Aluna has seen its share of horrors. Started by Chinese sorcerers over two thousand years ago, the planet has been through wars with dragons, courted dangerous mystics, and lived through the rise of religious cults. But now, a terrifying new threat has arisen: A highly addictive new drug that promises users heaven has hit the streets and it's leaving a trail of broken souls in its wake.To make matters worse, a young boy with strange Earth magic was pulled into the world by the former Clock Man and a mysterious crime lord known only as The Beast wants the boy's magic for his own.Felix Crow knows suspects there's a link between pushing the drug and hunting the boy, but he doesn't know who The Beast is or where to find him. Now, with the help of an aging Kung Fu master, a woman who pals around with dragons, and one of the city's greatest crime lords, he'll drill deep into an underworld where magic and religion are weapons and nothing is as it seems. Eric Lahti grew up looking for UFOs and buried treasure in northwest New Mexico. Unfortunately, he never found either of them. Or maybe he did and he's just not telling. He did find some good stories to tell at parties about lights in the skies and gold in the ground, though. When he's not writing, he's programming and practicing his Kenpo. He's also an active blogger, waxing philosophical about a range of topics from writing, to martial arts, to politics and religion. Frankly, he fancies himself something of a Renaissance geek about a wide variety of things.
