Book excerpt: Ward Pentecost was the most dangerous man on the planet. As a child, Nathaniel Pentecost was emotionally scarred when his father, Ward, revealed to him that magic was a real force in the universe. Ever since, he’s done his best to alienate his father. Now, seven years later, after his father disappeared along with the Golden Gate Bridge, Nathaniel begins to piece together the mystery of what happened. The truth will change him in ways he never imagined possible.