Chasing Magic
core novel 2012 Downside Ghosts
Record
| First published | 2012 |
|---|---|
| Original language |  EN |
| Work type | novel |
| Canon status | core |
| Reader rating | 4.20 (5,680 ratings, collected 2026-11-06) |
| First-edition ISBN | 9780345527523 |
| Internal chronology | 5 |
Synopsis
Chess Putnam, a magic-wielding Churchwitch and secret addict, uncovers a black-magic scheme that has tainted Downside's drug supply. Users are losing their souls and committing brutal murders. Chess must stop the spreading death-magic and a looming war between the two men in her life, and doing so may cost her own life. The novel is the fifth in Stacia Kane's Downside Ghosts series, published by Del Rey as a mass market paperback of about 384 pages in July 2012. It is set in the same dark urban fantasy world in which the dead have risen and the Church of Real Truth controls the response.
Where it sits
- Universe: Downside Ghosts
- Series: Downside Ghosts core; position 5 of 5 in the series' recorded order
- Author: Stacia Kane
Notes
- Del Rey paperback, June 2012
- From the series record (Downside Ghosts): Chess Putnam, a witch and ghost debunker, takes dangerous jobs in a Church-ruled world where the dead rose.
Neighbouring works
Publication order and internal chronology are tracked as two separate orderings, but they resolve to the exact same sequence for this book, so one combined line is shown instead of two identical ones.
- Reading order, within the series Downside Ghosts: position 5 of 5: previous Sacrificial Magic (2012)
Sources
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