man doch im Zusammenhang mit Urban Fantasy schonmal irgendwo gehört? Sicher: Jim Butcher, der Autor der rasend erfolgreichen Reihe um den Magier Harry Dresden.
Überraschung: Dessen Sohn tritt in die Fußstapfen des Vaters und morgen erscheint DEAD MAN’S HAND, der erste Band einer angekündigten Urban Fantasy-Reihe namens THE UNORTHODOX CHRONICLES. Werbetext des Verlags:
On the streets of Boston, the world is divided into the ordinary Usuals, and the paranormal Unorthodox. And in the Department of Unorthodox Affairs, the Auditors are the magical élite, government-sanctioned witches with spells at their command and all the power and prestige that comes with it. Grimshaw Griswald Grimsby is…not one of those witches.
After flunking out of the Auditor training program and being dismissed as “not Department material,” Grimsby tried to resign himself to life as a mediocre witch. But he can’t help hoping he’ll somehow, someway, get another chance to prove his skill. That opportunity comes with a price when his former mentor, aka the most dangerous witch alive, is murdered down the street from where he works, and Grimsby is the Auditors’ number one suspect.
Proving his innocence will require more than a little legwork, and after forming a strange alliance with the retired legend known as the Huntsman and a mysterious being from Elsewhere, Grimsby is abruptly thrown into a life of adventure, whether he wants it or not. Now all he has to do is find the real killer, avoid the Auditors on his trail, and most importantly, stay alive.
Das klingt für mich als Urban Fantasy-Fan doch ganz vielversprechend, ich habs direkt mal vorbestellt. DEAD MAN’S HAND erscheint am 11. Oktober 2022, das eBook soll ca. 12 Euro kosten, für das Taschenbuch werden ca. 28 Euro angesagt.
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