Terry Howard picked a bad time to quit smoking. As if investigating a tragedy involving the apparent deaths of a coven of twelve High School Students wasn't hard enough, something is lurking in the tunnels beneath the city of Springfield.Now, forced to play stand in between the Springfield Police Department and the Ozarks Spiritual Sovereignty, Terry and his partner Slate will have to sift through the past, trying to stop history from repeating itself and hopefully find some way to prevent another Tragedy.About the Seven Keys SagaMagic used to be stable. The Six Orders jealously guarded the secrets of Arcanum, fueling wild tales and mad speculation. Then, they turned on each other. The war was brief, but it changed everything. Without the Six Orders around to hold the reigns, magic has made its way out into the world for everyone to use and abuse. The world is changing, and Mages have to change with the times.
M.A. Brotherton is a writer, blogger, artist, and fat-kid from the suburbs of Kansas City, Missouri. He's tasted a little bit of everything the Midwest has to offer, ranging from meth-tweaking rednecks in massive underground cave complexes to those legendary amber waves of grain. When he's not writing, he spends most of his time screwing around on the internet.
Brotherton continues to improve with each book of the series. Terry and his friends continue to be developed as characters and the story line remains consistently intact.