Applied Leverage

Aaron Sher

Connor Rourke is one of the little people, supernaturally speaking: a psionic in a world of mages. He's happy being the top—okay, just about the only—supernatural locksmith in the Boston area. He doesn't aspire to adventure or heroism, but he's about to get pulled in whether he likes it or not (spoiler: he doesn't).

When he stumbles across a secret that was never meant to be known, he gets in trouble with forces far beyond him. Mixed up in a conflict between factions he can't match or understand, he'll have to find a way to survive for himself and those he loves. Along the way, Connor will learn secrets hidden for centuries, face and defeat threats to his life, and ultimately tackle an enemy who could annihilate him with a thought—and wants to.

Applied Leverage is a new urban fantasy novel set in an innovative world full of action and vivid characters. It’s a first-person story with a side of snark, on paperback, Kindle, KU, and Audible.

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IAC Main Tropes:

Magic, Found Family, Reluctant Hero/Heroine

Detailed Tropes:

Hidden World, Psionics, Blue Collar vs The Establishment, Revealed Secrets, Found Family, reluctant hero, class struggles

Representations in This Book:

BIPOC

Age Groups:

New Adult, Adult, Young Adult

Spice Level:

Level 1

Available Formats:

Paperback, eBook, Audiobook

Content Information:

Level 2

Some swearing, an indirect offscreen reference to a threat of sexual assault

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About the Author

Aaron Sher

A long time ago somebody decided that "about the author" pages were supposed to be written in the third person. I guess it makes it sound like I have a staff? Forget that.

In addition to being a fantasy author, I'm also a software engineer, a martial artist, a pretty decent cook, a very (very) amateur blacksmith and bladesmith, and—when called upon to serve—expert furniture for my cats. Not necessarily in that order.

I've been reading fantasy since I was a kid, which is a concerningly long time ago now, and I started writing it in the form of character backstories for my TTRPG campaigns. Some of those just might be a bit overkill; I wrote over 100k words of backstories for my current game. Maybe that will make it into a novel someday.

I live in Pittsburgh, PA in the United States with my wife and a varying but always-extravagant number of cats, fish, plants, and other miscellaneous wildlife.

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