This Moonshine Wizard story takes place approximately four years before the events in the novel, The First Chronicle of the Moonshine Wizard: A Fist of Thorns.
Waylon “Bert” Drake is a young wizard from the Ozarks. Wielding his wizard staff and his sarcastically witty sword, he’s taken a job working with a group of bounty hunters that specialize in hunting the supernatural. He wants to be a part of the team and prove himself, only he doesn't fit in too well with the tight knit group and is told to stay in the rear. When the rogue vampire they are hunting pulls a few tricks out of his sleeve and shows them he is much more deadly than they had believed, Bert finds himself in a fight for his life on his very first job.

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