The Wishmaster's Bargain

A wandering bar. A drink to die for. A debt that never ends.

In the gaslit alleys of New Orleans, there is a legend about a door that only appears when you’re desperate. Behind it lies a speakeasy that serves the finest amber liquor and grants your deepest desire. But the locals know better than to step inside.

Because in the Wishmaster’s Bar, the house always wins.

Sylar Crowe is done with magic. After barely surviving the Leaveaux House haunting, the former con man wants nothing more than a cheap bottle of whiskey and a quiet life. But when he witnesses a man’s throat torn out by a wish gone wrong, the city’s supernatural underbelly drags him back in.

The speakeasy is feeding on the misery of New Orleans, anchored by a soul trapped in a fifty-year-old contract. The police are baffled, the bodies are piling up, and the fog is hunting Sylar through the French Quarter.

Sylar knows he can’t overpower an ancient cosmic entity. But he knows something better: Magic is just a bureaucracy with teeth.

To save the city, Sylar must walk through that vanishing door and do the one thing he’s mastered better than any wizard alive: spot the loophole in the deal.

The con is on. The stakes are his soul. And this time, he’s gambling with the Devil’s own money.

"The Dresden Files meets Peaky Blinders in this gritty, atmospheric gaslamp fantasy. Perfect for fans of Ben Aaronovitch, Jim Butcher, and occult detective noirs."