Dark MagicJames Swain
Tor Books, May 2012
ISBN: 978-0765329943
Dark Magic is a genre-bending supernatural thriller from national bestselling novelist and real-life magician James Swain.
Peter Warlock, is a successful young magician with his own theater in New York's Meatpacking District. But Peter isn’t just a magician, he’s a powerful psychic who can see the future--and ghosts. Each week, Peter Warlock and his fellow psychics meet to observe the near future. Armed with this knowledge, Peter and his friends provide anonymous tips to the police, all in the hope of averting the witnessed crime.
At their latest gathering, Peter has a vision of a mysterious disaster; he sees masses people dying in the streets, and a strange man in Time Square. Peter has knowledge that must be passed on immediately, but he's also aware of the need for secrecy. Recently, the CIA discovered one of their members and they are holding him at an undisclosed location in Virginia. All of the members are leery of being discovered and meeting the same fate.
Peter doesn't even know the extent of his own powers. The friends who raised him after his parents were kidnapped and killed, have kept many secrets. His parents were once part of a powerful group of psychics who changed history, but after leaving that group, the Order of Astrum came after them. Now, someone has plans to destroy Peter and the other psychics before they can stop the disaster that occurs in Times Square.
Dark Magic delves into the world of secret psychic societies, witches, demons and the devil himself. The tale that unfolds is filled with suspense and murder as Peter and the others work together to stop the attack. Dark Magic’s mix of the occult and modern crime detection evolves into a gripping thriller that should not be missed.
JAMES SWAIN is the author of fourteen nationally bestselling novels. His novels have been translated into French, Japanese, Russian, German, Serbian, Bulgarian, and Croatian, and chosen as Mysteries of the Year by Publisher's Weekly and Kirkus Reviews. Swain has received three Barry Award nominations, a Florida Book award for fiction, and the prestigious Prix Calibre .38 for Best American Crime Writing. An avid magician, he has written and lectured extensively on the subject. Visit his web site at jimswain.com.
ISBN: 978-0765329943; ISBN10: 0765329948; Imprint: Tor Books; On Sale: 5/22/2012; Format: Hardcover; Pages: 352; $24.99
