Some of you may vaguely recollect this thread from three years ago. Well, when someone suggested Booksleuth to a poster looking for a book ID this week, I gave it a shot. In literally two minutes, I had the answer:
Soulsmith, by Tom Deitz
And my library even has it. Yippeee!
I’m trying to pay it forward by IDing something else, but the only one I’ve known so far was already identified. Hopefully I’ll be able to help some other poor frustrated soul one of these days.