A mysterious talisman A missing grandfather and stolen grimoire You should always help your friends, right? When the university chancellor asks new professor "Mac" Mackenzie to take on a summer project, it's hard for him to say "no." With promises of a summer salary, travel expenses and doing the university a favor, Mac and his best friend Ally pack up for a summer adventure. But are things as simple as they seem? And could Ally's grandfathered really be an alien? About The Miskatonic University Novels Amid a backdrop of witchcraft, myth and science, "Mac" Mackenzie tries to make new friends, teach quantum physics, avoid formal dinner parties and, just possibly, save the world.