The Dark Sorcerer's Intern

A Humorous Urban Fantasy

Gavin Brown

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Podium Publishing
04 February 2025

Fantasy

Series: Dark Sorcerer's Intern

A supernaturally inept student lands himself an internship with the world's most infamous sorcerer in the first book of this humorous fantasy series.

Bryce Alexander isn't exactly on a path to wizardly renown. In fact, his latest rejection from the Arcane Arts program at the Kotodama Institute has pretty much guaranteed his dream of attending magical college is over. But rather than give in to despair and join the manager training program at Samba Smoothies, he does something incredibly daring, unexpected, and . . . stupid. He sneaks into the Queens warehouse where the Dark Sorcerer Zambrano has recently been spotted and offers up his service as an apprentice.

The good news is Bryce is somehow so unattuned to magic that he isn't even affected by the literally crushing effects of Zambrano's defenses. The bad news is Bryce is somehow so unattuned to magic that he has literally zero chance of ever becoming a sorcerer. Still, Zambrano is convinced Bryce's mystical maladroitness could be an asset when it comes to infiltrating the hiding places of his enemies, and he enlists him as an intern to assist him in his supposedly nefarious causes.

Suddenly, Bryce has gone from slinging protein shakes to navigating a world of preternatural grudges, cursed objects, demonic power plays, and FBI plots. Because interning for the Lord of Havok isn't taking memos and running out for coffee; it's engaging in an otherworldly battle, in which Bryce's total lack of supernatural skills could spell the difference between life and apocalypse . . .

Filled with fast-paced action and side-splitting banter, The Dark Sorcerer's Intern is the first installment of a contemporary fantasy guaranteed to keep you laughing and guessing to the very last page.

By: Gavin Brown
Imprint: Podium Publishing
Volume: 1
Dimensions: Height: 216mm, Width: 140mm, Spine: 15mm
Weight: 331g
ISBN: 9781039475557
ISBN 10: 1039475558
Series: Dark Sorcerer's Intern
Pages: 256
Publication Date: 04 February 2025
Audience: General/trade , ELT Advanced
Format: Paperback
Publisher's Status: Active

Gavin Brown is a novelist, video game director, and entrepreneur. His books include Josh Baxter Levels Up, Monster Club: Hunters for Hire, and installments of the 39 Clues and Spirit Animals series. He also created hit indie mobile game Blindscape and directed the 39 Clues, Spirit Animals, and Scholastic's Home Base video games. Brown lives in a former ice cream factory in New York City.