Synopses & Reviews
Contemporary fantasy meets true crime when schools of ancient sorcery go up against the art of the long con in this stunningly entertaining debut fantasy novel.andlt;BRandgt;andlt;BRandgt;Mike Wood is satisfied just being a guy with broad shoulders at a decidedly unprestigious Catholic school in Manhattan. But on the dirty streets of New York City heand#8217;s an everyman with a moral code who is unafraid of violence. And when Mike is unwittingly recruited into a secret cell of magicians by a fellow student, Mikeand#8217;s role as a steadfast soldier begins. These magicians donand#8217;t use ritualized rote to work their magic, they use willpower in their clandestine war with the establishment: The Assholes.
Review
andlt;Bandgt;"andlt;/Bandgt;Somehow Sam Munson has you believing in his urban-teen-grift-noir-magician-brawl from paragraph one. WAR AGAINST THE ASSHOLES is original, sharp, and mean and it crackles with attitude and style. Death to the assholes! Long live the assholes!"-- Paul Tremblay, two-time Bram Stoker Award nominee and author of A HEAD FULL OF GHOSTS
About the Author
Sam Munsonand#8217;s writing has appeared in andlt;iandgt;n+1andlt;/iandgt;, andlt;iandgt;Tabletandlt;/iandgt;, andlt;iandgt;The New York Timesandlt;/iandgt;, andlt;iandgt;The Wall Street Journalandlt;/iandgt;, andlt;iandgt;The Nationalandlt;/iandgt;, andlt;iandgt;The Daily Beastandlt;/iandgt;, andlt;iandgt;Commentaryandlt;/iandgt;, andlt;iandgt;The Times Literary Supplementandlt;/iandgt;, andlt;iandgt;The New York Observerandlt;/iandgt;, andlt;iandgt;The Utopianandlt;/iandgt;, and numerous other publications.