Prologue   Based on a true story from a different reality…  Six years ago

The Reader is first introduced to nine-year-old, Isis Flores Rivera, a sad foster child, beaten, locked in a dark basement, not fed for days, and is now running for her life away from her foster parents, and neighbors and friends of theirs.

 Isis has no doubt the armed crowd does intend to kill her.

 From that astounding opening we trail Isis as she encounters and is protected by Sebastian Santell and his small coven of witches; who with Luther, their vampire counselor, only want to live in harmony with their non-enchanted fellow citizens.

 The account picks up six years later as fifteen-year-old Isis is considered ready to take her place with her coven family as she completes her first deed of levitation for an audience.   Isis has been painstakingly taught to regulate her emotions and her level of magic.

 Over confidence is almost her undoing.

 Living in Las Vegas; the coven relishes a dandy place to each perfect their own performance while executing deeds of magic for spellbound audiences who suppose the group must be the finest magicians ever.  No one has a clue how the supposed magician stunts are undertaken, and fill seats in the Sapphire Resort for each show.

 Zack Galloway and his actual, non-magical, magician uncle Herb, Victoria Hunter a supposed news columnist who often reveals secrets magicians employ, Luther, a centuries old vampire, and secretive Valera make  up the rest of the characters moving the story forward.

 Las Vegas appears as a faultless setting for an assemblage of non-lethal witches, rather the coven is determined in their wish to live in harmony and provide assistance as needed; while they can perform feats of magic for the amusement of the human audience.  The coven has purpose for their lives and appreciates the happy, amazed expressions on the faces of their audiences.

 Luther is a thought-provoking vampire, and is not at all the average, fanged menace as is so often portrayed. 

 Mysterious Valera is an ominous, human loathing 400-year-old witch determined to wipe out all humans. 

 Only the combined efforts of the coven and Herb, the genuine, last remaining magician, and his assistant nephew in Las Vegas bring Valera’s dishonorable plan to naught.

 THE WITCHES OF VEGAS is a Dandy Read, Happily Recommended especially for the young adult target audience, and all who enjoy a well written, ‘who dunnit’ yarn having overtones of magic, 5 stars

 Available Kindle     paperback

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Reviewed by: MOLLY REVIEWS BOOKS   molly martin    

http://www.AuthorsDen.com/mjhollingshead

35+ years classroom teacher

AMAZON  BIOGRAPHY              Mark Rosendorf's writing is based on the personalities and experiences he has come across throughout his life, coupled with his own wild "if only I could do that" imagination. He is the author of the young adult series, The Witches of Vegas. He is also credited with The Rasner Effect series, a suspense/thriller trilogy published between 2009 and 2012.

Born November, 25th, 1974, and raised in Queens New York, Mark holds a Master's Degree from Long Island University's Human Development and Leadership program. He is a licensed Guidance Counselor for the New York City Department of Education's special education district. He began his counseling career in September, 2001. Prior to that, he worked in the hotel industry.

Mark has also moonlighted as a professional magician. Today, he teaches magic and Illusion to his students in order to teach teamwork while developing their confidence.

Having accomplished his goals of becoming an author, Mark decided on an early retirement from writing. Then, one night, at two a.m., a new and unique story shot into Mark's brain like a lightning bolt, screaming for him to write it. Mark found himself spending several nights taking notes on the characters and their stories. That is how The Witches of Vegas was born.