Book 3 in The Case Files of Justis Fearsson the critically acclaimed contemporary fantasy series from fantasy all-star David B Coe A hardboiled magic-using private detective fights dark sorcerers in Phoenix Arizona Justis Fearsson is a weremyste & a private detective He wields potent magic but every month on the full moon he loses his mind His battles with insanity have already cost him his job as a cop; he can’t afford to let them interfere with his latest case Phoenix has become ground zero in a magical war & an army of werecreatures blood sorcerers & necromancers has made Jay its number one target When he is hired to track down a woman who has gone missing with her two young children he has a hunch that the dark ones are to blame But then he’s also brought in by the police to help with a murder investigation & all the evidence implicates this same woman Soon he is caught up in a deadly race to find not only the young family but also an ancient weapon that could prove decisive in the looming conflict Can he keep himself alive long enough to reach the woman & her kids before his enemies do? & can he claim the weapon before the people he loves & the world he knows are lost in a storm of flame blood & darkest sorcery? Meet the Author David B Coe is the author of many fantasy & contemporary fantasy novels & stories He was the winner of the William L Crawford Award for best first fantasy series awarded at the International Conference on the Fantastic for Children of Amaridand The Outlanders the first two novels of the Lon Tobyn Chronicles His series Winds of the Forelands began with Rules of Ascension & continued with Seeds of Betrayal Bonds of Vengeance Shapers of Darkness & Weavers of War Coe is a founding member of the well-regarded writing blog Magical Words His contemporary fantasy series The Case Files of Justin Fearsson begins with Spell Blind from Baen Books & continues with His Father&s Eyes & Shadow&s Blade Coe lives with his wife Nancy Berner & their two daughters in Sewanee Tennessee