Wizard Series by Simon Hawke

Here, at last, is the story of how the Wizard series began, when Merlin returns to become the Wizard of 4th Street and lead the world out of the second dark age by bringing back magic.

The prequel to this series is called The Wizard of Camelot.Wyrdrune is a student wizard with a penchant for botching spells when he meets Kira, a street-wise cutie, at an auction for the mysterious and powerful Euphrates rune stones. But he has no idea, when he tries to steal them, that the stones have already chosen him for a great adventure. From the author of the popular Timewars series.

Student wizard Wyrdrunne and street-wise Kira share a telepathic dream that calls them to England to save Camelot's last survivor. United with a shady French witch, a 300-pound fairy and a feisty English punk, this unlikely team must prevail over the awesome, ancient power stalking London.

In this sequel to the popular Wizard of Whitechapel, Wydrune the Warlock must stop the Dark Ones who are turning Hollywood into a fantasy land of eternal horror. Accompanied by his strange band of friends, Wydrune searches for a murderous devil plaguing Tinseltown.

Darkness in the City of Light….A beautiful model is found murdered with ancient runes carved into her body. An artist known for drunken rages is arrested and charged with ritual murder... moreDarkness in the City of Light….A beautiful model is found murdered with ancient runes carved into her body. An artist known for drunken rages is arrested and charged with ritual murder. As the bearers of the runestones --Wyrdrune, a dropout warlock; Kira, a cat burglar; Modred, the immortal son of the legendary King Arthur; and Billy Slade, a London punk possessed by the spirit of Merlin the Magician -- respond to a friend’s plea to help save an innocent man, Parisian street children start to disappear without a trace and a series of savage killings brings new horror to the Rue Morgue.And beneath the streets of Paris, in the sewers and the Catacombs filled with the dusty bones of the victims of the guillotine, the immortal Dark Ones prepare a deadly plan to destroy the enchanted runestones and their avatars and unleash a bestial army that will drown the streets of Paris in a sea of blood…. less

Horror of the Rising Sun....Tokyo, Japan, the 23rd Century: in a teeming metropolis powered by a blend of technology and magic, something inhuman is stalking the streets at night and slaughtering young women. Inspector Akiro Katayama, sorcerer agent in charge of investigating crimes involving magic, only has only one clue to work with - the scale of a dragon... moreHorror of the Rising Sun....Tokyo, Japan, the 23rd Century: in a teeming metropolis powered by a blend of technology and magic, something inhuman is stalking the streets at night and slaughtering young women. Inspector Akiro Katayama, sorcerer agent in charge of investigating crimes involving magic, only has only one clue to work with - the scale of a dragon.Desperate to solve the case, Katayama enlists the aid of a streetwise homicide detective and Japan's most famous wizard, but they have no idea of the awesome power they're dealing with. The only ones who understand the threat are the four people chosen by an ancient spell to stop it - a bumbling young warlock, a beautiful cat burglar, an English punk possessed by the spirit of Merlin the Magician, and the immortal son of the legendary King Arthur. Only they know the truth about the seductive necromancer who's behind the killings, but can they help Katayama stop her before she casts the most deadly spell of all? less

Slaughter in Santa Fe....The body of the nearest victim was on his back. His shirt had been torn open and his chest was mutilated, bloody runic symbols carved into it. But the eyes were what Loomis couldn't stop staring at. They were completely bleached out. They looked like opaque, milky white marbles... moreSlaughter in Santa Fe....The body of the nearest victim was on his back. His shirt had been torn open and his chest was mutilated, bloody runic symbols carved into it. But the eyes were what Loomis couldn't stop staring at. They were completely bleached out. They looked like opaque, milky white marbles.With the coming of the Second Thaumaturgic Age, magic has returned to Santa Fe and adept Paul Ramirez has come back to the city of his birth to pass on the old knowledge he has gained from his teacher, the legendary Merlin Ambrosius. However, he soon finds himself helping the police track down a vicious serial killer who is using necromancy to drain his victims of their souls.In way over his head, Ramirez receives help from the unlikeliest of sources: a beautiful cat burglar, a drop-out warlock, a Cockney punk possessed by spirits, and a tough-talking, one-eyed thaumagenetic feline known as Catseye Gomez. But is this peculiar crew enough to stop an evil from the dawn of time? less

Catseye Gomez, the savvy, magical, talking stray cat from The Wizard of Sante Fe returns in his own Rocky Mountain mystery involving a beautiful, ambitious broadcaster. When the young television journalist is killed by a car bomb, Gomez the feline detective pursues all the clues, as well as the victim's sexy calico.Catseye, P.I. Name’s Gomez. I’m a cat. And yeah, I talk. Because in an age of magic, nothing’s quite what it seems... moreCatseye Gomez, the savvy, magical, talking stray cat from The Wizard of Sante Fe returns in his own Rocky Mountain mystery involving a beautiful, ambitious broadcaster. When the young television journalist is killed by a car bomb, Gomez the feline detective pursues all the clues, as well as the victim's sexy calico.Catseye, P.I. Name’s Gomez. I’m a cat. And yeah, I talk. Because in an age of magic, nothing’s quite what it seems. When you combine magic with genetic engineering, predators and crooks take on a thousand different forms. So do the good guys. Denver was a new town, new turf for an old stray tom like me. I came in search of a fresh start, but what I found was criminal. It all began when Susan Jacobs, an ambitious and beautiful young broadcaster, met up with a car bomb that blew a lot more than her ratings sky high. After what happened in New Mexico, I needed a case like this like I needed a big hairball. But Susan Jacobs had a sexy little calico whose lambent golden eyes had a look in them that made it really hard to just say no….So together with a Zippo-snapping, studded leather rebel cop named Leventhal, I’m prowling the streets and alleys of the Mile High City among political whack-jobs, religious nuts, media weasels, talking snakes, gutter sorcerers and wizard wannabes, on a cat-and-mouse hunt for a killer. And when I find out who it is, the fur is really gonna fly… less

In order to survive a necromantic ambush, the mystic Runestones merge Wyrdrune the bumbling warlock, cockney kid Billy Slade, immortal king Gorlois, deadly Mordred, and the great Merlin into one being.

The Runestones' Avatars -- Wyrdrune, Kira, Angelo, and Slade -- are finallybacked by the entire military in their war against the necromantic Dark Ones...but it may be too little, and far too late. For on a dragon-infested peak, Talon, the most brilliant of the evil immortals, has already captured all the surviving Dark Ones. Here near Tucson he leeches their life force to empower a cult of sorcerous assassins programmed to launch a worldwide slaughter spree... moreThe Runestones' Avatars -- Wyrdrune, Kira, Angelo, and Slade -- are finallybacked by the entire military in their war against the necromantic Dark Ones...but it may be too little, and far too late. For on a dragon-infested peak, Talon, the most brilliant of the evil immortals, has already captured all the surviving Dark Ones. Here near Tucson he leeches their life force to empower a cult of sorcerous assassins programmed to launch a worldwide slaughter spree. And each murder feeds Talon, giving him more power than the spirits and the Runestones. The Avatars think they're battling an evil wizard. But they're about to face a mad god... less