Once a child prodigy of puzzles and logic games, Gillian Charles now barely ekes out a living in Los Angeles. With her sick mother facing eviction from her care facility, Gillian can’t say no when her childhood nemesis, Tommy, shows up at her apartment with a $50k offer. All she has to do is return to the place where it all started, where she swore she’d never set foot again: Miscellany.Miscellany is a place of wonder and enchantment—a Disney World for puzzle lovers, and one that q...

Augment phase technology was rare. The last appearance of anything resembling phase technology was fifteen years ago. I knew the date…It was the date of the Doctor Dimension repo.In a world full of “Augments”—humans who use technology to imbue themselves with superpowers of every sort—being an average man would seem a good way to keep out of trouble. Not so for repo man Gayle Hardwood. It’s his job to seize enhancements from Augments who fall behind on the payments for thei...

"Set in a world where Willy Wonka made escape rooms rather than chocolate bars, The Contest is my favorite thing I’ve read this year."– PETER CLINES, NYT Bestselling authorGillian Charles, a puzzle-solving prodigy, was just a child when she lost Miscellany's Contest. Now an adult, she is invited to compete again... but this time there is more than just her pride at stake.Gillian has left puzzles entirely beh...

" Dark and moody in the absolute best way." — Peter Clines, New York Times bestselling author of The Broken Room and Paradox BoundAugment phase technology was rare. The last appearance of anything resembling phase technology was fifteen years ago. I knew the date…It was the date of the Doctor Dimension repo.In a world full of "Augments"—humans who use technology to imbue themselves with superpowers of ever...