EMBERS

Coming from Juno Books in April 2010

"Truth burns. Unemployment, despair, anger—visible and invisible unrest feed the undercurrent of Detroit’s unease. Homes and businesses are increasingly invaded by phantoms and now, with the annual destruction of Devil’s Night approaching, a supernatural arsonist is setting blazes to summon a fiery ancient power that will leave the city in cinders. A sizzling debut from a red-hot new author.

"By day, Anya Kalinczyk is an arson investigator in the Detroit Fire Department. At night—accompanied by her elemental familiar, a salamander named Sparky, and an eccentric group of ghost hunters—Anya pursues malicious spirits. Anya's the rarest form of psychic medium, a “Lantern.” She doesn’t allow spirits to communicate with the physical world through her, like most mediums. Instead, she devours restless souls and incinerates them. She’d like to get closer to Brian, a ghost-hunting techno-wiz, but a lifetime of those she loves getting hurt makes her hold back. Her two roles mesh when she trails a serial firebug. She discovers the arsonist is attempting to use the fires to rouse Sirrush, a supremely powerful elemental, from the salt mine beneath the city of Detroit. Anya must capture the arsonist before Devil’s Night, when the spell will be complete and Sirrush will rise to raze the city."

...from the Juno Books announcement.   

EMBERS will be followed by a sequel, SPARKS, in fall 2010.   

EMBERS is available now for pre-order from Amazon.com.

The sequel, SPARKS, is also available for pre-order from Amazon.com.

Laura Bickle also writes urban fantasy as Alayna Williams. Check out her other novels at www.alaynawilliams.com.