It's a Kind of Magic — Iain Benson

Why can't wizards cross running water? Why do magicians hate iron? Why should the Three Witches scene in Macbeth have been set on a balmy summer's day? Why is an A to Z of Basingstoke shelved in the Dark Arts section? James London finds the answers to all these questions, except Basingstoke, when a small child ends civilisation and unleashes an unspeakable evil. In order to prevent the new age of magic, London has to go to Hell and back (more than once), enlist the aid of Merlin and King Arthur's sword all the time consorting with demons. Will he do it? Despite getting shot twice, one of them fatally? Of course he will. He's James London.