num_pages: 277
description: While twenty-year-old FTM Hemingway is making an excellent living as a tattoo artist in a near-future version of Hells Kitchen the rest of the country is splintered and struggling in the wake of a war gone on for too long. Technology has collapsed borders rise and fall overnight and magic has awakened without rhyme reason or rule turning average unwitting citizens into wielders of strange and specific strands of magic. Hemingways particular brand of magic has made him a household name. Not only is he a talented artist but his work comes to life. Literally. When NYCs most infamous serial killerthe East River Ripperabducts Hemingways best friend Grace he has only days to save her. Hemingway teams up with his stoic cop roommate to hunt for the killer and rescue Grace before she becomes the Rippers latest victim. But as the duo chase clues to the serial killers identity Hemingway begins to fear the magic he and the Ripper share might eventually corrupt him too.
language: English
title: Earnest Ink
publisher: NineStar Press