Magic has rules. Jake Stranger was never good at following them.After condemning three men to death, wizard Jake Stranger is cast out from everything he knows and sent into exile in the bleak town of Grey Edge. His only goal is simple: stay quiet, keep out of trouble, and earn his place among the powerful Talismen.But trouble finds Jake within minutes.A string of brutal, gruesome murders pulls him into a deadly investigation he cannot escape. And when he forms an unexpected bond with the talented and dangerously captivating Taliswoman, Franziska Rubik, the stakes rise even higher.Together, they hunt a killer across worlds — from the shadows of magic to the unfamiliar streets of the human world in 1985.But nothing is what it seems.Not the victims.Not the magicNot even the world itself.As the body count rises and reality begins to unravel, Jake realises something far more terrifying is at work — something that connects both worlds in ways no one could have imagined.And by the time he understands the truth…it may already be too late.
