Hell Bent
core novel 2013 Allie Beckstrom
Record
| First published | 2013 |
|---|---|
| Original language |  EN |
| Work type | novel |
| Canon status | core |
| Reader rating | 3.95 (1,589 ratings, collected 2026-11-04) |
| First-edition ISBN | 9780451417923 |
| Internal chronology | 1 |
Synopsis
Shamus Shame Flynn, a sharp-tongued Death magic user, works a desk job monitoring the city's magic users. Although the most dangerous magic was sealed away three years earlier, people are still hunting for it. Shame has found a way to break magic and restore its old power, but he needs the help of Terric Conley, a Life magic user who enforces magical law and refuses to join him. When a corrupt government faction and a vengeful assassin target the people they care about, Shame breaks magic anyway, pays the price and goes after the killers into hell and back.
Where it sits
- Universe: Allie Beckstrom
- Series: Broken Magic core; position 1 of 4 in the series' recorded order
- Author: Devon Monk
Notes
- Mass market paperback released 5 November 2013 per the bookscouter listing.
- From the series record (Broken Magic): Four spin-off novels about Shame Flynn and Terric Conley, two Breakers who wield Death and Life magic, set after the events of the Allie Beckstrom books.
Neighbouring works
Publication order and internal chronology are tracked as two separate orderings and are never conflated: a book's place in one says nothing about its place in the other.
- Publication order, within the series Broken Magic: position 1 of 4: next Stone Cold (2014)
- Internal chronology, within Allie Beckstrom: position 2 of 13: previous Magic to the Bone (2008) · next Magic in the Blood (2009)
Sources
← Allie Beckstrom dossier · All universes
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