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Informationen zum Autor An army brat and gypsy scholar, Elliott James is currently living in the Blue Ridge mountains of southwest Virginia. An avid reader since the age of three (or that's what his family swears anyhow), he has an abiding interest in mythology, martial arts, live music, hiking, and used bookstores. Klappentext "A fascinating twist on the Prince Charming fairy tale with a modern twist and a hunt for monsters -- both within and supernatural"-- "In a saturated literary realm, James's tale stands out for the gritty, believable world he builds, and provides a reason for the genre's renewed strength. This is masculine urban fantasy in the vein of Jim Butcher and Mark del Franco."-- "Booklist" The launch of a new urban fantasy star who gives a modern twist to the Prince Charming tale. Zusammenfassung Sharp, sarcastic, and efficiently lethal, John Charming is set to join the ranks of your favorite fast-talking anti-heroes like Dean Winchester and Harry Dresden in the first book of this page-turning urban fantasy series. John Charming isn't your average Prince. . . He comes from a line of Charmings -- an illustrious family of dragon slayers, witch-finders and killers dating back to before the fall of Rome. Trained by a modern day version of the Knights Templar, monster hunters who have updated their methods from chain mail and crossbows to Kevlar and shotguns, John Charming was one of the best -- until a curse made him one of the abominations the Knights were sworn to hunt. That was a lifetime ago. Now, John tends bar under an assumed name in rural Virginia and leads a peaceful, quiet life. That is, until a vampire and a blonde walked into his bar. . . Charming is the first novel in a new urban fantasy series which gives a new twist to the Prince Charming tale.
