Mitzy never asked to be a hero. A shard of something ancient didn’t care. Luck has found him — and luck always comes with strings attached.
“Had me constantly surprised and delighted. A fast-paced adventure that refuses to go where you expect — in the best possible way.”
When a fiery meteor crashes in Montana, four twenty-somethings think they’ve just found a cool story to tell. Instead, they stumble into a secret war.
Stanley “Mitzy” Mitz never asked to be a hero. But when he picks up a strange shard from the smoking crater, his life tilts upside down. The artifact thrums with ancient energy, blessing him with supernatural luck that borders on impossible. For his friends, though, the shard is anything but lucky — its side effects are strange, painful, and dangerous. And someone out there wants it badly enough to kill.
From small-town Montana to the streets of Paris to a hidden magical society deep in Chile, Mitzy, Gonzo, Vee, and Chrissy are dragged into a globe-spanning chase where every discovery unlocks new powers — and new enemies. The shard is only one piece of a much larger puzzle, and if the wrong people put it together, the consequences could shake the world.
Packed with witty banter, high-stakes suspense, and breakneck twists, The Unbearable Luck of Being Mitzy launches the Stone of Amun-Ra series — an adult urban-fantasy thriller full of humor, danger, and modern mythmaking. Fast-paced, funny, and impossible to put down, for readers who crave supernatural action with characters they can’t stop rooting for.
“Had me constantly surprised and delighted. Ephie Risho has crafted a fast-paced adventure that refuses to go where you expect — in the best possible way.”
“Highly recommend for anyone who wants to disappear into a story and finish grinning!”
“Risho delivers revelations at a steady stream that kept me turning pages — I finished this in a weekend and honestly didn’t want it to end.”
“I absolutely got sucked into this from the first few pages.”
“This was such a fast-paced, funny, action-packed read. Mitzy and several of the other characters are just so fun and quirky and easy to connect with.”
“I was completely hooked and raced through this in just a couple of sittings — and I’m already feeling a little impatient to get my hands on book 2!”
“Think The Mummy, Men in Black, National Treasure, and Da Vinci Code all in one. I got really hooked and cannot wait to read the next book.”
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