Hollowborn Roots
Apparently, being forgettable is more dangerous than I thought.
My parents forget my name. It’s Elias Cooper, by the way. My boss just calls me Cart Guy, which is honestly more recognition than I usually get. My crowning achievement? Shelving books for years without getting tased by security, which is apparently a competitive sport around here. I’ve spent most of my life trying to take up less space than a dust bunny.
Then a vampire tried to eat me and immediately regretted it.
Turns out, supernatural creatures start to unravel if they get too close to me.
Now, for the first time ever, people actually care who I am. Well, monsters do. Lila—my coworker who is terrifyingly competent at everything and, as it turns out, a mage—yanks me into this hidden world full of vampires, fey, and magic. According to her, I’m a walking deadzone for magic. I ruin spells just by existing.
And when the wrong people start noticing what I can do, being invisible suddenly feels less like a curse and more like the only thing keeping me from getting eaten. Or worse—noticed.
For readers who like funny-dark urban fantasy, found family, sarcastic familiars, old laws, and monsters who really should have left the quiet guy alone.
I’m not exactly action-hero material. I’m five foot seven, my knees are bad, and when the supernatural hits the fan, I’m left holding a shotgun and a questionable plan for survival.
Being forgotten kept me alive. Being noticed may be what finally kills me.
Meet Joshua Arnold
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Joshua Arnold writes funny-dark adult urban fantasy where magic has rules, monsters remember, found family matters, and the quiet guy in the library is probably the problem.
By day, he works in cybersecurity, explaining invisible threats to people who would usually rather not believe in them. By night, he writes about vampires, fey, ancient bargains, talking cats, and supernatural disasters hiding in plain sight.
His debut novel, Hollowborn Roots, follows Elias Cooper, a forgettable librarian whose absence from the world turns out to be the one thing monsters cannot ignore.
When he isn’t writing, Joshua is usually reading, overthinking fictional magic systems, spending time with his family, or being monitored by a cat who has made it clear that all success belongs to him.
Ashthorne Press
Ashthorne Press is the publishing imprint of Joshua Arnold.
Its first release, Hollowborn Roots, begins with a forgotten librarian, a midnight vampire, and a supernatural world that should have known better than to look his way.
Memory. Monsters. Consequences.
Hollowborn Roots is the first book in an adult urban fantasy series about names, erasure, old laws, found family, and the dangerous things that happen when the world finally notices the person it spent a lifetime forgetting.
Contact
For bookstore, library, media, rights, event, or professional inquiries, contact Joshua at:
Inquiries@JoshuaArnoldwrites.com