California Bones: 1 (Daniel Blackland 1)

When Daniel Blackland was six he ingested his first bone fragment a bit of kraken spine plucked out of the sand during a visit with his demanding brilliant and powerful magician father Sebastian.. When Daniel was twelve he watched Sebastian die at the hands of the Hierarch of Southern California devoured for the heightened magic layered deep within his bones.. Now years later Daniel is a petty thief with a forged identity. Hiding amid the crowds in Los Angeles―the capital of the Kingdom of Southern California―Daniel is trying to go straight. But his crime-boss uncle has a heist he wants Daniel to perform: break into the Hierarchs storehouse of magical artifacts and retrieve Sebastians sword an object of untold power. . For this dangerous mission Daniel will need a team he can rely on so he brings in his closest friends from his years in the criminal world. Theres Moth who can take a bullet and heal in mere minutes. Jo Alverado illusionist. The multitalented Cassandra Daniels ex. And new to them all the enigmatic knowledgeable Emma with her British accent and her own grudge against the powers-that-be. The stakes are high and the stage is set for a showdown that might just break the magic that protects a long-corrupt regime.. Extravagant and yet moving Greg van Eekhouts California Bones is an epic adventure set in a city of canals and secrets and casual brutality--different from the world we know yet familiar and true.