Grave Errors

Grayson Knox wanted one quiet night. That was his first mistake.

A terrified man bursts into a South Mississippi bar swearing something is hunting pets near an old cemetery. Knox, a Marshal of Magic who enforces the laws that keep witches, necromancers, ghosts, and magical creatures in line, knows the signs right away.

It's not a wild animal. It's a ghoul. Actually, it's three.

One brutal fight later, two ghouls are down and the third is running for an ancient crypt. Inside, Knox finds something worse than hungry undead. Someone is controlling them. Julian, a desperate young practitioner, is attempting an illegal resurrection to bring back the woman he loved.

Resurrection magic has rules. And the dead don't always come back alone.

When the ritual collapses, the crypt fills with ghouls, an alpha among them. Knox ends up in a desperate fight against forbidden necromancy and unstable magic, with his ghostly Watcher, Elvis, who has no intention of sitting this one out.

Beating the monsters is the easy part. Julian isn't a monster. He's grieving, and Knox understands that better than anyone. Now the Marshal has to decide whether to send him before the Judge or give him a second chance.

Magic has rules. Grief has consequences. And the most dangerous thing you can raise from the dead is hope.

A Grayson Knox urban fantasy of necromancy, ghouls, and a sarcastic ghost sidekick.