THE WAR AGAINST ASSHOLES

Sam Munson’s new novel is a high-wire literary fantasy for a crossover audience, THE WAR AGAINST THE ASSHOLES.

THE WAR AGAINST THE ASSHOLES is the story of Michael Wood, a New York-city kid who falls under the wing of Hob, a mysterious student at his Catholic high school. Through Hob, Wood is introduced to a book of unknown authorship called The Calendar of Sleights and is given access to the city’s network of underground warlocks, sorcerers, and mages. But when Hob and Wood are drawn into a war between rivaling factions of magicians that has spanned ages, they’ll come to question the wisdom of the extraordinary talents they’ve cultivated.

This is a novel that might be compared to Lev Grossman’s THE MAGICIANS, or Robert Cormier’s THE CHOCOLATE WAR, for its mix of deft literary style with a compelling spin on traditionally escapist fantasy tropes. And its hero, Mike Wood, is no bespectacled geek: he’s a brawny, two-fisted slugger with an appetite for battle.

Sam Munson (http://sammunson.com/) has written for such publications as The Wall Street Journal and The National, and the New York Times has called him “an audacious new writer.” His first novel, THE NOVEMBER CRIMINALS, has been developed for film by Indian Paintbrush, with Chloe Moretz attached to star in the adaptation.