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Obsidian Son
Nate Temple · Book 1 · 2012
Audiobook available · 11 hr 11 min
Nate Temple has inherited money, owns a bookstore and happens to be a wizard. In St. Louis, his parents’ mysterious deaths draw him into a struggle involving dragons who can take human form.
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What makes it funny?
The opening gives a prank the treatment of a dangerous secret mission: Nate is sneaking up on the Minotaur to tip him over. His phone interrupts the magical stealth, and the bravado gets harder to maintain when his target stands up.
The comedy at work
Nate talks himself into the role of fearless adventurer, then supplies the embarrassing corrections himself. Mythological threats share the page with bodily jokes, while wisecracks and banter accompany the supernatural danger.
Try this if…
A prospect for urban-fantasy readers who want a boastful wizard, an American city full of supernatural trouble and frequent wisecracks. Nate’s self-mocking narration is as much a draw as the dragon investigation.
Good to know
The humor includes profanity and sexual jokes. Women’s appearances receive repeated sexual attention, an aspect criticized in Cameron Kobes’s review.
A few distinguishing details
- A wizard and bookstore owner in St. Louis
- A cow-tipping prank aimed at the Minotaur
More funny urban fantasy
Sources & further reading
- Audiobook edition
Book information
- Book information & sample
Book information
- Cameron W. Kobes review
Review
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