Feisty teenage thief Maeko and her fellow pickpocket Chaff scrape out a meager existence in Victorian London's gritty streets. When a near-disastrous heist leads her to a mysterious clockwork cat and two dead bodies, she's thrust into a murder mystery that may cost her everything she holds dear.Her only allies are Chaff, the cat, and Ash, the son of the accused murderer. What starts as a simple investigation reveals a conspiracy stretching across the entire city. With danger closin...

At five years old, Kasiel was found with the pointed ends of his ears cut off...Despite that brutal start, he’s lived twelve peaceful years with the man who took him in. Keeping his hair long over his mutilated ears helps him hide the fact that he is Vanrian, a child of the enemy.Everything changes when mercenaries arrive hunting for Kasiel. The last people he expects to come to his rescue are Vanrian soldiers, one of whom claims to be his spirit brother, w...

Kasiel’s healing injuries still trouble him, almost as much as the memories of what he did at the Hall in Katovan. Though he trains to become a better fighter and mind-crafter, a deeper understanding of the roles they expect him to fill makes it harder for him to come to terms with his place in Vanrian society.Then the southern kingdoms emerge with a new weapon for fighting Vanrian mind-crafters. One that could change the course of the war. Kasiel will need to take a more active ro...

The war with the southern kingdoms ended before Veyl was born. As heir to the throne, responsibility for maintaining peace will one day fall upon her shoulders. For now, she’s more concerned with her upcoming Trial to determine if she is a mind-crafter like her parents, and the looming separation from her best friend Jaysen, crown prince of Sarket, who is fostering with her family.Time, distance, and political tension will challenge their bond, but surely they can overcome those th...

* Reader's Favorite Five StarsRaven was eight when her parents were murdered. Now it's happened again. Her guardian dead. Their home destroyed. She can hunt and fight, but life in isolation hasn't prepared her for survival outside the forest.The magic within her makes her a target for execution by the Silverblood Brotherhood, an institution that regulates such powers with an iron fist. Having never spoken to a stranger before, how can she hope to navigate a...

Maeko hasn't been long away from the gritty London streets, and she's already learning that civilized life comes with its challenges. She must dress proper, eat proper, and be a proper lady. She can't even talk to a boy without a chaperone. If not for her feline companion Macak, she might lose her mind.When an explosion takes the life of someone close to Macak's wealthy owner, the Literati—a powerful group vying for control of the city—say it was murder. Maeko is at the top of thei...

Ascard power can strengthen, heal, and create. It also has great potential to destroy, so Indigo's country regulates its use. Already under scrutiny as the daughter of a disgraced family, she channels her ascard ability into approved healing arts to avoid drawing more attention.Then a mysterious stranger from a neighboring country asks for her help to escape his prison so he can rejoin the fight to overthrow his emperor. His devotion to his cause and the passion behind his cool arr...

Since finding the cat Macak, Maeko has gone from living as a pickpocket on the streets of London to becoming deeply enmeshed in rising hostilities between the Pirates and the Literati.All around her, the two warring factions are hard at work looking for ways to destroy each other. Both sides have offered to help protect her loved ones if she does what they want. Meanwhile, things are spiraling out of control in her relationships with her companions, Chaff, and Ash.With the ...

*Finalist in the Next Generation Indie Book Awards*She is the Keeper.That which is lost, she will find.She resides in the body of an Endless woman but is not one of them.That which is forsaken, she will cherish.She exists to collect the spirits of gods and the rarest demons upon their death. That is her purpose. It has always been so.That which is forgotten, she will remember.She does not re...

For Veyl, coming home should be a joyous occasion, but the circumstances of her return cast a shadow over those reunions. With military conflict threatening her country on multiple fronts, and the man she loves facing execution, she has plenty to keep her busy.Secrets she’s keeping and her role in political negotiations are pushing away her family and friends, leaving her isolated and ill-equipped to handle a devastating betrayal from someone she thought she could trust with her li...

Raven could almost enjoy this life where her biggest concern is chasing off beasts that stray too close to town, but the silver-eyed shadow haunting her sleep has her on edge.Then a man she never expected to see again warns her that the Silverblood Brotherhood is hunting her once more. His words confirm her suspicions that her nocturnal visitor is more than a mere nightmare.The only way to protect her new home now is to leave it, but she has nowhere to go until the discover...

The Lyran prince stands accused of a terrible crime against Indigo's country. She wants nothing more than to prove the accusations false, but evidence puts the blood on his hands.While trying to protect him from the swift descent of Caithin justice, Indigo uncovers the workings of an enemy willing to do anything to see the prince dead. An enemy who currently has the upper hand. To make things worse, an army is marching on Lyra. One that uses ascard power in ways never seen before.