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Black magick
128 pages
A tense, shadowy procedural where the mundane grit of detective work collides with the perilous secrets of the occult.
What it feels like
Reading this graphic novel feels like walking a tightrope between two incompatible worlds. It delivers the brisk, grounded satisfaction of a gritty police procedural while constantly threatening to pull the reader into the shadowy, dangerous depths of the occult. The atmosphere is steeped in a noir-tinged paranoia, driven by the constant, creeping dread of exposure. As the protagonist's carefully compartmentalized lives begin to bleed together, the narrative builds a suspenseful, ominous momentum. The visual storytelling leans into this tension, contrasting the mundane reality of law enforcement with the hidden, perilous reality of magic. It is a perfect fit for readers who love urban fantasy with a hardboiled edge, offering a dark, propulsive exploration of what happens when deeply buried secrets are dragged into the light.
- Mood
- shadowy
- ominous
- noir-tinged
- paranoid
- Tone
- tense
- gritty
- suspenseful
- serious
- Pace
- brisk
- Themes
- hidden identities · colliding worlds · dangerous secrets · the burden of a double life
- The writing
- Visually driven and atmospheric, blending the sharp, grounded dialogue of a police procedural with the dark, evocative imagery of the occult.
- The arc
- Moves from the anxious maintenance of a precarious double life to a tense, high-stakes struggle against exposure.
- Who it's for
- Readers who crave the gritty realism of a detective story intertwined with the shadowy, high-stakes tension of urban fantasy.
Content notes
- stalking or targeted harassment
- violence
- occult themes
About the book
Rowan Black is a detective with the Portsmouth PD... and a witch, two aspects of her life she has struggled to keep separate. Now, someone is targeting Rowan, someone who knows her secrets and means to expose her... or worse. -- publisher web site.
Description from Open Library.
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