Book 31 - Dark Magic

Book 31: City of Dark Magic by Magnus Flyte

"This deliciously madcap novel has it all: murder in Prague, time travel, a misanthropic Beethoven, tantric sex, and a dwarf with attitude"       - Conan O'Brien

"The most wickedly enchanting novel I've ever read."        - Anne Fortier, bestselling author of Juliet

City of Dark Magic
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Description: Once a city of enormous wealth and culture, Prague was home to emperors, alchemists, astronomers, and, as it’s whispered, hell portals. When music student Sarah Weston lands a summer job at Prague Castle cataloging Beethoven’s manuscripts, she has no idea how dangerous her life is about to become. Prague is a threshold, Sarah is warned, and it is steeped in blood.
Soon after Sarah arrives, strange things begin to happen. She learns that her mentor, who was working at the castle, may not have committed suicide after all. Could his cryptic notes be warnings? As Sarah parses his clues about Beethoven’s “Immortal Beloved,” she manages to get arrested, to have tantric sex in a public fountain, and to discover a time-warping drug. She also catches the attention of a four-hundred-year-old dwarf, the handsome Prince Max, and a powerful U.S. senator with secrets she will do anything to hide.
City of Dark Magic could be called a rom-com paranormal suspense novel—or it could simply be called one of the most entertaining novels of the year. [GoodReads]

Deb Harkness signing my
book (July 2012)

This book is phenomenal - rich in magic, history, and wild sex, City of Dark Magic is a MUST READ and has become a new favorite of mine (along with Lehmann's Astor Place Vintage).

While browsing in the book store, what caught my eye was a small card that read, "If you liked Deb Harkness's A Discovery of Witches, then this novel is for you." I absolutely LOVE Deb Harkness, so there was no doubt in my mind that I needed to read this. I was not let down in the least.

Sarah Weston is offered a job to work through and organize some of Beethoven's works at Prague Castle, which is set to open a private museum to display some of the castle's possessions. I instantly liked Sarah's character, but what sealed the deal for me was when she was arrested for, to put in bluntly, screwing Prince Maximilian Lobkowitz (the XIII) Anderson against the statue of a saint! I thought, this girl really knows how to have a good time! While on a mission to find some missing papers about Beethoven's Immortal Beloved and The Golden Fleece, Sarah and Max travel, quite literally, back in time after taking an alchemical drug which enables them to see the past.

Throw in some murder, mystery, and a dwarf, and you really have something good here.

Keep an eye out for the next book in this series, City of Lost Dreams, which is due out November 26, 2013.

Meet the Author: Magnus Flyte is a pseudonym for the writing duo of Meg Howrey and Christina Lynch. Howrey is a former dancer with the Joffrey II and the winner of an Ovation Award. She is the author of the novels The Cranes Dance and Blind Sight and lives in Los Angeles. Lynch is a television writer and former Milan correspondent for W Magazine. She lives near Sequoia National Park in California. [GoodReads]

Magnus Flyte
(aka his representatives Meg Howrey & Christina Lynch)

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