Drake
by Peter McLean
Synopsis
A hitman navigates a seedy London shot through with dark magic, demons, and angels in this wickedly hilarious urban fantasy series debut Meet Don Drake: a profane, alcoholic hitman . . . and summoner of demons. Drake owes a gambling debt to one such demon. Forced to carry out one more assassination to clear his debt, Don unwittingly kills an innoceโฆ A hitman navigates a seedy London shot through with dark magic, demons, and angels in this wickedly hilarious urban fantasy series debut Meet Don Drake: a profane, alcoholic hitman . . . and summoner of demons. Drake owes a gambling debt to one such demon. Forced to carry out one more assassination to clear his debt, Don unwittingly kills an innocent child and brings the Furies of Greek myth down upon himself. Rescued by an almost-fallen angel called Trixie, Don and his magical accomplice, The Burned Manโan imprisoned archdemonโare forced to deal with Lucifer himself whilst battling a powerful evil magician. Now Don must foil Luciferโs plan to complete Trixieโs fall and save her soul whilst preventing the Burned Man from escaping and wreaking havoc on the entire world. โWhat connects [Raymond] Chandler, Guy Ritchie, Harry Potter and Buffy the Vampire Slayer? โNot muchโ is probably the answer, until now. A punchy debut novel.โ โSFX Magazine
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