Necromancers and Navy Grog

Bad Magic: A Historical Fantasy: Book 2

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Genres

Urban Fantasy, Dark Fantasy, Paranormal Mystery, Supernatural Suspense, Historical, and Novels

Trigger Warnings

Drug Abuse, Death, Violence, and Profanity

Series

Bad Magic: A Historical Fantasy — Book 2

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Reading prior books is not required

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Publication Date

May 15, 2026

Page Length

296 pages

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Necromancers and Navy Grog

Bad Magic: A Historical Fantasy: Book 2

Advance Reader Copy

Blurb

In a city steeped in corruption and bad magic, Mick Kelly is the wrong woman to corner.

Mick Kelly can steal power from the dying, and in 1881 San Francisco, that makes her useful to all the wrong people.

When her partner is murdered and dumped in the bay, Mick’s hunt for answers leads her into a city steeped in corruption, criminal vice, and bad magic. A missing colleague and a mystical artifact everyone is willing to kill for soon force her into uneasy bargains with crime bosses, water spirits, and monsters who look almost human.

As betrayals mount and the bodies pile up on the docks, Mick is pulled into a conspiracy that reaches from the Barbary Coast to the halls of power.

Perfect for readers who love dark historical fantasy, dangerous magical women, uneasy alliances, and magic with consequences.

Details

Genres

Urban Fantasy, Dark Fantasy, Paranormal Mystery, Supernatural Suspense, Historical, and Novels

Trigger Warnings

Drug Abuse, Death, Violence, and Profanity

Series

Bad Magic: A Historical Fantasy — Book 2

Series Read Order

Reading prior books is not required

Author Prefers A Review On

Goodreads or Amazon

Reader Spots Remaining

Number of days to read

Publication Date

May 15, 2026

Page Length

296 pages

Available Formats

ePub and PDF

Author

Melissa Jacobson writes dark historical fantasy for anyone who knows their story doesn’t end when they come of age—it just gets weirder. A former tech executive turned author with hands-on experience in historical research, she infuses her stories with grit, supernatural menace, and haunted Americana. Her debut series, Bad Magic, unfolds in a cursed version of the American West—where death fuels magic, the past has teeth, and justice walks a crooked line.

A former tech executive turned author, she has a thing for forgotten histories, ghost stories, and the kind of truths you only find with your boots in the dust. She lives in Colorado with her husband and three scheming cats.