by M. Terry Green
This book has you asking ‘What?’ on every page — in a good way.
Livvy, a medical student turned techno shaman in L.A., has a supernatural being called a kachina haunting her apartment. SK, a dwarf who brokers assignments for shamans, sends her out on gigs that require a trance-inducing god helmet, goggles, fresh batteries — and a yoga mat. It turns out that Livvy is a once-in-a-generation shaman with a gift that allows her to harness lightning. Yet her social and business skills are so weak that she’s been dumped by her boyfriend and is pawning family heirlooms to pay the rent.
Livvy’s situation becomes truly desperate when routine shamanic healings start to go wrong for her and for other L.A. shamans. A violent Sumerian god is appearing in their trances and causing their clients to die. As a result of the deaths, public opinion turns against shamans and the community threatens not just their livelihoods but their lives. Livvy stumbles upon a possible way for the shamans to fight back— but only if she can persuade them to break with shamanic tradition and work as a group.
This book could easily open a fresh new world of urban fantasy.