Hexene Candlemas was part of the most powerful witch coven in Los Angeles. Then her toad died in a mad scientist's stab at doomsday. Now she's got nothing. In a last ditch effort at regaining her powers, her coven journey to the one place that might have answers: La Ciudad de las Brujas. Founded by witches and run according to their ancient laws, Las Brujas is intended as a utopia. Hexene quickly learns that's not the case as she finds herself facing down the city's unofficial police force, a mad soft drink magnate, and a full-blown zombie rebellion. It's not the City of Devils. It's something worse.
Much like film noir, Justin Robinson was born and raised in Los Angeles. He splits his time between editing comic books, writing prose and wondering what that disgusting smell is. Degrees in Anthropology and History prepared him for unemployment, but an obsession with horror fiction and a laundry list of phobias provided a more attractive option.
It isn't every day that one of your favorite authors knocks you off your feet, unless that author is Justin Robinson and the book is his latest City of Devils offering. Like the brilliant yarns woven before it, the skein of Unwitch Hunt takes you through some fascinating territory, with a cast you'll never forget.
If you've ever wondered what the rest of the world looks like (outside of Nick Moss's post-Night War Los Angeles), this book gives you more than a taste. Hexene Candelmas has lost her familiar , and for a witch in this world, that means losing EVERYTHING. She needs to get herself back together, if that's even possible, so it's off to the one place she might find help - Las Brujas, the city that witches of every stripe call home. Except Hexene is no longer a witch.
If you liked the Nick Moss books, and Stitch in Crime, you have to pick this one up!