Jessica Blake is a villain, even by her own understanding. She builds robots and extorts money from government — while she's not in jail, that is. Starflame is a hero whose job it is to make sure Jessica is in jail, but there's more to it.When strange robots turn up on earth and wreak havoc, things begin to shift, then a court sentence forces Jessica to change her plans severely. Yet, changing plans are not the worst for a villain — they're good at dealing with them.

When a good friend asks Alexandra for her help in defeating a creature which might or might not be supernatural, she immediately agrees to come along. After all, the old people back home in Hungary say she's especially good at that. Yet, once the hunt has begun, she slowly begins to understand what it truly means to be an In-Between.

The Devil's Bull:An invitation to a calm weekend with mages turns foul when all of them are supposed to be sacrifices for the continued existence of their host. The trap has been well-prepared and there is no way the sacrifices can just run away. Will Isadora and Baron Asmodeus find a way past the wards blocking the mages' powers and show their host that it was a bad idea to include them as sacrifices?The Body Cathedral:Isadora is in trouble: she has many wraiths to...

No Honour Among VillainsThere really is no honour among villains, as Isadora learns when the prestigious Villain's Ball is robbed. When the same happens to the slightly less prestigious Hero Anniversary, too, she's even blamed for it. To clear her own name – and that of Lisabet, too, she has to investigate the robberies, even if it might set her up as an enforcer.The Medusa SerumOne person turning into a statue might be a freak acci...

These are the first three missions of Jamie Moriarty and Sherringford Holmes:The Cannon PlansWith the prices for flats in London, it seems prudent to share rooms and rent. Yet, when you room with a man called 'Holmes', weird things can happen. Jamie Moriarty and Sherringford Holmes find themselves under pressure by the secret service. Yet, never try to intimidate a mastermind - unless you wish to employ him afterwards. Once members of the secret service, Ja...

“As long as you’re not caught, all areas of the law are grey.”After the end of his criminal organisation, Steven Quinn has decided not to just retire from working life. Instead, he founded a small agency which employs a few of his former employees, including his right hand Jane Doe. Now the fledgling Black Knight Agency has to find its feet and the direction in which to go. Keeping in the grey area of the law, where the police can’t help, is the way to go, obviously, but how far in...

The casebook is composed of three novellas:The Case of the Blind MediumCount Benjamin Farrens does the best to remain an eccentric member of English nobility while also investigating supposedly supernatural occurrences. When a simple séance turns into a murder case, he does his best to protect an innocent, blind boy and to help find the murderer.The Case of the Blood RubyCount Benjamin Farrens is just about to settle down a ...

"They kept me drugged for two days!"The fallout from the elitist movement has barely settled when Jane is kidnapped and finds herself in a burning house, escaping only because of her training as an agent. Staying dead for a while, she finally results to goading the kidnappers into trying it again. Yet this is but the first step into a world where people believe that sacrifices have to be made and young women from high society make the best sacrifices. But is this all or is there mo...

The second three stories about John Stanton include the following:The Case of the Horrid Hellhound in which John and his colleague are hunting for a mysterious hound who is haunting a forest and has already severely injured several people.The Case of the Goddess's Assassin in which John gets pulled into several assassination attempts on a holiday with most of the family.The Case of the Deadly Documents in which John...

"By installing a successor … an heir … as a grey eminence."After Jane Doe and Steven Quinn retired, they expected the Underworld to just move on, another organisation to take over, the holes to be filled. Unfortunately, that is not what happened, so when a murder happens among the drug lords and nobody knows how to solve that problem, they are called in again. While Jane works her way through the case, she also picks up the slack in other areas, restoring some balance, greasing som...

"Finally, this pompous bastard has gotten what he had coming for a long time."Twenty years ago, Thomas Crowe was called 'The Magpie' and he was the up and coming jewel thief. Then his partner made him take a fall and his career was over. Thomas only recovered from his past when he met Inez in the slums of Rio de Janeiro years later. He adopted her and took her to Paris, the city he always felt was his real home. Now Inez is succeeding him as a jewel thief and she's doing well. And ...

"We're too late. But, believe me, you'll want to see this."Something is going on in high society. Even though Jane had other things to do recently, she's felt it. Elitists are on the rise, looking down on 'new money' as well as on those they think are below them. And they're not just looking. When young women who might have had the chance to marry into high society are kidnapped and horribly killed, Jane starts to hunt those who are doing it. And when they make the mistake of threa...