Hostile Takeover

by Dan Willis

Manhattan real estate has always been to die for, but now someone is willing to kill for it and Alex Lockerby is right in their way.

When Alex steps in to stop a gang of thugs trying to bully a client into selling his house, he suddenly finds himself neck deep in a world of shady deals and organized crime. Add to that the death of a highly placed runewright that looks like murder for hire, and Alex quickly finds himself with a price on his head and a target on his back.

As Alex tries to stay one step ahead of the mob, Sorceress Sorsha Kincaid has her own problems. Cursed by the Legion, her magic is being slowly bled away, leaving her weaker and weaker. Despite Alex’s best efforts, they’ve barely managed to slow the curse down. Now Sorsha has to face the two most important questions of her life; where is her siphoned power going, and what will happen to her when it’s gone?

With time running out, Alex must navigate a twisted vortex of corporate sabotage, mob murder, and dark magic that threatens to cost him everything he holds dear.

Genres: Urban Fantasy

363 pages, ebook

Published March 22, 2022

About the author

Dan is an award-winning, best-selling author who has been writing for most of his life. He wrote for the long running DragonLance series and has worked in the board game and video game industries as well. His current work is the Arcane Casebook series, a fantasy twist on the 1930’s noir detective story.

Reviews

[Paul · Rating 4 out of 5]

After book 7 was such a disappointment to me, I told myself that I was gonna be done with this series. Well book 8 popped up, and I read it.

He finally broke out of his formula of, Main character does his thing and investigates some murder and it always comes around to tie into something that will interest his girl friend sorcerer and her job with the FBI.
Now its entirely possible that the only reason for this is she was on the verge of death until the final 2 chapters of the book, but one can hope right?

[Michael Davis · Rating 4 out of 5]

Once again, a tremulously fun and informative outing with runemaster Alex Lockerby and his colorful cabal of helpers. And once again, the only issue I have with the tale is the length of time between stories.

They just keep getting better and better.

And with the heavy foreshadowing in this book, it looks like the next few are going to be even more exciting, and the stakes much, much higher for everyone involved.

Don’t miss them!

[Michael O · Rating 5 out of 5]

Fantastic read, I love this series. Always seems to have three mysteries going at once, all of them interesting and usually with real twists at the end that are hard to see coming. Love the time period and the noir-like flavor of the people and settings. Only problem I have is waiting for the next one to come out, but so far has been worth the wait every time.

[Linda · Rating 3 out of 5]

The book started out a bit slow, it felt like every bit of backstory had to be explained in detail. But by the end of the book I was really excited to have the overarching plot explained a bit more. Eagerly anticipating the next book to find out more Moriarty and the Legion. Minor note, there were about a dozen typos in the Kindle edition, gave the book a bit of a rushed feeling.

[Dietrich West-Graham · Rating 5 out of 5]

Great series each book gets better and better love the plot and the characters. Can not wait for the next one.

[Tim Gordon · Rating 5 out of 5]

Another great book in the series

[Carrie Beeton · Rating 5 out of 5]

I love this series. I have read it numerous times. The characters are vivid and relatable with an edge of mystery. The storyline are gripping with many twists.