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Working for Heaven is a living Hell for rogue wizard Josiah Quinn. There are too many rules and not enough easy cash. His first official assignment from the God Squad? Solve a string of brutal murders that he believes are part of an intricate and all-too-familiar summoning ritual involving broken mirrors. His investigation leads him to the front door of Stefan Nikolaides, the one and only living Oracle in North America. What Josiah learns from Stefan's terrifying visions sends him deep into the underworld of the Greek mafia, where satyrs call the shots and cut deals behind locked doors using the only currency that matters: human souls. Are the mobsters involved in the ritual summoning? Or is it all smoke and mirrors, distracting Josiah from the real monster-one a little closer to home…

The Waters family amazed and inspired their neighbour Margaret Wentworth. She'd never met a man with bigger dreams than Ces, the charismatic father, nor one from such unpromising beginnings.<br /> <br />He'd bashed, thieved and pimped in Manchester slums, did time and migrated to Australia. There he planned an assault on some of the world of sport's most glittering prizes. Sons Dean, Guy and Troy rose to dizzying heights. Troy came close to a world title in a San Diego boxing ring. On results, Ces Waters ranks among Australia's greatest trainers and motivators.<br /> <br />They saved doomed dogs, made winning horses out of old nags, ate no meat, drank no alcohol, never swore and focused single-mindedly on reaching the top.<br /> <br />She co-produced a documentary, 'Rebels with a Cause', about him, and began a biography, the basis for this book.<br /> <br />But when Ces' rival was murdered, Margaret realise the man she was writing about was a lie. To silence her, Ces threatened the biographer's life. She was trapped. His laughter, jokes, yarns and 'honesty' hid his sick obsessiveness and psychopathic ruthlessness. This manipulator operated at a level your office control freak only dreams of.<br /> <br />'Hellbent' is a radical biography which shows how Ces used truth and lies to gain the author's trust and cloud her eyes, and how she began to see again.<br /> <br />Why was Ces Waters compared to Charles Manson in court?<br />Why did he threaten his biographer's life?<br />How did his three sons rise so high in boxing?<br />Why was Allen Hall shot dead one night?<br />Why was Dean Waters acquitted?<br />Was Ces Waters a pimp?<br />Was the Waters clan's clean living a total fraud?<br />How did Ces Waters exercise the steely control he did?

Parting with God's Hand might mean the foul-mouthed half-angel has to lie low, but he's still got to pay the rent. Will Josiah Quinn be able to do that if he hunts bounties no one else will accept? Yes, as long as he can stay alive. When a vampire hunt goes terribly wrong, Stefan is left clinging to life by a thread. Will Josiah betray the only friend he has left in the world to save the man he loves? Or will he sacrifice Stefan for the army he needs to defeat his father once and for all? Devil's Due is the third book in the Hellbent Halo series, which features an irreverent bisexual wizard, evil angels, and double-crossing demons. If you like back-alley magic and noir-style anti-heroes, you'll love this bloody good mystery.

The City of Angels holds a world of nightmares for irreverent wizard Josiah Quinn. Not even the end of the world could convince him to visit. But when his estranged daughter Maggie goes missing, he's on the first flight there to track her down. As he tries to pull together the threads of Maggie's life, Josiah uncovers a disturbing trend: sex, drugs, and dangerous magic. Maggie was walking an all too familiar path toward destruction. And now she's gone. To find her, Josiah must navigate an unfamiliar underworld and face an old enemy he thought he left for dead twenty years ago. With Remiel on the loose, the clock is ticking.Can he find his missing daughter before the Fallen do? Or is he already too late?