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The last Lei saw of the girl she loved, Wren was fighting in a furious battle to the death. With the two girls torn apart and each in peril, will they find each other again or have their destinies diverged forever?

The realm of Azenor is plagued by a curse that brings nightmares to life. Only magicians protect them. When Clementine Madigan is ready to serve as warden, two magicians draw her into a century-old conflict.

The war between Ashkar and Zemya began centuries ago as a feud amongst the gods. Now it's up to the two most hated people on the continent--the monstrous outcast, Enebish, and the notorious war criminal, Ghoa--to heal that spiritual divide before Kartok brings the skies crashing down on all of them.

The Dungeon Academy is where monsters and creatures train for the dark world. But Zellidora "Zelli" Stormclash is a bit different--she's human. One day in class she finds a link to her possible lineage.

The good luck girls are free. They all crossed the border to freedom, and then become the heart of a vibrant group of fearless fighters, working to unite the various underclasses and convince them to join in the fight.

Branwen, best friend and lady-in-waiting to the princess, unknowingly saves the life of her enemy, awakening her ancient healing magic and her heart. But the princess she serves is not so easily convinced.

When Branwen used magic to save her country's future, she never expected to destroy her own. Now, she must protect the two who broke her heart--her best friend, and her first love--or it could mean war.

To save the kingdom, Branwen embraced the darkest aspects of her magic. But she may have lost herself--and the two people she loves most. Tristan and Eseult are missing. As Branwen searches for them, she must also hide the truth of her terrible actions from the night they disappeared. But there are those who don't want the Queen and her champion to be found; enemies who plot to bring a new reign into power and destroy the fragile peace Branwen has sacrificed everything to see.

In Ambergris, a would-be suitor discovers that a sunlit street can become a killing ground in the blink of an eye. An artist receives an invitation to a beheading, and finds himself enchanted. And a patient in a mental institution is convinced he has made up a city called Ambergris, imagined its every last detail, and that he's really from a place called Chicago.

In a deserted tenement in an occupied city, two dead bodies lie on a dusty floor as if they have fallen out of the air. One corpse is cut in half, the other is utterly unmarked. One is human, the other isn't. The city of Ambergris is half ruined, rotten, its population controlled by narcotics, internment camps, and acts of terror. But its new masters want this case closed, urgently. Detective John Finch has just one week to solve it or be sent to the camps.