JONATHAN SHADE & KELLY CHAN INTERVIEW AUTHOR GARY JONAS ABOUT MODERN SORCERY
Jonathan Shade is a private investigator who handles cases dealing with the paranormal. His protector is the gorgeous Kelly Chan, a magically engineered assassin. They recently sat down at Kelly’s dojo to air some grievances with their creator, Gary Jonas.
Jonathan: Hey, Gary. We asked you to stop by—
Kelly: So we could kill you.
Jonathan: Whoa, Kelly, let’s give the guy a chance to redeem himself first.
Gary: Redeem myself for what?
Jonathan: Going public with MODERN SORCERY, m’man. You weren’t supposed to write that down.
Gary: It was too cool not to write about.
Jonathan: Cool to you. I had to live through it. Dude, fighting an ancient sorcerer is not my idea of a good time. I hear you’re writing more of our exploits.
Gary: I have a three book contract. The next adventure, coming in May 2012, is called ACHERON HIGHWAY.
Kelly (drawing her sword): He can’t finish the book if he’s dead.
Gary: What is it with you guys? Don’t you know who I am?
Kelly: Someone who’s going to be referred to in the past tense.
Jonathan: We can resolve this peacefully. Stop writing.
Gary: Sorry, Jonathan. Doesn’t work that way. You may think you have lives of your own, but I’m your creator. You’re going to have more adventures and I’m going to write them down. Deal with it.
Jonathan: You forget, magic doesn’t work on me.
Gary: Direct magic doesn’t work on you, Jonathan. I’m a writer so I can come at you in ways you can’t even begin to imagine.
Jonathan: Give me a break.
Gary: Kelly placed her sword against Jonathan’s throat.
Jonathan: Whoa, Kelly, move that sword!
Kelly: I didn’t put it there. That awful … no … wonderful writer did. Hey! Stop putting words in my mouth.
Gary: Sorry, guys. That’s my job. Your job is to have cool adventures I can share with people.
Jonathan: Can they be less painful?
Gary (shakes his head): Sorry.
Jonathan: Then at least let me get laid.
Gary: I’ll see what I can do.
Jonathan: Can Kelly move the sword now?
Gary nods.
Kelly: Why is Jonathan the main hero when I’m clearly the best?
Gary: He’s the one who tells me what happened.
Kelly: I want my own story, too. You free for lunch?
Gary: Sure. But leave the sword here.
Jonathan: What about me?
Kelly: Buy your own lunch.
Magic can be deadly…
When Private Investigator Jonathan Shade’s ex-lover walks into his Denver office asking him to prove her father didn’t commit the murder that dozens of witnesses saw and security cameras captured, Shade finds himself in the thick of magical intrigue. In a world where evil warlocks refuse to die, magically engineered assassins deal merciless death and ancient myths aren’t quite so mythical, only Shade and his sexy partner, Kelly, can stop a power-hungry sorcerer from taking over the world.
Too bad Shade doesn’t have any magic.
This is the first book in the Jonathan Shade series.