Polypantheonic

A new city and a fresh start was what former thief Catt Zago was looking for, but what she found instead was Great Bakak, a city-state ruled ancient tradition and full of everyday magic. A place full of many gods and many people. A place where the King rules supreme, but the royal executioners seem to be calling the shots.What Catt didn't expect was to meet a fascinating woman, a professor of magic at the local wizard university, doomed by a strange bit of luck to become the next King.Catt wasn't planning on committing any crimes, this was supposed to be a safe place to start over, but now, could she really be contemplating stealing a King? Proud father of smart pumpkins, husband of a wonderful woman who writes even better books than I do, born and raised in California, now living and writing in Ontario Canada. Catt Zago has had a lot of adventures in her life. She's been a thief, a pirate, a smuggler, a mercenary, a con-artist, a prisoner, a fugitive and more. Now that she's wiser and more experienced, she has settled down and decided to turn over a new leaf. She has become a priest of the Polypantheonic Temple, a small temple devoted to the little gods that don't have enough worshipers to support big fancy temples with big marble columns in the more prestigious part of town. It's good honest work, and Catt likes helping people for a change. Sometimes though, a Polypantheonic Priest may find that there is still no way to get the job done without breaking a law or two.

Catt Zago's luxury vacation and family reunion has been interrupted by a murder! She knows a thing or two about committing crimes, but not so much about investigating them. If she can't solve this mystery, she and her brother might be next.Who did it? Was it the retired executioner with an axe to grind? Was it the woman who claims to be a god? Was it the wizard who insists that the living doll that he carries around isn't a daemon? Or was it their host– a kindly man of excellent hospitality who absolutely never takes off his copper skull mask for any reason?To make matters worse, none of those suspicious characters has a motive. The only person who has a reason to hate the victim… is Catt herself! Proud father of smart pumpkins, husband of a wonderful woman who writes even better books than I do, born and raised in California, now living and writing in Ontario Canada. Catt Zago has had a lot of adventures in her life. She's been a thief, a pirate, a smuggler, a mercenary, a con-artist, a prisoner, a fugitive and more. Now that she's wiser and more experienced, she has settled down and decided to turn over a new leaf. She has become a priest of the Polypantheonic Temple, a small temple devoted to the little gods that don't have enough worshipers to support big fancy temples with big marble columns in the more prestigious part of town. It's good honest work, and Catt likes helping people for a change. Sometimes though, a Polypantheonic Priest may find that there is still no way to get the job done without breaking a law or two.