The Demon's Apprentice

When 15 year old Chance Fortunato, suddenly finds himself living with his long lost mother and new found little sister Deirdre, it's like living in a dream he doesn't want to wake up from. What is all-too-real to him is the 8 years he's just spent enslaved to the demon Count his father traded him to for power and riches, and the vicious battle he's just waged to win his freedom. Chance doesn't get to enjoy his idyllic suburban life for long, though, before the mystical underworld he's just escaped comes calling. As much as he wishes he could ignore it, Chance knows in his heart that he is the only one who can track down the murderer of his new friend and mentor, Sydney Chomsky. Suspected by the police and hunted by the Wizard's Conclave, Chance quickly learns that he can't go it alone as he discovers dark secrets in every corner of his new life. Only an unlikely alliance with Alexis Cooper, head cheerleader and most popular girl in school, can help him survive the confrontation with an unexpected foe. To bring his mentor's killer to justice, Chance will have to fight evil on its own terms, and discover if that makes him a hero...or a monster.