Down and Dust

<p><strong></strong><strong style=background-color: rgba(0 0 0 0); color: rgba(0 0 0 1)>John's job became much easier when he started telling himself he probably wasn't human anymore.</strong></p><p></p><p><span style=background-color: rgba(0 0 0 0); color: rgba(0 0 0 1)>John used to be Malachy Secundus Valerio de Nyuskom a prince who only wanted to play piano travel around and be home for summer. Everything changed when he woke up cursed-his right arm completely transformed-and his future no longer certain. </span></p><p><span style=background-color: rgba(0 0 0 0); color: rgba(0 0 0 1)>Nowadays he's something not-quite-human doing important work as a handyman of a kind. Magic accompanies John. It loves stories and it loves watching the way light and dark play.</span></p><p><span style=background-color: rgba(0 0 0 0); color: rgba(0 0 0 1)>It's been ten years since the last time John's seen his friend Cyrus Cooper and magic is finally telling him it's time to stop by for a visit.</span></p>