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The old emperor is dead. His daughter, the sadistic Porcia Octavius, has won a bloodthirsty battle for the crown. But she will not rest easy on her throne. Already her brother sails to foreign lands, seeking to build an army and dethrone her. In a southern savanna province, a young queen rises up against the Empire. In northern misty forests, barbarian tribes gather for war. In Zohar, the eastern desert, the hero Epher Sela joins a rebellion against the vicious empress.

Being a member of the Elite Hunter Command imperils Joy in more ways than one. In their latest clash with Othersiders, the army of monsters nearly wiped them out. Apex City is safe for now. But within the city barriers, Joy must wage a different kind of war.

The Aelarian Empire, once a humble city-state, sends its tentacles across the Encircled Sea. Now the waters run red with blood. In the kingdom of Zohar, the wealthy Sela family commands the sea's last free harbor. They've carved out an idyllic life between sea and desert, ruling a bustling port, a thriving city, and lush vineyards. Yet when Aelar's imperial fleet arrives in their harbor, the ancient Sela family shatters, scattering its sons and daughters across a burning world.

As the city rebuilds from the onslaught of sorcery that nearly destroyed it, the great Houses of Paris still contest one another for control over the capital. Those caught between new fears and old hatreds must find strength--or fall prey to a magic that seeks to bind all to its will.

This collection of short stories features Sam Hunter, PI. When Sam takes on a client they become part of his "pack," and no one protects their own better than a werewolf. At least, the kind of werewolf like Sam.

While infighting threatens the stability of Apex City, Othersider forces are gaining strength and momentum outside the borders. Joy desperately seeks answers to figure out who her real enemies are before she and everyone she cares about are locked into an all-out war.

In 1890s South Dakota, Amy and Joshua escape from their mean aunt Vootch. They plan to find their grandparents in New York and manage to team up with a traveling magician, Mortimer Wintergreen, who owns a magic hat with a temperamental, mischievous mind of its own.

This novel follows three friends as they navigate an ancient, abandoned castle, endure grueling training, challenge old mysteries, and learn that a bond forged in tragedy might just be the only thing to save them from a ruthless enemy.

After the Great Magicians' War, Paris lies in ruins. House Silverspires is in disarray, its magic ailing, and something from the shadows stalks its people inside their own walls. And the fate of the house--and perhaps the city--lies with three very different individuals.

It is ten years after the great war with Lucifer, and the Coven has rebuilt. Leader of the Fallen, Oliver Hazard-Perry, plans to celebrate this prosperity by throwing a Four Hundred Year Ball--and all Blue Blood society will be there. And then, all hell breaks loose.