Books like Hard magic by Larry Correia
Jake Sullivan is a licensed private detective whose hard‑boiled attitude is matched only by his extraordinary magical gifts. With the power to alter an object’s weight—and to lift it to featherlike lightness or make it as heavy as uranium—Jake is a natural fit for high‑stakes investigations. When the government needs a discreet hunter after a killer who is robbing banks in a world where magic is real, they turn to him. The story fuses gritty detective work with supernatural intrigue.
First publish date: 2011
Genre: Mystery & Detective/Private Investigator
Authors: Larry Correia
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