This is going to be the best post-apocalyptic high urban fantasy pulp detective novel you will read today! Cin City. The tinsel crown of the magical Kingdom of New California - and Tom Vargas's favorite place in the whole, wide world. Sure, as a Shamus he has to Clear a lot of Cases, listen to a lot of lies, and get battered and bruised in the process, but it's worth it. Cin City is worth it. But when trouble shows up as a dead mage at the Castle, he's got to work fast and smart to save his city. New California doesn't have mages, you see. And Cin City is safe for just as long as nobody can prove otherwise. (Note: this book has a sequel, but it is not part of an epic fantasy trilogy.) "Elaborate, strange and unpredictable, Moe has created a vivid world that feels as if Mickey Spillane and J.R.R. Tolkien went out drinking and merged their mindsets in a buzzed brainstorming session. Snarky, smart, and fast-moving, all served up in rat-a-tat-tat tough guy patter. If Sam Spade played Dungeons and Dragons, it would turn out something like Frozen Dreams."- Jim Geraghty, author of The Weed Agency and Between Two Scorpions FROZEN DREAMS is my first novel; I've always wanted to write one, and finally I started pushing myself to actually do it. It's also part of a larger, sprawling future world, which I look forward to exploring in print for as long as I can get away with.I'm not going to lie: I said 'MOO HOO BWAH HAH' after I wrote that last sentence out. But that's reasonable, right?PS: This is the version of the book that I used to impress my mother. The best post-apocalyptic high urban fantasy pulp detective novel you're going to read today! Welcome to Cin City: Cinderella, the shining crown of the magical kingdom of New California. Sure, it's glitter and tinsel, not silver and gold - but it still polishes up the same, right?But sometimes, underneath the tinsel, you find a body. Somebody in the wrong place at the wrong time, or in the way - and now they're on a slab, and it just ain't right.That's when they call in Tom Vargas. He's a Shamus, and he'll Clear the Case. Whether you want him to or not. Moe Lane is a stay at home father and unrepentant geek who now writes books, short stories, and roleplaying game materials. FROZEN DREAMS is his first novel, and he is very proud of it.