Title: Endsville
Author: Clay Sanger
Series: The Outlaw Arcana
Number: One
What It’s About:
Welcome to Los Angeles—where the secret worlds of the criminal and supernatural collide. Crime and black magic pay. In the City of Angels, no one does it better than Gabriel St. John and the House of the Crow…
Endsville introduces readers to the House of the Crow. Led by their enigmatic street captain Gabriel, the Crows are a secret coven of high-rolling occult gangsters operating out of Los Angeles. A gangland king by the name of Dante Washington enlists their aid to recover 34 million dollars in cash—stolen from him by what appears to be a hostile sorcerer.
The Crows battle through a vicious cycle of betrayal, violence, and black magic while on the hunt for Mr. Washington’s missing money. In the end, allies prove to be enemies, and there are much greater things at stake than covering up a multi-million dollar gangland heist.
Why I Like It and You Should Read It:
From a pioneer of the genre to a recent debut, we’re covering all the best that urban fantasy has to offer and this book was a surefire inclusion on my list. I mean, occult gangsters? Really, need I say more?
I stumbled over Endsville by accident while poking about on Amazon one day. When I saw that it had been published by my good friend, David Wilson, over at Crossroad Press, I decide to give it a try. I am so very thankful that I did and am eagerly awaiting the next book in the series. (Hurry up, Sanger!)
Rarely do I find a debut novel that lives up to its promise as well as this one does. Sanger is excellent at action sequences and, as one would expect, there are a lot of them in this volume. He’s also quite good at the whole concept of cosmic horror and Endsville has its share of creepiness to go along with the action. It hits all the right notes in the right sequence and has you cheering for the hero right to the very last high-octane moment.
Where You Can Get It:
Find it at Amazon in ebook and print