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Lightbreaker

The First Book of the Codex of Souls


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Markham has returned to Seattle, searching for Katarina, the girl who, a decade ago, touched his soul, literally tearing it from his body. But what he discovers upon arriving is dark magick . . . of a most ancient and destructive kind.

An encounter with a desperate spirit, leaping destructively from host to host, sets Markham on the trail of secretive cabal of magicians seeking to punch a hole through heaven, extinguishing forever the divine spark. Armed with the Chorus, a phantasmal chain of human souls he wields as a weapon of will, Markham must engage in a magickal battle with earth-shattering stakes.

Markham must delve deep into his past, calling on every aspect of his occult training for there to be any hope of a future. But delve he must, for Markham is a veneficus, a spirit thief, the Lightbreaker . . .

From newcomer Mark Teppo comes Lightbreaker, an explosive, action-packed occult thriller combining Western magick, Hermetic traditions, and shamanism.

Beyond good . . . beyond evil . . . Lightbreaker.

"Grim and refined, Teppo's aggressive near-noir is rich and strange—heavily and deftly textured. It's got a punch that'll leave you rattled, intrigued, and tasting blood."
—Cherie Priest, author of Four and Twenty Blackbirds and Not Flesh Nor Feathers

"Lightbreaker is a damn good book. It throws some new curves into the Urban Fantasy ride. I think you've got a big, fat hit in your hands."
—Kat Richardson, author of Greywalker

Cover Art by Chris McGrath


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This is a work of fiction. All the characters and events portrayed in this book are fictional, and any resemblance to real people or incidents is purely coincidental.

First printing, April 2009

Distributed by Night Shade Books
1423 33rd Avenue
San Francisco, CA 94122

www.nightshadebooks.com

Electronic version by WebWrights
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ISBN-13: 978-1-5978-0138-6
ISBN-10: 1-5978-0138-0

Copyright© 2009 by Mark Teppo
This edition of
Lightbreaker: The First Book of the Codex of Souls
© 2009 by Night Shade Books

Art © 2009 by Chris McGrath
Design by Darius Hinks
Interior layout and design by Ross E. Lockhart
Edited by Marty Halpern

All rights reserved, including the right to reproduce this book or portions thereof in any form.


This one is for Cooper.

 

Praise For Mark Teppo and Lightbreaker

"Grim and refined, Teppo's aggressive near-noir is rich and strange—heavily and deftly textured. It's got a punch that'll leave you rattled, intrigued, and tasting blood."

—Cherie Priest, author of Fathom and
Four and Twenty Blackbirds

"Lightbreaker is a damn good book. It throws some new curves into the Urban Fantasy ride. I think you've got a big, fat hit in your hands."

—Kat Richardson, author of Underground
and Greywalker

"...good story with a nice twist."

—Post-Weird Thoughts

"With Lightbreaker, Mark Teppo has built something out of shadow and starlight that grabs the reader and simply won't let go. The story is dark and dense and beautifully written. It is also eerie and morally complex and yet ultimately hopeful. Perhaps more to the point, it's simply a damn good read and I'm very much looking forward to seeing what Teppo does next."

—Kelly McCullough, author of WebMage
and Cybermancy

"...awash in unpredictable emotions."

—The Green Man Review

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