Liesmith: Book 1 of the Wyrd

At the intersection of the magical and the mundane Alis Franklins thrilling debut novel reimagines mythology for a modern world-where gods and mortals walk side by side.Working in low-level IT support for a company thats the toast of the tech world Sigmund Sussman finds himself content if not particularly inspired. As compensation for telling people to restart their computer a few times a day Sigmund earns enough disposable income to gorge on comics and has plenty of free time to devote to his gaming group.Then in walks the new guy with the unpronounceable last name who immediately becomes ITs most popular team member. Lain Laufeyjarson is charming and good-looking with a story for any occasion; shy awkward Sigmund is none of those things which is why he finds it odd when Lain flirts with him. But Lain seems cool even if hes a little different-though Sigmund never suspects just how different he could be. After all who would expect a Norse god to be doing server reboots?As Sigmund gets to know his mysterious new boyfriend fate-in the form of an ancient force known as the Wyrd-begins to reveal the threads that weave their lives together. Sigmund doesnt have the first clue where this adventure will take him but as Lain says only fools mess with the Wyrd. Why? Because the Wyrd messes back.