The Cost of Opening (The Grim Arcana #2)

By Geoffrey Thorne
The Cost of Opening (The Grim Arcana #2) by Geoffrey Thorne digital book - Fable

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The city of Arcana sits on the edge... of this world and the next... of magic and physics... of everything you wish for and everything you fear.

It is a wonderful place, full of sorcerers, magical creatures and even the occasional god.

It is a terrible place, full of sorcerers, magical creatures and even the occasional god.

Everything that has ever terrified anyone from under a bed or the creepy house at the end of the street or their own nightmares has passed through Arcana before coming into the world.

It is ruled by the Arcanas, major and minor, powerful beings who keep the peace between dark and light. Neither good nor evil they watch over the city that bears their name enforcing the Law of Balance with swift, often brutal, hands. Or talons.
But, lately, the Arcanas have been slipping.

The Balance isn't being protected as it should. Demons not only walk the Earth they sit next to you at the diner, licking your soul.
It's bad; Book of Revelations bad. Mayan Calendar bad. Necronomicon bad.

The Balance is shifting.

Someone has to keep the Balance if the Arcanas won't.

Someone has to protect this world from the things of the Other.
That someone is Grim.

He and his friends- Dex... the tough guy, Flora.. the witch, Sherman... the thief, Belladona... the huntress and Mr. Sun... the merchant- place themselves in the breach, holding back the dark things and the bright things before they can get into the world.

The Grim Arcana tells their stories. Find out who lives, who dies and who (or what) the hell Grim is anyway in these stories set in a world that is enough like ours to be familiar but different enough to steal your soul.

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About Geoffrey Thorne

Geoffrey Thorne is an American novelist and screenwriter.

Thorne was born in the United States. After a successful career as a television actor, Thorne began writing professionally, winning Second Prize in Simon & Schuster's sixth annual Strange New Worlds anthology with his story "The Soft Room." He went on to publish more stories in several media tie-in anthologies as well as the Star Trek: Titan novel Sword of Damocles.

Other stories he has written include contributions to MV Media''s anthology Steam Funk, Ellery Queen's Mystery Magazine, and the neo-pulp webzine Astonishing Adventures! Magazine.

As a screenwriter, Thorne has worked with Kickstart Entertainment, Disney and Cartoon Network to develop several properties for television in both live-action and animated formats.

He was a writer for Law & Order: Criminal Intent, Ben 10: Ultimate Alien & Omniverse and seasons 3,4 and 5 of TNT's Leverage.

In 2014 Lion Forge Entertainment and NBC-Universal tapped Thorne to reboot the global fan favorite TV series, KNIGHT RIDER in comic book form.

Thorne is the co-creator of PHANTOM CANYON, an audio drama from Pendant Productions set to debut in 2014.

Thorne is also a co-founder and writing partner of GENRE 19, a studio he formed with artist Todd Harris in 2008.

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