Blending vigilante justice with epic fantasy, this second novel finds student Veranix Calbert returning to fight crime in the city of Maradaine - Veranix is Batman, if Batman were a teenager and magically talented.
-- Library Journal Veranix Calbert is the Thorn--the street vigilante who became a legend to the people of Maradaine, especially the gangs that run the neighborhood of Aventil.
The Thorn continues to harass Willem Fenmere, the drug kingpin of the Dentonhill neigh.
Daw Books The alchemy of chaos/marshall ryan maresca
