But when an insane ’mancer had lopped off the toes of his left foot two years ago, well, even a top-of-the-line orthotic boot hadn’t helped him regain his former balance. Paul ambled around the cracked, oil-stained floor unsteadily – years of physical therapy had gotten him almost used to walking on his artificial right foot. So Paul checked off each delivery as Oscar’s assistants, K-Dash and Quaysean, hauled them in. …but by God, Paul could ensure this list was checked off. Lists were oases of sanity bobbing in Paul’s increasingly chaotic lifestyle – maybe the King of New York would phone in a tip to the NYPD Task Force again and they’d have to flee the cops, maybe Oscar would finally get tired of Paul’s inability to deliver Flex and quietly put a bullet in Paul’s skull, maybe the magical backlash from brewing Flex would kill everyone in this sleepy suburban neighborhood… Of course he liked lists, or he wouldn’t have become a bureaucromancer. The cash arrived in a great pallet of crumpled twenties, a shrink-wrapped parcel so big it took two of Oscar’s drug runners to carry it into the abandoned auto repair shop Paul had designated as today’s laboratory. I hope I didn’t put you through nearly this much troubleīefore Paul Tsabo brewed up a batch of magical drugs, he would demand $400,000 in cash from his financier, to be delivered along with the rest of his drug-making paraphernalia. But offering them paradise is the catalyst that inflames Aliyah’s deadly rebellious streak…
Paul’s family is the key to keep the King’s crumbling empire afloat. A man packing a private army of illegal ‘mancers. THE KING OF NEW YORK: The mysterious power player hell-bent on capturing the two of them. He’s gone toe-to-toe with the government’s conscription squads of brain-burned Unimancers, and he’ll lie to anyone to keep Aliyah out of their hands – whether Aliyah likes it or not. She’s furious that she has to hide her abilities from her friends, her teachers, even her mother – and her temper tantrums can kill. Burned by a terrorist’s magic, gifted strange powers beyond measure. But when ‘mancers battle, cities tremble… ALIYAH TSABO-DAWSON: The world’s most dangerous eight-year-old girl. That devotion creates unique magics: videogamemancers. Love something enough, and your obsession will punch holes through the laws of physics.
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