Spells, Salt, & Steel: Season One

Written by Gail Z. Martin and Larry N. Martin

Narrated by Roger Wayne

“When all else fails, the ass end of a carp makes a damn fine weapon.”

Your new favorite monster hunter has arrived! Bubba the Monster Hunter has some competition in this horror comedy collection from bestselling author duo Gail Z. and Larry N. Martin!

By day, Mark Wojcik can be found elbow-deep in engine grease, making cars and trucks safe for the highway. By night, he can be found traipsing through the wilds of Pennsylvania, making the world safe for humans. He's more than just a mechanic, he's a New Templar Knight. He travels the backroads and byways fighting weresquonks, ningen, selkies, ghosts, and . . . gnomes? Is that gnome . . . naked? (Sigh).

Season One collects the first four novellas in the Spells, Salt, Steel series: Spells, Salt, Steel; Open Season; Deep Trouble; and Close Encounters.

• Language: English
• Publisher: Tantor Media, Inc
• Release date: May 28, 2019
• ISBN: 9781977349439

Reviews for Spells, Salt, & Steel

[Aaron Rusty Lloyd · Rating: 5 out of 5 stars]

Yeah, he’s a monster hunter with a sketchy past. But the writing was engaging and it all held together well! Looking forward to the next installment.

[lilyroseshadowlyn · Rating: 5 out of 5 stars]

Four paranormal books packed into one volume, this was a great urban fantasy series. The stories included do have some common threads running through them, but there was clearly a different focus for each. Definitely more thriller than horror, you still get a few chills when reading. A great introduction to the series, and makes me want to read more.

[carol420 · Rating: 4 out of 5 stars]

Mark Wojcik...who I first met in the “Witchbane” and “Badlands" series... is a mechanic by day and monster/ghost/paranormal mystery solver by calling. He doesn’t get paid to get rid of ghosts or monsters but it’s a huge part of his life. The 4 stories are broken into pieces by monster or event but are connected overall. There are recurring characters...so if you didn’t turn the page and go into another story you could think that Mark is just chasing another monster. The story of the Sentient painting was a little creepy. Everyone has seen those paintings where the eyes seem to follow you around the room. a little difference her is that the painted characters actually turn to face out to look at you. There is some humor throughout... some situational...some in the monsters themselves. The repetitive butchering of his last name sometimes gets a little old, but is explained by the fact this is 4 books combined like a TV series into a single season. I don’t think it really matters which book or season you start with as background for Mark and what he does and has done, is well explained in each story. At the end there is a cliffhanger on the last monster hunt. Overall, it can be called intriguing and entertaining. Not quite on the true horror level... but fans of Gail Z. Martin, will add these stories to their ‘to read” list. If you, like me, are mostly a fan of her writing as Morgan Brice will find that these stories are quite a bit different than her series written under that name. Even though Mark makes some appearances in those books, the atmosphere and the characters are very different.

[madison_fairbanks · Rating: 5 out of 5 stars]

Spells, Salt, & Steel by Gail Z Martin and Larry N MartinSeason 1, books 1 - 4.Paranormal monster hunter adventures. Aka urban fantasy. Mark Wojcik is a mechanic by day and monster/ghost/paranormal mystery solver by calling. He doesn’t get paid to get rid of ghosts or monsters but it’s a huge part of his life. The stories are broken into pieces by monster or event but are connected overall. There are recurring characters like a ghost with a flask.The story of the Sentient painting was a little creepy. You’ve seen those paintings where the eyes seem to follow you around the room? Here, the painted characters actually turn to face out to look at you. Shudder.There is humor throughout, some situational, some in the monsters themselves. “Just because gnomes have short stubby legs, doesn’t mean they are slow.The repetitive butchering of his last name paragraph gets a little old, but is explained by the fact this is 4 books combined like a TV series into a Season. I don’t think you’d start with book 3 or 4 but ok.And at the end - cliffhanger on the last monster hunt. Intriguing and entertaining. Not quite horror level but I wouldn’t read this alone at night either.