The Man with Lightning in His Eye

Set in the early twentieth century, in the fictional city of Saint Anthony (Minneapolis, Minnesota), this volume follows the adventures of the unlikely hero, Johnny Holiday.

Abandoned as an infant on the steps of an orphanage and forced to find his own way in the world, Johnny comes of age during the Great Depression, working his way up through the newspaper businesses: from paperboy to the presses, to journalist.

The novel begins when the hero is commissioned by a wealthy man to write a biographical essay on his missing son-in-law, and to investigate his disappearance while doing so.

Soon Johnny finds himself caught up in a world of gamblers and gangsters, witchcraft and alchemy, police corruption and murder. He must keep his wits about him in order to stay alive.