Donovan DeChance is a collector of ancient manuscripts and books, a practicing mage, and a private investigator. This is the first book in that five-volume (so far) series. When a local houngan begins meddling with powers she may not be able to control, a turf war breaks out between the Dragons motorcycle club and the Los Escorpiones street gang\u2014a war that threatens to open portals between worlds and destroy the city in the process. With his lover, Amethyst, his familiar, Cleo \u2013 an Egyptian Mau the size of a small bobcat \u2013the dubious aid of a Mexican sorcerer named Martinez and the budding gifts of a young artist named Salvatore, DeChance begins a race against time, magic, and almost certain death.<\/p>\n\n\n\n
Wilson\u2019s novels span styles and genres, but all wind back into a kind of multiverse where they cross paths and intertwine. The DeChance Chronicles cross over directly with the Old Mill Novels featuring The Not Quite Right Reverend Cletus J. Diggs, and the novels of the O.C.L.T.<\/p>\n\n\n\n