My Name is Otto Schneider and I am a wizard. I think.When a missing person case brings me into contact with the only other supernatural creature I have ever seen, it’s not long before I am ass-deep in trouble.The police don’t like me, there’s a clandestine organisation who want me to join them, and what might be a demon trying to catch me. When I refuse to play ball with any of them, my life … any of them, my life starts to get tough, but I had no idea how low they might stoop to force my hand.
Soon they will find out just how badly they underestimated me.
Somehow, I need to escape captivity, cross to a mysterious demon realm, rescue a girl, and find my way back. Easy, right? It might be if they hadn’t confiscated my wand.
Thankfully, I’m not alone, I have a powerful werewolf as an ally. If only he wasn’t such an annoying, snarky d-bag.
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A non stop book of magical angst. Murders and mayhem. Otto is a wizard trying to help find out what is killing and kidnapping people. He is a detective and solves missing person cases. He has a tumultuous relationship with the police. They are very sceptical about him and distrust him. He is arrested and meets a werewolf. Then more murders and disappearances happen. The police break down and call him in as a special consultant. He is urgently looking for a entity that has hurt his wife and put her in a coma. This is a great series so far and I have to read book 2. Don’t miss the supernatural gem. Received ARC copy of this book and this is my honest opinion.
Untethered Magic: A wizard in Bremen is the first book in The Realm of False Gods series and is a fabulous start to this new paranormal series!
Steve Higgs has given us a laugh-out-loud paranormal mystery story about Otto Schneider, a wizard who specializes in finding missing people. This book is well written and has mystery, magic, mayhem, goblins, demons, action, adventure, humour, and so much more.
I cannot wait for the next book in this fantastic series.
I read and reviewed this book with no obligation.
This is book 1 of A wizard in Bremen Part 1 in The Realm of False Gods. The story takes place in the German town of Bremen. This is the same town where the Brothers Grimm placed their fairy tale of “Town Musicians of Bremen”. Not that they have anything to do with each other, but it did stop me trying to figure out where I knew Bremen Germany from.
Everyone knows that magic isn’t real. Everyone, that is, except for those, like Otto, who have some supernatural powers. When odd events start happening in Bremen, Otto who’s a private detective and specializes in finding missing persons begins to look a little closer at what’s going on. Only when he does, those behind those odds events begin to look a little closer at Otto.
Of course, there’s a whole lot more that happens throughout this book and I’m definitely recommending that if you like Urban Fantasy, you need to read this book. And go ahead and get Book 2 Unleashed Magic while you at it. You’re going to want to dive right into that one as soon as you’ve finished this one.
Steve Higgs is a fantastic writer. He has the ability to keep the reader totally engrossed in the story and you just want more. And just wait, he’ll give it to you.
Couldn’t get a feel for the protagonist though the cop Heikl and the werewolf were cool.
Otto Schneider is a licensed private detective in Bremen, Germany with an edge — he has magical abilities that help him solve cases — and has just located the body of a missing man whose family hired Otto to find. As with other recent cases, he notes the young man has a single suction wound to his neck, but as he prepares to call the police, he notices an ugly goblin-like creature prowling the street and a battle ensues. Just as the police arrive, the goblin sweeps its hand to summon a wall of shimmering air and steps backward, leaving Otto alone on the cold dark street to face the skeptical Bremen police.
The young man is the most recent victim in a spate of inexplicable murders, all killed by a single small suction wound to the neck. Detective Sergeant Schenk ridicules Otto’s veiled explanations and tries to rope him into admitting guilt, but another of Otto’s gifts is that he can tell the angry detective is lying about his confirmation of Otto’s guilt. He leaves the station a free, if suspected, man, but shortly afterward a senior officer, Detective Lieutenant Heike Dressler, knocks on his door to reveal she believes Otto — she witnessed magic as a child — and wants to bring him on board as a consultant.
What they discover defies imagination: the veil between the mortal and immortal world is weakening, and supernaturals are crossing back and forth to kill and kidnap humans, as well as generally wreak havoc. The creatures, known as shilt, are often accompanied by a well-dressed older human, Edward, who is the familiar of Daniel, a senior demon. As it turns out, Otto is all too well-acquainted with Daniel: he found him standing over the body of his comatose wife, Kerstin, nine months earlier.
When several humans, including Heike, a teenaged girl, and a junior police officer, Nieswand, are kidnapped by Daniel, he and a recent otherworldly acquaintance, Zachary, travel into the immortal realm to rescue the hostages, shocking those in power with his advanced abilities. However, he must make a deal with a demon – literally – to save his friend and the girl, one that will cost him dearly, but his conscience won’t permit him to act otherwise.
After dealing mockingly with the paranormal in the Blue Moon series, Steve Higgs formally advances into that well-trod territory in his first novel of the new Realm of False Gods series. Otto’s initial quest promises adventure, daring, and not-so-simple human decency and bravery, in a series not to be missed.