The Inquisitor's Apprentice

By Chris Moriarty, Mark Edward Geyer (Illustrator)

Book #1 in the The Inquisitor's Apprentice series

A young apprentice must stop a magical plot to kill Thomas Edison in a witch-filled New York.

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352 pages

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In early 1900s New York, Sacha Kessler discovers he can see witches, thrusting him into a world of magical crime. Apprenticed to Inquisitor Maximillian Wolf, Sacha's first case involves a plot against Thomas Edison, whose invention threatens a witch-hunt. Partnered with the wealthy but snobbish Lily Astral, Sacha navigates a city where magical gangs rule. As clues point to his own family, Sacha must unravel the mystery before it's too late. Can he prevent chaos and clear his family's name?

From the publisher

The day Sacha found out he could see witches was the worst day of his life . . . Being an Inquisitor is no job for a nice Jewish boy. But when the police learn that Sacha Kessler can see witches, he’s apprenticed to the department’s star Inquisitor, Maximillian Wolf. Their mission is to stop magical crime. And New York at the beginning of the twentieth century is a magical melting pot where each ethnic group has its own brand of homegrown witchcraft, and magical gangs rule the streets from Hell’s Kitchen to Chinatown.Soon Sacha has teamed up with fellow apprentice Lily Astral, daughter of one of the city’s richest Wall Street Wizards–and a spoiled snob, if you ask Sacha. Their first case is to find out who’s trying to kill Thomas Edison. Edison has invented a mechanical witch detector that could unleash the worst witch-hunt in American history. Every magician in town has a motive to kill him. But as the investigation unfolds, all the clues lead back to the Lower East Side. And Sacha soon realizes that his own family could be accused of murder!

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