Bound (Alex Caine Book 1)

Alex Caine is a martial artist fighting in illegal cage matches. His powerful secret weapon is an unnatural vision that allows him to see his opponents’ moves before they know their intentions themselves. When enigmatic Englishman, Patrick Welby, shows Alex how to unleash a breathtaking realm of magic and power, Alex is drawn into a mind-bending adventure beyond his control.

A cursed grimoire binds Alex to Uthentia, a chaotic Fey godling, who leads him towards chaos and murder, an urge Alex finds harder and harder to resist. Befriended by Silhouette, a monstrous Kin beauty, Alex sets out to recover the only things that will free him-the shards of the Darak. But that powerful stone also has the potential to unleash a catastrophe which could mean the end of the world as we know it.

Bound is dark urban fantasy at its best!

“Alan Baxter delivers a heady mix of magic, monsters and bloody fights to the death. Nobody does kick-ass brutality like Baxter.” —Greig Beck, bestselling author, Beneath the Dark Ice and Dark Rising (Alex Hunter series)

“I had a lot of fun reading Alan Baxter’s Bound . . . It’s a teeth-gnashing, shadow-chasing, magesign-riddled sexy beast of a thing!” —Margo Lanagan, award-winning author, Sea Hearts and Tender Morsels

“If Stephen King and Jim Butcher ever had a love child then it would be Alan Baxter.” —Smash Dragons