December 5, 2017

Spells, Salt, & Steel: A New Templars Novella

Cover for Spells, Salt, & SteelWhen all else fails, the ass end of a carp makes a damn fine weapon.

No, that didn’t come from the lips of Bubba the Monster Hunter, but it sure could have! That sentence right there kinda encapsulates the life of Mark Wojcik, Monster Hunter. A blue-collar mechanic from the wilds of PA, Mark likes his beer cold, his poker games private, and his monsters…well, he doesn’t like them at all. So when he finds himself dueling a Japanese mythical monster in the Linesville Spillway in the wee hours of the night, he has to use every available weapon to survive and vanquish the ningen.

Even if it means beating the damn thing to death with a carp.

If interloping Japanese fish-monsters weren’t bad enough, there’s a Nazi ghost terrorizing the community. Somebody needs to gank the ghostie, and Mark is the man for the job.

He hopes.

They are the first line of defense against the things that go bump in the night. They are the keepers of a centuries-old legacy of The Church defending the world against the forces of darkness. They are a bunch of highly armed rednecks, internet video celebrities, soccer moms, and assorted broken nutjobs.They are the new Templars, and things are about to get weird.

The New Templars novella series is a new series of short novels, similar to BookShots. Spells, Salt, & Steel is the first in the series by popular steampunk, epic, and urban fantasy duo Gail Z. Martin and Larry N. Martin.

Books in the New Templars – Mark Wojcik series
SEASON 1: Spells, Salt & Steel (available as a collected season or individually in Books 1-4)

Book 1: Spells, Salt & Steel
Book 2: Open Season
Book 3: Deep Trouble
Book 4: Close Encounters

SEASON 2: Spells, Salt, & Steel (available as a collected season or individually in Books 5-8)
Book 5: Night Moves
Book 6: Monster Mash
Book 7: Creature Feature
Book 8: House of Cards

New Templar series in the Bubbaverse
Caitlin Kelly
Mark Wojcik
Mason Dixon
Monster Hunter Mom (Jess Friedman)


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Don’t forget the first four books of Mark Wojcik have been collected into: Spells, Salt & Steel Season One.