Fire isn't always an element of destruction. Classical alchemical doctrine teaches that it also has dominion over another province: change.

Molly was arrested. Possession.” I blinked at him. “She was possessed?

My office is in a building in midtown Chicago. It's an older building, and not in the best of shape, especially since there was that problem with the elevator last year. I don't care what anyone says, that wasn't my fault. when a giant scorpion the size of an Irish wolfhound is tearing its way through the roof of your elevator car, you get real willing to take desperate measures.

I love being a wizard. Every day is like Disneyland.

The only good thing about having your back to the wall is that it makes it really easy to choose which way you're going to go.

Thomas has the kind of whiter-than-white boyish grin that makes women's panties spontaneously evaporate.

I know how you feel," I said. "You run into something you totally don't get, and it's scary as hell. But once you learn something about it, it gets easier to handle. Knowledge counters fear. It always has.