Shadow Duel — Brad Magnarella

Beware the shadow of many faces, but fear the master of many places...It's Monday morning, and I've recovered a strange glyph-covered chest from a landfill. By Monday afternoon, someone's stolen it from my warded loft.Before I can suss out who, why, and most importantly, how, I'm neck-deep with the NYPD on a murder case. A bigshot CEO is dead in his penthouse, his kidneys harvested in a way that screams black magic. Only there's no magic in evidence.The two crimes connect somehow, and the key may be an old explorers club in the heart of Manhattan. But this mage needs to get moving. More victims are turning up sans organs, and twice now I've found myself in a shadow realm—a darker, more dangerous version of the city, where a mysterious entity wants me dead.And here I thought the summer's biggest chore would be persuading my talking cat to play nice with my wife.Spoiler alert: she's still Tabitha.Shadow Duel is the 9th novel in the quarter-million selling Croftverse. If you like occult action, spell-crackling suspense, and moments of heart, heroism, and all-out laughter, you'll love Prof Croft!BOOKS IN THE CROFTVERSEProf Croft SeriesPreq 1: Book of SoulsPreq 2: Siren CallBook 1: Demon MoonBook 2: Blood DealBook 3: Purge CityBook 4: Death MageBook 5: Black LuckBook 6: Power GameBook 7: Druid BondBook 8: Night RuneBook 9: Shadow DuelBook 10: Shadow DeepBook 11: Godly WarsBook 12: Angel DoomSpin-offsCroft & TabbyCroft & WessonBlue Wolf SeriesBook 1: Blue CurseBook 2: Blue ShadowBook 3: Blue HowlBook 4: Blue VenomBook 5: Blue BloodBook 6: Blue StormSpin-offLegion Files