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A DEADLY HIGH
Magic-wielding Churchwitch and secret addict Chess Putnam knows better than anyone just how high a price people are willing to pay for a chemical rush. But when someone with money to burn and a penchant for black magic starts tampering with Downside’s drug supply, Chess...
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Ridiculously Simplified Synopsis edit
Characters edit
- Chess Putnam: Church Witch and ghost Debunker, Terrible's girlfriend, drug addict.
- Terrible: Chess' boyfriend, Bump's enforcer
- Lex: Runs the "other" gang in Downside, used to sleep with Chess.
- Bump: Drug lord
- Mr. and Mrs. Darnell: Couple whose ghost claim was debunked by Chess
- Galena: Edsel's wife
- Edsel: Owns a booth in the Market and friend of Chess.
- Elder Griffin: Church elder who has a fondness for Chess and she for him.
- Keith Richard Freeling: Elder Griffin's fiance.
- Rickride: Drug dealer
- Marianna Blake: Young woman from the uptown side of town who was hanging out with Rickride, one of Bump's dealers.
- Kyle Baker: Marianna's father
Quotes edit
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“I ain't...Don't know how to say it up right. Never--Fuck, Chess. Thought you was dead once before, you recall? Never felt so bad in my life, not ever. Then on the other day, thought you was gone and just....I can't do it, bein without you.”
Terrible -
“Shit. You so fuckin pretty, Chessie. True thing. So … ain’t even can breathe sometimes.”
Terrible -
“Ain’t ever been the type for lazin, aye?” His hands slid down over her hips. “Why we ain’t leave now, I show you—”
Terrible -
“Mine, Chessie." <...> "Aye? Fuckin--mine. Not his”
Terrible -
“How I can do that one, aye? Leave my Chessiebomb there without me.”
Terrible -
“Love you, Chessie,” he murmured. “Ain’t never … Fuckin love you, more’n anything.”
Terrible -
“All that time, this was what she'd been scared of. And as she stood there looking into his eyes, seeing the dampness of hers echoed there, she understood - fully understood for the first time - that what she was truly afraid of was that if she could be happy, if she could love someone and be loved back, that meant maybe she wasn't as bad as she'd always thought. Maybe she was worth something, and if she was worth something, it might mean making some changes.”
Chess -
““That was the problem with love, though, wasn't it. It couldn't be helped, couldn't be controlled. It just roared in and took whatever it wanted, destroyed whatever it wanted; the most dangerous addiction of all, because nobody survived it intact. But an addiction that was impossible to let go.””
Setting & Locations edit
First Sentence edit
All of the documents were in place: the Affidavit of Spectural Fraud, the Statement of Truth, two Orders of Imprisonment and two orders of Rellinquishment, and, of course, the list of Church approved attorneys.
Table of Contents edit
Chapters 1-29
Series & Lists edit
This is book 5 of 8 in Downside Ghosts. (standard series)
Preceded by Sacrificial Magic.
Authors & Contributors edit
- Stacia Kane (Author)
First Edition edit
Original Language: English
Publisher: Del Rey
Country: USA
Publication Date: June 26, 2012
ISBN: 978-0345527523
Page Count: 400
Publisher: Del Rey
Country: USA
Publication Date: June 26, 2012
ISBN: 978-0345527523
Page Count: 400
Classification edit
- Library of Congress: Add the Library of Congress Classification.
- Dewey: 813
Subjects edit
Links to Supplemental Material edit
- Stacia Kane: Author's website
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