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Beware of spilling ink!
Skate is a thief, trained and owned by the local crime syndicate, the Ink. When she tries to burgle a shut-in’s home, she gets caught by the owner—a powerful undead wizard. He makes a deal with her: “borrow” books from other wizards in return for a place to stay.

Caught between her growing fondness for the wizard and her past with the crime syndicate, Skate doesn’t know where her loyalties lie. But she’d better figure it out, because there’s a new player in town, one whose magical hypnotism puts them all at risk.
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On the run!
Her mentor is dead, but he doesn’t have to stay that way. He’s left Skate a clue to bringing him back, and she and her friends are determined to follow it.

No sooner do they set out for unknown lands, however, than things get dangerous. Hot on their tail is the wizard Ossertine, furious over Skate’s part in her friend’s death and thirsty for revenge. Worse still are the attacks that come at night: dark, mysterious, and palpably evil.
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In this race against time, magic, and implacable foes, Skate must rely on her wits and her friends to save not just her mentor’s life, but also her own.
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Reading spooky stories

1/5/2019

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Nothing to report on the manuscript other than work continues on revision. It really is important to try to come at this stuff as fresh as possible for revision’s sake.

I have a really bad habit of reading the books that I buy for people before I give them as gifts during Christmas. It feels a bit like taking a bite out of food you’re handing to someone. I’m not going to stop doing it, though. This year, I bought my dad Stephen King’s The Outsider, which I believe came out way back in May. It’s really good. It’s horrifying and gross and spooky, but that’s what you’re signing up for with King. It’s the first book I’ve read in a while that made me stay awake late into the night reading it. It wasn’t really my choice – I couldn’t sleep because I was creeped out by the book. I figured it was a “hair of the dog that bit you” situation and pushed through until around 3 am. Then I couldn’t stay awake and I conked out. Highly recommended reading.

For my own part, I got “Under the Red Hood,” a compendium of a series of Batman comics following the storyline of a mysterious and dangerous vigilante who appears on the streets of Gotham who, to put it lightly, does not share Batman’s compunctions against killing criminals in an effort to deter crime. Another solid read if you’re into Batman lore or comic books in general. Because of these books, I’ve had to put off A Clash of Kings until this week. Back into it I go.
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