Obsidian Son (the Temple Chronicles) (volume 1) [Paperback]

The Minotaur  a violent creature spawned from Greek legends  has become a Buddhist. Oblivious to his change in dogma, Nate Temple  part-time wizard, full-time bookstore owner, and well-timed smartass  seeks him out to find answers about dragons for a mysterious new client. But cow-tipping him might not have been the best opening move, especially after hes booted straight into the waiting arms of the police, who have questions about the unique murder of his parents  questions that he never could have anticipated. Shape-shifting dragons are dead set on taking over his city, murdering bookstore owners all over town. Nate, never one to back down from an impossible fight, decides to stake a flag under the St. Louis Arch, declaring it immune to a reptile dysfunction. But dragons begin to crawl out of the stonework, hungry for a fire-roasted wizard kabob. Between battling a pack of renegade gargoyles, and slaying a dragon in a high-speed car chase in broad daylight, Temple finds his magical anonymity challenged by the journalistic efforts of the five oclock news. Nate must learn the truth of a stunning betrayal that leads all the way back to his parents murder if he hopes to save everyone he cares about. But not before dishing out a world of hurt on the dragons with his new motley crew of Black-Ops supernaturals to do a little dragon hunting.