TheYoung Demonkeeper

*Publishers Weekly review*

"This enjoyably light-hearted fantasy novel, trading on romance and humor abetted by magic, demons, witches, and spells tells the story of a naïve young Brit, Paul, who summons a demon with a spell he finds in an old book. Instead of getting a demon to serve as his personal slave, he gets Scarth, an irritating, stupid, voraciously hungry creature who loves ice cream but also consumes people. Paul quickly realizes that Scarth is not what he wanted and attempts to send him back. However, he is confronted by Lord Roath of the Inner Circle of Pain, Destroyer of Peace, Crusher of Souls. Lord Roath explains that he has the right to refuse to take Scarth back and Paul is stuck with him for the next 500 years or so. Paul heads to London, hoping to find someone who can help. It's going to take a lot of help, but Paul finds it in “Dumpster,” a Pub’s arm-wrestling champ, Vanessa, a Wicca, and ebullient professor “Oz” Dawkins. What follows is a series of amusing adventures and misadventures that lead to a dangerous attempt to return the irritating but endearing Scarth -- all of which may result in Paul’s exile to the underworld. This debut is reminiscent of Piers Anthony’s Xanth series (minus the puns) but with much the same adolescent innocence confronting adult situations."