**Warping Minds & Other Misdemeanors
by Annette Marie and Rob Jacobsen**
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writing this book. Please allow me to re-introduce to the blog Annette Marie and
Rob Jacobsen and their new release, WARPINF MINDS & OTHER MISDEMEANORS …
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**ANNETTE MARIE**
**BIO**
Annette Marie is the author of Amazon best-selling YA urban fantasy
series Steel & Stone, its prequel trilogy Spell Weaver, and romantic fantasy trilogy Red Winter. Her first love is
fantasy, but fast-paced adventures and tantalizing forbidden romances are her
guilty pleasures. She lives in the frozen winter wasteland of Alberta, Canada
(okay, it's not quite that bad) with her husband and their furry minion of
darkness—sorry, cat—Caesar. When not writing, she can be found elbow-deep in
one art project or another while blissfully ignoring all adult
responsibilities.
To
find out more about Ms. Marie, please visit:
**ROB JACOBSEN**
**BIO**
Rob is a Canadian writer, actor, and director, who has been
in a few TV shows you might watch, had a few films in festivals you might
have attended, and authored some stories you might have come across.
He's hoping to accomplish plenty more by the time he inevitably
dies surrounded by cats while watching reruns of Mr. Robot.
Currently, he is the Creative Director of Cave Puppet Films,
as well as the co-author of the upcoming Guild Codex: Warped book series
with Annette Marie.
To
find out more about Mr. Jacobsen, please visit:
**WARPING MINDS & OTHER MISDEMEANORS**
Publication
date:
August 7th, 2020
Series:
The Guild Codex Warped #1
Publisher:
Dark Owl Fantasy, Inc.
Genres: New
Adult, Urban Fantasy
**BLURB**
My
name is Kit Morris, and welcome to my warped life.
Picture
the scene: Me, an average guy with psychic powers—not that my abilities are in
any way average—just trying to scrape by in a harsh world. So maybe I’ve conned
a few people, but did I really deserve to be thrown in MPD jail alongside
magic-wielding serial killers?
According
to Agent Lienna Shen, one-hundred-percent yes.
But
her hardass attitude and “Arcana prodigy” status aren’t enough to bring down my
former best friend, who slipped through the MPD’s fingers and is days away from
unleashing untold horrors upon the city. Or he’s going to steal something. I
don’t really know.
Whatever
he’s up to, that’s why I’m sitting in an interrogation room with Lienna. And
that’s why I just offered myself as her temporary new partner for the purposes
of thwarting my ex-accomplice.
And
that’s how I’m going to escape. I might even help with the case before I cut
and run.
—
Warping Minds & Other Misdemeanors is the first book
in a new series set in the world of The Guild Codex. It can be read on its own
or as part of a larger adventure.
**EXCERPT**
The phone beeped again.
Captain Blythe sighed, reached under the table, and lifted a cell phone into
view. The screen lit up as she checked her messages. Her mouth tightened, which
I took to mean doom and disaster were impending and we should take shelter
immediately.
Standing, she clipped the
phone back to her belt and turned to Lienna. “I need to take care of something.
Keep him talking, Agent Shen.”
“Yes, ma’am.”
With a sharp nod, Blythe
strode out of the room and graciously slammed the door behind her.
“A little intense, isn’t
she?” I observed.
Lienna took the vacated seat.
“She’s a precinct captain in one of the biggest cities in the country.”
Hmm. Despite her neutral
tone, her voice had a soft, caressing quality that I found surprisingly
pleasant. It was a shame she wasn’t playing good cop.
“Every day, Captain Blythe
deals with rampant magic, illicit guilds, arrogant guild masters who think
they’re above the law, and violent criminals who use their abilities to hurt,
cheat, or kill people.”
She didn’t add, “Violent
criminals just like you.” Her restraint impressed me.
“And,” she continued, “all
while keeping the existence of magic, guilds, and the MPD hidden from the
public. A crucial mandate your guild flouted.” She cleared her throat. “But you
were just an intern, weren’t you, Kit? You were doing what you were told. You
don’t need to protect them.”
I grinned. “That works better
without the throat-clear first. Really obvious tell that you’re about to
bullshit me, I’ve gotta say.”
She stiffened in her seat.
“Oh, and try to relax more.
The fake sympathy will be more convincing.”
Her glower returned full
force, obliterating the remnants of her kind expression. It’d been a decent
attempt at building a rapport with me. She wasn’t experienced at the technique,
which seemed like an oversight in her training, but I suspected Lienna’s real
role in the agency involved far more skill than mere interrogation.
According to the rumors
floating through the holding cells—of which I believed maybe five percent—
Agent Lienna Shen was an abjuration sorcerer, and abjuration was ... anti-magic
sorcery?
That concluded my knowledge
on the topic. But I did know the handcuffs around my wrists were an artifact
created by a sorcerer for a specific magical purpose: in this case, nullifying
the magic of whoever had the unfortunate pleasure of wearing them.
When she didn’t respond to my
helpful critique, I attempted a charming smile. “You’re pretty young for an
agent.”
Lienna’s scowl deepened, even
though it was a reasonable observation; she looked my age, which seemed like a
stretch for full agenthood.
“Do you know why you’re
here?” she asked coldly. “In this room?”
“Because Blythe has a thing
for younger guys who can quote the entire courtroom speech from A Few
Good Men?”
“Because,” she said in that
clipped tone people use when they’re silently praying for patience—or imagining
what it’d feel like to strangle me, “we’re currently investigating three cases
of extortion totaling two million dollars, five cases of embezzlement over five
hundred thousand dollars each, and eight reports of blackmail. Your guild was
behind them all, and unless you want those charges added to your already
extensive list of crimes, you should strongly consider shedding some light on
the inner workings of KCQ.”
Despite myself, my mood
sobered. This wasn’t my first interrogation, but it was my first time in the
custody of the international organization responsible for dispatching
magic-wielding criminals. I had no idea what to expect as far as charges and
sentencing.
“Let’s go back to the
beginning,” she suggested. “Your name.” “Kit Morris.”
“How old are you?”
“Twenty-two.”
“What’s your magic class?”
“Psychica.” Which she already
knew. KCQ had been a guild populated entirely by voodoo-brain psychics with
wildly varying abilities—all the wilder once I’d joined the team.
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