Obsidian Son

Publisher's Summary
'''A city that doesn't believe in magic. Bloodthirsty weredragons. Good thing this reckless playboy has superpowers...'''

It's been said that monsters cry when a good man goes to war. But they should run screaming like little school girls when that man is secretly a wizard, and maybe not necessarily good...

Nate Temple's all-consuming quest to avenge his parents is temporarily put on hold when shape-shifting dragons invade St. Louis. And perhaps cow-tipping the Minotaur for answers might not have been Nate's smartest opening move, because now every flavor of supernatural thug from our childhood nightmares is gunning for him. Nate learns that the only way to save his city from these creatures is to murder his best friend...

Nate's choice will throw the world and his own conscience into cataclysmic chaos: avenge his parents or become a murderer to save his city? Because to do either, he's going to have to show the world that magic is very, very real, and that monsters are very, very hungry… To survive, he might just need to take a page from the book, How to Win Friends and Influence Monsters.

If you like Jim Butcher, Kevin Hearne, Steve McHugh, Michael Anderle, Ilona Andrews, Patricia Briggs, Shannon Mayer, or K.F. Breene, you will LOVE the first installment of the Temple Chronicles.

Plot
Cow-tipping the Minotaur

Nate Temple: wizard, heir to Temple Industries, the only child of his recently deceased parents, goes in search of a book for a mysterious new client, and goes to a cow pasture to cow-tip the Minotaur, Asterion. Reverting from the form of a bull to that of the iconic Greek monster, Asterion is extremely angry at the offense.

He decides not to kill the wizard, having converted to Buddhism, and Nate asks him about his client's book. The Minotaur gives Nate a coin from Hermes, given to him to pass on to the first person to as o for the Book, which Asterion tells Nate is related to dragons.

The Minotaur tells Nate that they will duel for the book, to make sure he was worthy to hold it. Nate had the feeling that Asterion wanted to give it to him, but that he was prevented from simply handing it over. Before he leaves, Asterion growls "don't EVER cow tip me again!" And kicks him in the chest, sending him flying into the waiting police.

Magic Show in the Interview Room

Characters
Freaks

Nate Temple

Gunner Randolph

Tory Marlin

Regulars

Indiana Ripley

Peter

Detective Cosage