In 1930s Chicago, being a private detective can get you bumped off as easy as breathing. But Mick Oberon isn't your average shamus. He's runaway fae royalty from the Otherworld who hung up his shingle, packs a wand instead of a heater, loves warm milk, and has a serious iron allergy.
Hey, a nigh-immortal guy's gotta make a living, right?
That's why Mick agrees to help the cops when someone breaks into the Field Museum. Strange thing is, they didn't steal anything. In fact, they added something. Something Mick really doesn't want in his town—the Spear of Lugh, which grants invincibility in battle to whoever wields it. The problem is, some other mug steals it just as fast as it appeared.
With the spear in play, a whole slew of very heavy hitters from both worlds are coming to the Windy City to claim it as their own. And that means trouble like Mick has never seen before, and is unlikely to see again...
Because you tend not to see anything when you're stone dead.
"Among the best urban fantasy novels I have read." — Rising Shadow
When Ari Marmell has free time left over between feeding cats and posting on social media, he writes a little bit. His work includes novels, short stories, role-playing games, and video games, all of which he enjoyed in lieu of school work when growing up. He's the author of the Mick Oberon gangland-fantasy-detective series, the Widdershins YA fantasy series, The Goblin Corps, and many others, with publishers such as Del Rey, Pyr Books, Wizards of the Coast, Omnium Gatherum, and Titan Books. Ari currently resides in Austin, Texas. He lives in a clutter that has a moderate amount of apartment in it, along with George—his wife—and the aforementioned cats, who probably want something.