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Back in his criminal past, Simon Canderous never imagined himself in a nine-to-five job—much less a nine-to-five a.m. one. But that’s what you get when you work on the side of good, for Manhattan’s woefully underfunded Department of Extraordinary Affairs. It’s been 737 days since the Department’s last vampire incursion, but that streak appears to have ended when a boat full of dead lawyers is found in the Hudson River. Using the power of psychometry—the ability to divine the history of an object by touching it—Simon discovers that the booze cruise was crashed by something that sucked all the blood out of the litigators. Plus Simon’s girlfriend is studying technomancy a little clo closely with her boss; his mentor, Connor, seems to be hiding something from him; and a dangerous old flame has blown into town and threatens to make his life a living hell unless he helps her out with one last art heist. Simon’s workday may never end—until his life does…
Author
When not plotting against his mortal enemy Patrick Rothfuss, Anton Strout is the author of the Simon Canderous urban fantasy series for Ace Books including Dead To Me, Deader Still, Dead Matter and Dead Waters. His new series with Ace Books is entitled The Spellmason Chronicles. Alchemystic is first in the series, followed by Stonecast and the upcoming Incarnate . He is also the host and curator of content for The Once & Future Podcast, a weekly show that focuses on discussions with other working writers. His other writing has appeared in a variety of anthologies—some of which include Simon Canderous tie-in stories—including: Boondocks Fantasy, The Dimension Next Door, A Girl’s Guide to Guns & Monsters, Pandora’s Closet, Spells of the City, and Zombie Raccoons & Killer Bunnies, Spells of the City, Boondocks Fantasy, After Hours: Tales from the Ur-Bar, and the upcoming Human For A Day . He currently lives outside New York City in the haunted corn maze that is New Jersey (where nothing paranormal ever really happens, he assures you). In his scant spare time, he is an always writer, sometimes actor, sometimes musician, occasional RPGer, and the world’s most casual and controller-smashing video gamer. He also works in the exciting world of publishing, and yes, it is as glamorous as it sounds. He can be found lurking the darkened hallways of www.antonstrout.com.
