City of Villains-City of Villains, Book 1 (City of Villains, #1)
by Estelle Laure
They made us the villains... Mary Elizabeth Heart is a high school senior by day, but by night she’s an intern at the Monarch City police department. She watches with envy from behind a desk as detectives come and go, trying to contain the city’s growing crime rate. For years, tension has simmered between the city’s wealthy elite and the residents of the decaying neighborhood called the Scar―once upon a time the epicenter of all things magic. When the daughter of one of the city’s most powerfu...
The Darkworld is open, and nothing will ever be the same.Reeling from recent events, Ash and her friends are forced to flee Blackstone. With their former allies dead or missing, their only hope lies with another group of sorcerers who've risked their lives to learn the truth about the Darkworld. But the group have an agenda of their own, and with no Barrier left to contain the demons, nobody is safe from corruption.Ash must unravel one final mystery if she is to defeat Lucifer and Mephistopheles...
Some secrets are better left dead.Soul raiser Caia Blackthorn has escaped to the haven of Llyra, only to find the country rife with political upheaval. Suddenly, she’s a suspect in an assassination, and the dark magic she has relied upon has vanished from her control.If nothing is done, King Arcturus will be closer than ever to achieving his two goals: seizing control over the entire continent—and capturing Caia for his own sinister purpose.His most powerful magical weapon?Caia’s sister.Rendered...
Harold is two inches tall, and lives as an orphan in his town’s only school, Galidemus. Like the other students in his class, Harold must catch a dragonfly to ride—but when the big day comes, he is faced with a risky decision. The outcome could change his future forever. After the fateful decision is made, Harold discovers an unlikely ally in one of his teachers, a horrifying truth about the identity of his parents, and a plot that could threaten everything he knows. Suspicious activity in Galid...
The Twelve-Fingered Boy Trilogy: The Shibboleth (Twelve-Fingered Boy Trilogy, #2)
by John Hornor Jacobs