The first volume includes the following novellas:Heart of IceDoes the Trickster of Asgard have a heart? And if he does, can it be broken? And if it can be broken, what will happen to those who break it? A chance meeting on a rescue mission turns Loki's world - for the good and the bad.Birth of GodsPeople get wiser as they get older, they say. The Trickster of Asgard, however, never does things the way other people do them. A...

The second volume includes the following novellas:Blood of RulersThe Trickster of Asgard has many jobs: right arm of the All-Father, agent, assassin, spy, scholar, sorcerer, hacker, council member… Now Loki can add two more at the same time: investigator and diplomat. Can he handle looking for a threat to all realms and negotiating a peace treaty at the same time?Protectors of EarthCan the Trickster of Asgard be caught on ca...

The first volume collects the following three misdeeds:StrayGabrielle Munson takes a busman's holiday to Italy to 'liberate' a necromantic text from the library of a town. Unfortunately, while she's there to steal the book, other burglars kill a librarian. Now Gabrielle is in the hot seat, because she's the only one who has stolen something from the library and both the police and the inquisition are hot on her tail. Will she make it out of the town alive and with the book ...

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.

The second volume collects the following three misadventures:The Revenge of the Devil MonksIn Croatia, Gabrielle just wants to look for a book left behind by devil-worshipping monks. Little does she know that the innkeeper was right and the day on which she visits their castle is the one on which they will come back to take revenge on the living. Locked in a castle with a group of five-hundred-year-old monks, she and a gold-tier inquisitor she had bad memor...

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...

"I will have to make hard calls over and over again in my position. Don't think I'll shrink back from this one."For well over twenty years, Alex was the spare - the third child with no clear position within an order of vampire hunters. And she was okay with it. Unfortunately, fate doesn't ask for your permission or that of those who think they rule your life. Now Alex is thrust into a position she never wanted and never was trained for. But one thing is for sure: A Dorsey doesn't s...

Isadora follows up on the suggestion to seek out an Immortal to the north-east of Egypt and travels to China, looking for a monk who might have forgotten to die over the centuries. Will her long travel through the Altai mountain range gain her the additional powers she seeks or will it be all for nought?Again, bodies are disappearing, but this time directly from the graveyards. Is there another amateur necromancer digging into things better left underground or is there another reaso...

This is a collection of six short stories about DI Colin Rook.The Cursed GraveyardWhen DI Colin Rook is transferred into the department where careers go to die, the paranormal department of the Met, he has to learn that there are more things on our planet than he thought. Zombies and revenants are only a small part of it all.The Deadly PerformanceColin Rook just wants to have a nice night at an art performance, spending time w...

The Case of the Bruised Bachelor in which crime comes close to the Stanton family and John has to hide his actions from his brothers.The Case of the Mighty Minotaur in which John has to use all of his hunting skills to remove a 'bull man' who causes mayhem and fear in a small village.The Case of the Stage Scare in which John meets the love of Lewis' life and has to face a mysterious spectre before it causes a death.