The Mad Guardian

Jack saw firsthand the destruction the creature known as the Man In Black causes. It killed his adoptive parents, burnt his childhood home down, and would have killed him except for a chance meeting with a cop that saved his life. Now, he's part of a SWAT team that takes down evil in every form, and his life is almost perfect. He has the ring in his pocket to propose to his high school sweetheart, Lily, and he's almost ready.
Until the Man in Black returns.
With her blood on the monster's hands, a future tied into his long lost past looms, pulling him closer to a destiny that could mean the destruction of the world.
The Mad Guardian is a Contemporary Literary Fantasy novel complete at 62,000 words. It will appeal to fans of The Dresden Files with a more literary bent.