The Emperor's Opal (The Journals of Preston Black) Review

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The Emperor's Opal (The Journals of Preston Black) ReviewThis thoroughly enjoyable book captured my imagination almost immediately. Once I started reading I just did not want to stop until the story was finished. I loved the tone and the sort of snarky attitude. The voice was an almost perfect blend of naïve wonderment and suave detachment. If you do not believe those two attitudes can co-exist, then you really need to read this book.
This story successfully capitalizes on an oft over-looked merchandising aspect - that of purveying all sorts of magical and mundane items for an unusually selective, demanding, and non-traditional clientele. A young marketing whiz named Preston Black encounters a beautiful young woman who, he learns, is working towards her Doctorate in Wizardry. This young lady, Tamantha McKinley, introduces him to her mentors as a prospective candidate for a new, urgently needed regional appointment. Not long after, Preston is presented with an opportunity he can not refuse. Not particularly tactful by nature, watching Preston adapt and then accept a most challenging assignment held me spellbound. Not long after his appointment Preston accepts a commission to try to locate a precious gem missing for over five-hundred years. This magnificent, fiery opal is imbued with magical properties; magical properties that could potentially arrest and reverse the decline of an entire supernatural species. Filled with action, adventure, and an unusual assortment of cohorts and villains, this is the beginning of a planned series entitled, aptly enough, The Journals of Preston Black. I am very much looking forward to the next entry in his journal.The Emperor's Opal (The Journals of Preston Black) OverviewVampires were dying. So what? Six months ago, I wouldn't have cared. My name is Preston Black and until quite recently, I was a senior partner in a small, but successful advertising firm, a confirmed bachelor and a stay-at-home New Yorker. Then, while stopping in for a beer at a pub in Greenwich Village, I met Tamantha McKinley, a student at the New York campus of the University of Wizardry. Yeah, really. All I wanted was a date. Instead I got pulled into a world where vampires, along with ghouls, faeries, pixies and trolls went from being creatures of fantasy to things as real as you and me. I got an offer I couldn't refuse and became the proprietor of the only store catering to the needs of New York's magical community.As crazy as that was, what happened next was worse. I was commissioned by a Count of the Spanish Vampire Court to find a very special white opal named Orphanus. The opal, lost 500 years previously, was believed to have magical properties that might save the vampires. While difficult, this quest wasn't supposed to be dangerous. That would all change as new players entered the game. The line between good and evil became increasingly blurred. I was forced to rethink all I believed in while Tammy and I were racing across central Europe, dodging sorcerers, demons and magical traps. Tamantha McKinley, my newly minted wizard partner, would be tested as we neared the end of our journey. You see, Orphanus, the Emperor's Opal, contained enough magical power to greatly enhance the abilities of any magical creature and Tammy was both gifted and ambitious. I wasn't at all sure she would be able to resist its lure once we found it. What would happen to her if she couldn't? For that matter, what would happen to me?

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