Dark Mind

Magic is dying out and the only ones who can stop it are a psychopathic wizard and an autistic mage with crippling anxiety.

Nikolai and Medea must work together to discover why magic is declining. Their research takes them to America, where Medea struggles to navigate the Mundane world and to teach Nikolai telepathy–a school of magic she despises and fears he’ll use against her.

No longer set on killing his master, Nikolai is intent on finding a way into Medea’s figurative pants. He’s certain it’s the key to winning her heart and learning immortality, but she seems oblivious to his advances and the pesky fox spirit Yoxtl won’t stop cockblocking him.

Medea has sensed the decline of magic for years. Now that she has an apprentice who can help her discover the cause, she finds her own discomfort with an ever-changing society getting in the way. Nikolai thrives in the Mundane world, but she can't trust someone who cuts corners with something this important.

When they stumble on a cluster of Magi in the unlikeliest of places, they must decide whether to postpone their quest or let the group flounder. Can this untrained, disagreeable group of Americans become part of the solution? And can they hold off the witch hunters long enough to find out?

Dark Mind is the second book in the Fall of Magic series. Fans of The Poppy War and Vicious will enjoy this quirky dark fantasy set in the 1950s, when men were men and everyone else got screwed. Download your ARC today!

Contains:

• psychopathic protagonist who could be triggering to some

• autistic protagonist whose actions don’t always make sense to neurotypicals

• swearing, murder, violence, gore, trauma

• no sex scenes, but not for lack of Nikolai trying

• graphic depictions of what passed for mental healthcare in 1957

• racism and ableism and homophobia - oh my!

• Now with more Medea!