Mark Teppo

Another exclusive for you! Today we have the first two chapters from Mark Teppo’s Lightbreaker: The First Book of the Codex of Souls scheduled to be published by Night Shade Books in October of 2008.

Here is the summary to read before you dive into the chapters:

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.

We’d like to thank Night Shade Books and Mark Teppo for allowing us to be the venue to present this exclusive sample to you, enjoy!