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It’s the beginning of the end. The other Drow princess and queen just don’t know it...yet. It’s business as usual for Brownstone Security. Drow threats or not, they still have work to do. Agent Latherby requests Alison’s help on an off the books assignment that is more personal in nature. The government has basically said to leave it be, but after Alison and the team find out what it is, they can’t refuse. It’s time to find a ghost ship and any survivors left from more than 100 years ago.

Mila is quickly heading toward a final battle with Azoth that could determine the fate of the universe. Her training is done, her powers are complete, and she’s ready to go, but fate seems to be throwing up roadblocks left and right. How can she trust the mysterious ally from Azoth’s camp? What if it’s just an elaborate plan to take the Reaper? Why does Finn insist upon wearing those damned Speedos?

It's time to clean up their city or die trying. The Remembrance have stepped up the pressure after the Federal Agents of Magic slapped them down hard. There's a bounty on Diana's head, as well as her second in command. Criminals are dying for the chance to collect. And the bad guys have found more artifacts to steal - from the police. The lines are drawn. The battle is at hand. The Black-Ops Agents of Magic are ready.

Time is running out for Scarlett and Runeclaw to save the captives of the Luminous Veil. Despite their efforts to disrupt the Veil's plans, they're still marching toward their ultimate goal. Whatever that is. It involves the mind control collars, but creating an army of menial servants seems less than ambitious. And if there's one thing that Camus and the Veil have in plenty, it's dark ambition. Amber is using her infomancy to try to track down leads, Snow is working on figuring out the collars' magic, and Maddox is upgrading and repairing Dusk Runner.

Zombies to the left of the Prodigal Suns, Ancient Gods of Magic to the right. The only place the zombies don't seem to be are marching right in front of them. Not yet anyway. The trek into enemy territory is a lot harder, with Heka's zombies looking for prey, hunting them at every turn. Even with a little magic on their side. No matter. Nothing is going to stop our highly trained heroes. When there's a job to do that no one else wants, the Prodigal Suns, special forces rise and shine and show up.

Raven’s grandfather, Connor Alby, has taken off and she has suddenly found herself alone and boarding at Fowler Academy. The Swarm approaches from above and below, and these monsters don’t know how to quit. Will the old wizards be able to teach the young fighters how to finally win? Raven and her friends have barely started school and don’t know how to harness their magic or their familiars - yet. Did I mention Raven’s familiar is a very large dragon? Raven and Leander have learned how to work as one, but it’s going to take more than that to win this war.

CIA Agent Daniel Winters has a way with women: they always end up trying to kill him. Juggling his loyalty to his government and chasing the truth no matter where it leads, Daniel puts his trust in just a few D&D friends and fellow agents to watch his back. But the Codex team is overwhelmed and needs more manpower, and in a world with body-hopping necromancers and alien doppelgangers, who can be trusted? That’s a problem for another day, though, because Morgana has been spotted in France, and that's one woman who just won't wait.

Jamison Hart, former SIS operative turned freelance bad guy, has his own reasons for going after Aisling. And now he has the resources of a new organization to bring to bear. But our favorite witch is far from unequipped. With her family at her side, Aisling seeks a second wand to multiply her magical power. Shimmer continues to display increased intelligence and demands endless upgrades. Add in Victoria Watson and Mia Pederson who support the Secret Agent on a daily basis.

The king knows Raven killed his son and he doesn't want revenge. He wants help finding an heir to replace him. What kind of twisted plot is this? If she doesn't help him, Raven can't complete her most important mission. But there's something else going on here. The Malendesh army are using the dangerous, magical ore to hide and abuse their sea serpents during war exercises. The foreign military's up to something dark. Has their king noticed?

Emily Trigger is on a mission with her elite team. The Prodigal Suns are on the hunt for Heka, the ancient marauding god of magic. Someone helped Heka escape his long sleep in the Amazon jungles, and the old god wants to make up for lost time. First on his list was getting back some of his power. Next, gather even more power. Step number three: Rebuild his army of mindless, empty, zombies, and what better place to start than with a nearby village of innocent Amazonian locals?

When life hands you lemons, you can either make lemonade or lob them like hand grenades at your problems. Nothing is going as Idina Moorfield planned. It’s what happens when magical powers you don’t know you have manifest when you least expect it. Idina needs to make new plans, even if those plans are loosely based on her CO telling her to figure things out. Time to make lemonade. There’s all sorts of tasks Idina and her unit could be doing. Getting them to help out is another issue. Can she figure out how to get them to help her without asking them to help?

FBI Agent Diana Sheen is an agent with a secret...she carries a badge and a troll, along with a little magic. But her Most Wanted List is going to take a little extra effort. She'll have to embrace her powers and up her game to take down new threats. Not to mention deal with the troll that's adopted her. All signs point to a serious threat lurking just beyond sight, pulling the strings to put the forces of good in harm's way. Magic or mundane, you break the law, and Diana's gonna find you, tag you, and bring you in.

The Pixie Rebels are no more. Now, Z Thornbrook and her miniature cousins are the Pixie MP's, even if on base only their Captain knows there are wings under that uniform. But what happens when you tell a group of new recruits who are used to running the streets to hide who they really are? Well, mayhem—mixed with a lot of magic—and to the pixies' surprise, a sense of duty and honor at their post. It's a lot. That's going to turn out to be a very good thing.

After the capture and daring rescue of her teammate—bullets flying—Diana Sheen is focusing on a new mission. Push back the cult emerging around Rhazdon artifacts. The legacy of the half-Atlantean's magic is a dark and ancient magic that must be collected and hidden away forever—from everyone. Kevin Serrano has the same idea with a twist. He wants to shepherd the powerful artifacts while gunning for Diana and her team. Talk about twisted. Even the Army wants the artifacts to create magical super-soldiers. Leira Berens beat that idea back before. Can Diana and her crew do the same?

The loss of their base and most of their equipment was a staggering blow. But Diana Sheen dealt with it with a troll by her side. No more running. Time to turn around and fire back. Individuals corrupted by Rhazdon Artifacts was one thing. Finding out that a cult has risen around the powerful magic items is another. Dark times for the former Federal Agents of Magic, officially declared Rogue. There's only one way to deal with dark times. Light them up with magical fire. Diana's team is on the case.

Norah Wintry is a Witch with a dream job. A Hollywood agent getting magical actors' parts in blockbuster films. It's a niche field with unique problems. Somebody gets shrunk down to toadstool size and suddenly everyone's upset. Welcome to L.A. No worries. Norah will fix it. She has a great family, a crackerjack assistant, and her business is taking off. Until things start going wrong. Actors are being injured, magic is causing accidents, and someone is hunting down former Silver Griffin Agents. Which makes it her business. Her parents are Silver Griffin agents in hiding.

Mila has been trying to pin down the Drude’s location through the nightmares he’s sending her way, and he just made his last mistake. What’s a Lone Valkyrie to do when she can't be around her sisters to help? She brings the battle to her enemies.Will her powers fully awaken before Azoth can take another unsuspecting victim? Not if Finnegan Dragonbender can prepare her to fight like everything is on the line. Because it is. Join Mila on her adventures across the country to face an evil that could end her existence before it really begins.

Special Agent Diana Sheen is in an unending battle...against magical villains on Earth, more of them from another planet, and her own government. The enemy's use of a dire artifact requires a response. BAM will have to go after their own artifacts to even the score. But there are plenty of people standing in her way: a council of alien magic users who want the artifacts for themselves; the underground leader who was pivotal in breaking the back of the city's covert Ultramax; a local gang who has the ARES team in their sights; and escapees from prison who are looking for revenge.

Maggie Parker is an Elemental learning to make magic. After a showdown with Simon Wesley, it’s clear she’s running out of time. Nothing is going as planned. Did she just turn a mouse into a corgi? Magic is a lot more complicated than she realized. Maggie has to find the magic compass and rescue an old friend who may hold the answers. Did I mention she’s living on borrowed time? The quest could fix it all.

Austin detective Maggie Parker has seen some weird things in her day, but finding a surly gnome rooting through her garage beats all. Her world is about to be turned upside down in a frantic search for four Elementals. Not three, not five...but four. Why is it always four? Each one has an artifact that can keep the Earth humming along, but they need her to unite them. But the forces against her might get there first. A compass, a telescope, and untapped magic are her only tools.