Allyn Kaplan's life is anything but magical. As a first year associate at a prestigious Portland law firm, his professional life is on the rise. All that is turned upside-down by a mysterious attack on his life by strange people with stranger abilities. Thrust into an underground world of magic where rival Families are on the brink of war, Allyn wants only to return to his normal life and thriving career. But distancing himself from this new reality is nearly impossible. Haunted by the attack and questioning why he was targeted to begin with, Allyn's questions only deepen with the sudden...

Allyn Kaplan, once a promising lawyer and now first in a new breed of magi, has dealt an improbable deathblow to a movement that sought to destroy his new Family and expose the magi existence to the world. But not without great cost. The McCollum Manor has fallen, the Family is on the verge of splintering, and the police, who believe Allyn is responsible for his sister's disappearance, are closing in. Jaxon, the acting Grand Mage of the McCollum Family, struggles with Allyn to hold the Family together and stay ahead of the mounting investigation. But with the magi Forum unwilling to meet...

Allyn McCollum and his team of Machinists, the first in a new breed of magi, have successfully led the McCollum Family through an FBI manhunt, finding refuge in the home of a former rival. As the Family struggles to recover, the magi leadership has denied all pleas for help. So when the Arch Mage pays the Family an unexpected visit, Allyn fears the worst. But the news is even more terrifying than he imagined. An ancient Family has been massacred by an unknown enemy and there's only one survivor-a young girl who is too traumatized to tell her story. Hoping to avoid igniting a panic within the...

The magi order is at war... and losing. The Knights of Rakkar, an ancient enemy thought long dead, have stolen the Blood Wand-a magical artifact capable of imbuing people with magical abilities. With it the Knights' strength grows and the magi's greatest advantage disappears. The once disgraced McCollum Family fights on the front lines. After suffering a massive defeat, Allyn McCollum knows the magi forces must change their defensive strategy. The only problem is the magi leadership doesn't agree. Going rogue, Allyn defies the will of the magi Forum and sets forth in a desperate gambit to...