When tensions explode between the Earth colonists and the native inhabitants of Nasa, a gas attack upon the cities wrenches people's souls from their bodies and reorders them at random. Avan opens his eyes to a cornfield, wearing a stranger's clothes and with mere minutes to find shelter before the deadly swarm of insects arises at sunset. When any face could hide the soul of a loved one, Avan struggles to locate his younger brother Fong and their foster sisters among the millions of casualties in a world plunging into chaos. Weaving sinuously between characters and time, The Dammerung...
When tensions explode between the Earth colonists and the native inhabitants of Nasa, a gas attack upon the cities wrenches people's souls from their ...
Ambress ad'Allace, born to the lowest caste of nobility, must marry well to have any chance of a better life. Since childhood, she has been tutored in the art of making a match with a son of the Fiefe, but the odds are against her. However, Ambress has one possession that would make her the envy of even the royals in her land: an incomplete set of ancient necklaces full of talismanic magic. Growing up perilously on the edge of higher society, Ambress hopes these necklaces are her key to landing a noble boy and securing her future. But despite all her tutoring, she falls in love with the slave...
Ambress ad'Allace, born to the lowest caste of nobility, must marry well to have any chance of a better life. Since childhood, she has been tutored in...
Rafe Swale is in over her head. The search for her mother has led the Gatecrashers into a shadowy runic underworld and something malicious is at play. Missing mages, frightening runeskills, fighting over saklaus - like Rafe's athoras - are just a regular day in the Keese rune clan. With few clues, Rafe presses ahead into a hidden society where talented mages are bought and sold among rune clans for their skills. Everyone has a price --- including her.
Rafe Swale is in over her head. The search for her mother has led the Gatecrashers into a shadowy runic underworld and something malicious is at play....
"When you pick a regular lock with the wrong key, the worst thing that can happen is that it just doesn't open. But when you pick a runelock with the wrong key, the" best" thing that can happen is that it just doesn't open." Fire. Water. Lightning. Swarms. There is no limit to what a runelock can do to an unprepared smith, a burglar, or a careless homeowner who has not tended the keys. Thirteen-year-old Rafe Swale and her older brother Llewelyn struggle to survive after their mother, a rune locksmith, goes out to a job one night and never returns. With their father long gone and their...
"When you pick a regular lock with the wrong key, the worst thing that can happen is that it just doesn't open. But when you pick a runelock with the ...
