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[PG-13] Parents Strongly Cautioned
MagictotheBone
Table of Contents
Title PageCopyright PageDedication
Acknowledgements
Chapter OneChapter TwoChapter ThreeChapter FourChapter FiveChapter SixChapter SevenChapter EightChapter NineChapter TenChapter ElevenChapter TwelveChapter ThirteenChapter FourteenChapter FifteenChapter SixteenChapter Seventeen
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Praise for Magic to the Bone
Loved it. Fiendishly original . . . a stay-up-all-nightread. We re going to be hearing a lot more of DevonMonk. Patricia Briggs, New York Times
bestselling author of Iron Kissed
Highly original and compulsively readable. Don t pick this one up beforegoing to bed unless you want to be up all night!
Jenna Black, author of The Devil You Know
Magic to the Bone is an exciting new addition to the urban fantasy genre.
It s got a truly fresh take on magic, and Allie Beckstrom is one kick-assprotagonist!
Jeanne C. Stein, national bestselling author of Legacy
[A] gritty setting, compelling, fully realized characters, and afrightening system of magic-with-a-price that left me awed. Devon Monk swriting is addictive, and the only cure is more, more, more.
Rachel Vincent, USA Todaybestselling author of Rogue
Devon Monk s reimagined Portland is at once recognizable and exotic,
suffused with her special take on magic, and her characters are vividlyrendered. The plot pulled me in for a very enjoyable ride!
Lynn Flewelling, author of Shadows Return
What price would you pay for magic? Would you use it if doing so left holesin your memory, left you with an aching gut, or gave you a killer headache?
In Devon Monk s fast-paced first novel, Magic to the Bone, her protagonistpays such prices and more in an effort to help people. The prose is grittyand urban, the characters mysterious and marvelous, and Monk creates afantastic and original magic system that intrigues and excites. A promisingbeginning to a new series. I m looking forward to more!
Nina Kiriki Hoffman, award-winning authorof Spirits That Walk in Shadow
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For my family
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Acknowledgments
This book did not come into the world without the guidance of many talented,
hardworking people. I owe my deepest gratitude to my outstanding agent,
Miriam Kriss, who took a chance on me and then made magic happen. Withouther, this book may not be in your hands. My heartfelt thanks to my superbeditor, Anne Sowards, not only for believing in this book, but also forputting her time and incredible energy into helping it become the best itcould be. And thank you also to editorial assistant Cameron Dufty and all thepeople at Penguin who have worked so hard to make this book a reality.
Thanks to my amazing cheerleaders and first readers, Dejsha Knight, DeanWoods, Deanne Hicks, and Dianna Rodgers. You have been an unfailing source ofstrength and joy. This book would be so much less without your insightfulcomments. I owe you each a drink. Or twelve.
Thank you also to my dear friends Mickey Bellman and Sharon Elaine Thompsonfor listening to my earliest stories without cringing; Eric Witchey and NinaKiriki Hoffman for your encouragement and friendship; the Wordos for allthose nights at the table; and Loren Coleman for the rejection. If this hadremained a short story, it may never have been a book.
Thank you, Mom, Dad, my brothers, sisters, and the rest of my family forshowing me that the best way to get through life is with hard work, wildstories, laughter, and togetherness. The words I write wouldn t be half asbright without all of you in my life.
And lastly, to my husband, Russ, and my sons, Kameron and Konner. You are thethree most wonderful men I know. This book would never have been written
without your years of patience, love, and support. Thank you for being notjust a part of my life, but the very best part. I love you.
MagictotheBone
Chapter One
It was the morning of my twenty-fifth birthday, and all I wanted was a decent
cup of coffee, a hot breakfast, and a couple hours away from the stink of
used magic that seeped through the walls of my apartment building every time
it rained.
My current fortune of ten bucks wasn t going to get me that hot breakfast,
but it was going to buy a good dark Kenya roast and maybe a muffin down at
Get Mugged. What more could a girl ask for?
I took a quick shower, pulled on jeans, a black tank top, and boots. I
brushed my dark hair back and tucked it behind my ears, hoping for the short,
Table of Contents
Title PageCopyright PageDedication
Acknowledgements
Chapter OneChapter TwoChapter ThreeChapter FourChapter FiveChapter SixChapter SevenChapter EightChapter NineChapter TenChapter ElevenChapter TwelveChapter ThirteenChapter FourteenChapter FifteenChapter SixteenChapter Seventeen
MagictotheBone
Praise for Magic to the Bone
Loved it. Fiendishly original . . . a stay-up-all-nightread. We re going to be hearing a lot more of DevonMonk. Patricia Briggs, New York Times
bestselling author of Iron Kissed
Highly original and compulsively readable. Don t pick this one up beforegoing to bed unless you want to be up all night!
Jenna Black, author of The Devil You Know
Magic to the Bone is an exciting new addition to the urban fantasy genre.
It s got a truly fresh take on magic, and Allie Beckstrom is one kick-assprotagonist!
Jeanne C. Stein, national bestselling author of Legacy
[A] gritty setting, compelling, fully realized characters, and afrightening system of magic-with-a-price that left me awed. Devon Monk swriting is addictive, and the only cure is more, more, more.
Rachel Vincent, USA Todaybestselling author of Rogue
Devon Monk s reimagined Portland is at once recognizable and exotic,
suffused with her special take on magic, and her characters are vividlyrendered. The plot pulled me in for a very enjoyable ride!
Lynn Flewelling, author of Shadows Return
What price would you pay for magic? Would you use it if doing so left holesin your memory, left you with an aching gut, or gave you a killer headache?
In Devon Monk s fast-paced first novel, Magic to the Bone, her protagonistpays such prices and more in an effort to help people. The prose is grittyand urban, the characters mysterious and marvelous, and Monk creates afantastic and original magic system that intrigues and excites. A promisingbeginning to a new series. I m looking forward to more!
Nina Kiriki Hoffman, award-winning authorof Spirits That Walk in Shadow
MagictotheBone
MagictotheBone
For my family
MagictotheBone
Acknowledgments
This book did not come into the world without the guidance of many talented,
hardworking people. I owe my deepest gratitude to my outstanding agent,
Miriam Kriss, who took a chance on me and then made magic happen. Withouther, this book may not be in your hands. My heartfelt thanks to my superbeditor, Anne Sowards, not only for believing in this book, but also forputting her time and incredible energy into helping it become the best itcould be. And thank you also to editorial assistant Cameron Dufty and all thepeople at Penguin who have worked so hard to make this book a reality.
Thanks to my amazing cheerleaders and first readers, Dejsha Knight, DeanWoods, Deanne Hicks, and Dianna Rodgers. You have been an unfailing source ofstrength and joy. This book would be so much less without your insightfulcomments. I owe you each a drink. Or twelve.
Thank you also to my dear friends Mickey Bellman and Sharon Elaine Thompsonfor listening to my earliest stories without cringing; Eric Witchey and NinaKiriki Hoffman for your encouragement and friendship; the Wordos for allthose nights at the table; and Loren Coleman for the rejection. If this hadremained a short story, it may never have been a book.
Thank you, Mom, Dad, my brothers, sisters, and the rest of my family forshowing me that the best way to get through life is with hard work, wildstories, laughter, and togetherness. The words I write wouldn t be half asbright without all of you in my life.
And lastly, to my husband, Russ, and my sons, Kameron and Konner. You are thethree most wonderful men I know. This book would never have been written
without your years of patience, love, and support. Thank you for being notjust a part of my life, but the very best part. I love you.
MagictotheBone
Chapter One
It was the morning of my twenty-fifth birthday, and all I wanted was a decent
cup of coffee, a hot breakfast, and a couple hours away from the stink of
used magic that seeped through the walls of my apartment building every time
it rained.
My current fortune of ten bucks wasn t going to get me that hot breakfast,
but it was going to buy a good dark Kenya roast and maybe a muffin down at
Get Mugged. What more could a girl ask for?
I took a quick shower, pulled on jeans, a black tank top, and boots. I
brushed my dark hair back and tucked it behind my ears, hoping for the short,
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Comments & Reviews ^topi loved this not my usuall style of reading but was really pleasantly supriesed by this book.... i think i could have been longer as i thought the ending was to abrupt and didnt really explain all characters fate but it gets my vote with this 21st century look at magic like if it was cell phone coverage  Karl_Wood Dec 22, 2009 05:13 reply spam |
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