Power of the People

Magic is the weapon. Demon knights are the target. Lillas Mikkinnan is the main suspect. She was born to kill knights. All demon cleaners are. At 18 years old, she has a body count higher than cleaners 3 times her age. The spectral human controls the elements and has been known to wield fire as a weapon. "The Charcoal Maker" is a moniker she earned by literally turning her enemies' organs to coal. The demon knights have very real reasons to suspect she'd go on a murder spree.

But they're wrong. Lillas has never killed in cold blood, only in defense of herself and others. Knights die at her hands because they play too much. Possessing or harming the weaker mono humans is the fastest way to gain the wrong attention from any cleaner, let alone one known to treat knights with extreme prejudice. Most importantly, when Lillas executes someone, EVERYONE knows. She is power. Power has no fear. Power doesn't lie.

With bodies hitting the floor left and right, the knights care about none of this. She either finds the real killer, or the whole city's gotta go.

Power of the People is book one of the "Demon Cleaner" series. It's an urban fantasy in the vein of "Bright" or Kim Harrison's "Hollows" series. While there are no fairies, there are vampires, magicians, empowered humans, spectral humans, and regular mono humans. The focus of PotP is the war between demon knights and demon cleaners. Later installments of the series will bring in other species into the mix. PotP is complete at 127,000 words.

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