The Devil Pulls The Strings
The Devil Pulls The Strings
Authors & Illustrator
Author:
J. W.
Zarek
Illustrator:
Peter
Johnston
Second Place Award
Fiction > Fantasy - Magic, Myths & Legends, Fiction > Fantasy - Paranormal & Urban
Honorable Mention
Fiction > Fantasy - Epic
Description
Set in modern-day Wentzville, MO, New York City, and 1813 Genoa, Italy, where time travel, Slavic mythology, secret societies, Paganini’s music and one haunted hero collide.
Boone Daniels (22) has problems, debilitating panic attack, gut-wrenching guilt, a wendigo haunting him since age six, and now he almost killed his best friend in a joust. But when he fills in for his injured friend at a New York gig, the gig’s contact falls from a brownstone balcony and the place explodes with gun fire. Boone barely escapes but uncovers a sinister plot to perform a rare Paganini piece that summons the Devil to trap Baba Yaga and destroy modern-day New York City.
He then finds himself on a race through time, to capture the cursed melody. Along the way, a Romani immortal, steampunk vampires and Baba Yaga set the stage for war, and Boone shall have to risk death for redemption. All Boone wants is to keep a promise to a friend. The same friend, he almost killed last Sunday during a joust.