Bound

Alex Caine, a fighter by trade, is drawn into a world he never knew existed - a world he wishes he'd never found. Alex Caine is a martial artist fighting in illegal cage matches. His powerful secret weapon is an unnatural vision that allows him to see his opponents' moves before they know their intentions themselves. An enigmatic Englishman, Patrick Welby, approaches Alex after a fight and reveals, 'I know your secret.' Welby shows Alex how to unleash a breathtaking realm of magic and power, drawing him into a mind-bending adventure beyond his control. And control is something Alex values above all else. A cursed grimoire binds Alex to Uthentia, a chaotic Fey godling, who leads him towards chaos and murder, an urge Alex finds harder and harder to resist. Befriended by Silhouette, a monstrous Kin beauty, Alex sets out to recover the only things that will free him - the shards of the Darak. But that powerful stone also has the potential to unleash a catastrophe which could mean the end of the world as we know it. "the start to this series has given me faith that the Urban Fantasy scene is not just the same story with different characters" - Collins Bookstore Edwardstown 'If Stephen King and Jim Butcher ever had a love child then it would be Alan Baxter.' - smashdragons.blogspot.com.au "I had a lot of fun reading Alan Baxter's Bound, the first volume of his Alex Caine trilogy, which I'm launching this week in Sydney. It's a teeth-gnashing, shadow-chasing, magesign-riddled sexy beast of a thing!"- Margot Lanagan "this is a page turning dark fantasy that doesn't shy away from sex and violence and the the underbelly of society." - Mark timmony, Booktopia "I'd compare this series to Jim Butcher's work in terms of Urban Fantasy, though whereas Butcher riffs of hard boiled tropes, Baxter most definitely riffs of the thriller genre" - Bookonaut Shortlisted for the 2015 Ditmar awards - Best Novel