In Numina: Urban Fantasy in Ancient Rome: 2 (Stories of Togas Daggers and Magic)

This is the second story of Togas daggers and Magic - for lovers of Ancient Rome Hardboiled detectives and Urban Fantasy.A rich landlord finds tenants are abandoning his apartment buildings spouting tales of horrific events and whispering that the old gods - the numina - came alive and cursed the buildings.Enter Felix a professional fox. Dressed in a toga and armed with a dagger Felix is neither a traditional detective nor a traditional magician - but something in between. Whenever there is a foul business of bad magic Felix is hired to sniff out the truth. Now he must separate fact from superstition - a hard task in a world where the old gods still roam the earth.In Numina is set in a fantasy world. The city of Egretia borrows elements from a thousand years of ancient Roman culture from the founding of Rome to the late empire mixed with a judicious amount of magic. This is a story of a cynical hardboiled detective dealing with anything from daily life to the old forces roaming the world.Praise for the Stories of Togas Daggers and Magic series: Mehr creates a vivid cast and an equally vivid setting in which magic just seems to fit in perfectly.-- Richard Knaak NYT best-selling author of Legends of HumaMehrs imagined world based on ancient Rome feels at once familiar and dreamlike.-- Ruth Downie author of the acclaimed Medicus series of Roman mysteries