The Devil Pulls the Strings Podcast Series
Do you like when time travel, twisted history, and secret societies collide? The Devil Pulls the Strings, described as The Librarians meet The Magicians, is an epic fantasy adventure set in modern-day Wentzville, MO, New York City, and 1813 Genoa, Italy, weaves bromance, Slavic mythology, secret societies, Paganini’s music and time travel. Boone Daniels (22) has problems, debilitating panic attack, gut-wrenching guilt, an evil spirit wendigo haunting him since age six, and now he almost killed his best friend in a joust. But when he fills in for his injured friend at a New York City gig, he ends up meeting the gig’s contact, Professor Stone, at his NYC brownstone where his body falls from the balcony and the place explodes with gun fire. Boone barely escapes but uncovers a sinister plot to perform a rare Paganini piece that summons the Devil to trap Baba Yaga and destroy modern-day New York City and finds himself on a race through time to capture the cursed melody. Along the way, a cra...
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Friday Dec 31, 2021
Friday Dec 31, 2021
Sapphire shows Boone Space 879A, a place to hide from Sinti’s men.But after the door shuts behind them, they are in for more terrifying trouble.Boone knows the wendigo comes when he is in the dark or tight spaces.Folklore magic and gothic horror.Buy the full audiobook at https://bit.ly/DevilPullsStrings. Learn more at jwzarek.com. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices
Friday Jan 07, 2022
Friday Jan 07, 2022
Sapphire suggests Boone and she hide from Sinti’s men in her class and Paganini competition.Music and magic in a steampunk fantasy.Buy the full audiobook at https://bit.ly/DevilPullsStrings. Learn more at jwzarek.com. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices
Friday Jan 14, 2022
Friday Jan 14, 2022
Sapphire tells Wickhamby they need to speak in private, so she can tell him Professor Stone is dead, and Wickhamby shares critical information with Boone and Sapphire.Contemporary humor for teens and young adultsBuy the full audiobook at https://bit.ly/DevilPullsStrings. Learn more at jwzarek.com. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices
Friday Jan 21, 2022
Friday Jan 21, 2022
Boone and Sapphire take a NY Black Top Taxi back to the French Embassy. Time travel books fictionBuy the full audiobook at https://bit.ly/DevilPullsStrings. Learn more at jwzarek.com. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices
Friday Jan 28, 2022
Friday Jan 28, 2022
Boone and Sapphire have a run-in with the French Ambassador’s Executive Assistance, Miss Page (27), who’s not happy to see Sapphire and is the bearer of bad news.Hell and devil, sword and sorceryBuy the full audiobook at https://bit.ly/DevilPullsStrings. Learn more at jwzarek.com. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices
Friday Feb 04, 2022
Friday Feb 04, 2022
A nightmare wakes Boone. Upon his lips the name Rumsey Playfield. The words spill out of his mouth. Sweat covers his body, and his stomach’s a flip-flopping mess, and the sense something is wrong. And then his head fills - images of injured people. Lots of injured people. People full of dread and fear. Dark fantasy in a fast paced urban fictionBuy the full audiobook at https://bit.ly/DevilPullsStrings. Learn more at jwzarek.com. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices
Friday Feb 11, 2022
Friday Feb 11, 2022
Outside Stone’s brownstone, Boone and Sapphire encounter Detective Rizos investigating Stone’s murder. Page turning story in audio, a funny urban fictionBuy the full audiobook at https://bit.ly/DevilPullsStrings. Learn more at jwzarek.com. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices
Friday Feb 18, 2022
Friday Feb 18, 2022
Boone and Sapphire sneak into Stone’s study to search for Paganini’s missing Le Streghe sheet music.A steampunk fantasy book in audioBuy the full audiobook at https://bit.ly/DevilPullsStrings. Learn more at jwzarek.com. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices
Friday Feb 25, 2022
Friday Feb 25, 2022
Oh-oh. Sinti’s men enter Stone’s brownstone, and the only escape for Boone and Sapphire - The roof. LitRPG and the way of kings collide in this fast paced steampunk action novel.Buy the full audiobook at https://bit.ly/DevilPullsStrings. Learn more at jwzarek.com. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices
Friday Mar 04, 2022
Friday Mar 04, 2022
Boone and Sapphire find the entrance to the Lavender and Roses Society. “Mr. Daniels, you might want to switch to high gear.” Time travel and gothic fantasyBuy the full audiobook at https://bit.ly/DevilPullsStrings. Learn more at jwzarek.com. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices