Jake Sullivan is a war hero a private eye
- & an ex-con He free because he has a magical talent
- being able to alter the force of gravity in himself & objects in his vicinity
- & the Bureau of Investigation calls on him when they need his help in apprehending criminals with their own magical talents But the last operation he was sent along to help with went completely wrong & Delilah Jones the woman the G-men were after who just happened to be an old friend of Jake in happier times had a lot of magical muscle with her too much muscle for the cops to handle even with Jake help It got worse Jake found out that the Feds had lied to him about Delilah being a murderer as well as a bank robber & they had lied about this being his last job for them
- he was too valuable for them to let him go & things were even worse than Jake imagined There was a secret war being waged by opposing forces of magic-users & Jake had no idea that he had just attracted the attention of one side whose ruthless leaders were of the opinion that Jake was far too dangerous to be permitted to live Hard Magic is Part 1 in the hard-hitting Grimnoir Chronicles by the New York Times bestselling creator of Monster Hunter International