1 Peter 4:19 NLTSo if you are suffering in a manner that pleases God, keep on doing what is right, and trust your lives to the God who created you, for He will never fail you.
Which god has the power to cast out thunderbolts? What’s the difference between naiads and dryads, and who should you look for if you’re in search for gold?
IN THIS WITCHY POLICEprocedural,rookie agent Blair Vavrin of the Circe Security Initiative(CSI) gets her first dose of supernatural danger when a storm of stray thunderbolts strikes down the magical town of Silver Mist.
As Mt. Olympus goes into lockdownand both humans and non-humans panic at the looming threat of a Category 4 Hurricane,Blair suddenly finds herself yanked out of Local Misdemeanors and tasked by her Horae boss to team up with mysterious handsome detective Paul Theodore.
Their mission: find an antidote for Zeus’ murderous mood swings.
Their first clue: a sprinkle of gold dust...that leads to one missing siren.
Their probability of success: not terribly good.
With the thunder god’s descent to madness growing deadlier by the minute, can Blair and Paul save the world before Zeus becomes mankind’s worst nightmare?
Olympus Bewitched
by Marian Tee writing as Alice Bloome
Copyright 2025 by Marian Piñera
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All characters appearing in this work are fictitious. Any resemblance to real persons, living or dead, is purely coincidental.
Prologue
TO: CANDIDATE 1515
From: recruitment @ circesecurityinitiative.com
Subject: Invitation
Dear Neophyte Witch,
If you are receiving this email, this means you have passed our background check for potential self-taught witches. Our selection process is simple but exacting; we only entertain candidates of good moral character and with a well-documented interest in Greek mythology. Thus, it is based on these factors that we are offering you a job with our company.
The Circe Security Initiative is one of the most respected and accomplished supernatural agencies in the world as well as one of the oldest in history. Attached to this email is a document containing additional information about our company and the nature of your job if you’re to accept our offer.
While employment with CSI does require you to move to Silver Mist, Maine, we believe that the compensation package we’re providing in return is more than competitive. Most of all – you’ll have magic in your life.
We hope that our proposal merits your consideration and look forward to communicating with you soon.
Yours truly,
Circe
Sorceress and Goddess
Chapter One
IT WAS A FINE MONDAYmorning when I stepped out of the front door, and I flipped to the next page ofA Witch’s Guide to Silver Mistas I made my way to Panda’s Diner. It was the only breakfast place in town, located just several blocks away at the corner of Green Street. With my nose buried between the pages of my guidebook, my body weaved automatically in between students on their way to school and housewives exchanging gossip en route to Demi’s Bakery.
Normal, right?
And I supposed it was, if you discounted the fact that the students were perched casually on broomsticks gliding waist-high in the air. And those housewives? Gossiping about the latest episode ofRich Witches of Salem, which – if what they were saying was true – was completely scripted and not a reality show as its producers kept insisting it to be.
An ordinary day in Silver Mist all in all, and if you’re wondering what other humans would think if they stumbled on this scene, well, that’s what this town’s name was all about.
