A Boon For Baphomet (itaku) (volume 1) [Paperback]

December in SEAplex. 'Tis the season for magic and mayhem!

Then again, it's always the season for magic and mayhem when you're a youngmage in the itaku underground, living outside the gilded cages of themegacorps. Sure, it's dangerous running illegal side jobs for thehypercapitalist power class, but the hours are good and the pay evenbetter (if you survive). Besides, danger is relative in 2074: a worldthrown into chaos by ecological disaster, the return of magic, and thedissolution of the old nation-state order.

This unlikely team ofitakus has a knack for survival, even when the job goes pear-shaped. AnEnochian mage with more talent than common sense. A spirit-punchingranger on a mission from Grandma. A misanthropic veterinarian who's lost his license but none of his gruff. A chromed up hacker with a passionfor union organizing. A gifted drone rigger chasing idoru dreams.

When a coalition of satanists hires them to infiltrate a military-industrial powerhouse on the eve of the winter solstice, this itaku team thinks it sounds like a fun paycheck in the name of guerrilla art. But the gigturns out to be anything but a walk in the office park, and nothing isas it seems in this cyberpunk fantasy caper.

CAUTION: contains irresponsible use of magic, disheveled mohawks, rogue drones, and fashion sharp enough to kill!