Wake up...

City of Roses is a serialized epic very firmly set in Portland Oregon--an urban fantasy mixing magical realism with gonzo noirish prose where sinister high-rise riverfront condos are fought by a sprawling tea-house constructed from scrap lumber and old windows and ancient sea-gods retire to close-in Southeast apartments with lovely views. Its the story of Jo Maguire a highly strung underemployed telemarketer and what happens when she meets Ysabel a princess of unspecified pedigree. Jo rather unexpectedly becomes Ysabels guardian and caretaker and now must make a place for herself among Ysabels decidedly unusual family and friends--which involves rather more sword-play than most of us are used to. Collecting chapters 1 - 11 of the critically acclaimed fantasy serial Vol. 1 Wake up... does end on one heck of a cliffhanger--but dont worry. Theres more much more to come.