Peyton thought working for the FBI would bring new adventure and intrigue into her life. Certainly being assigned to the Ghost Squad promised such things, but reality is often different than the dream. Everything is wrong. Her new boss, Radar, thinks she's angling for his job, her personal life is in shambles, and her once over-crowded house has become an empty shell where she and her dog, Pickles, wander about, longing for what was lost. With Marco in a battle for his life, Peyton feels sidelined, until a mermaid is found floating off Natural Bridges State Beach. Beyond the media frenzy...

Avery moved to Lake Tahoe for the quiet. She didn't get that. What she found made her question everything she knew about the world. Basil, her aging golden retriever, has aged in reverse. Her new neighbors make flowers grow in winter. And her student, pale-eyed Bay, can freeze a bully's heart in his chest. Then there's Duncan. After Duncan is captured in the Greensward, Avery thinks her biggest challenge is to rescue him, until ICE Agent Graham Braddock shows up at her door, claiming Duncan Sommerfeld is an illegal alien. Oh, if he only knew. Even so, she has to keep her promise to Bay - the...

After solving two cases in her first months with the FBI, Peyton feels things are beginning to come together in her career. Her personal life is another matter. Although Marco has shown signs he wants to work on their relationship, building trust will take time. However, that progress is put on hold when an American college student is killed in London. Peyton and the Ghost Squad must venture across the pond to solve the murder and catch a killer that grows bolder with each attack, leaving only a single clue behind... ...the howl of a werewolf.

Tav and Tash might have been born twins, but they both want something different from life. Tav would love to study with the great scholars in Voltarian, while Tash wants to follow in his father's footsteps, becoming a hero. Neither is prepared for what fate has in store for them. With Loden once more facing war, an upstart king decides he has the answer. Unite the seven protectorates under one flag. Can he accomplish his dream? Can the sons of Kiameron keep him alive long enough to find out? Continue the adventure with the second installment in the World of Samar series.

The Seven Protectorates have enjoyed years of peace under Tav's leadership, but a growing worry has surfaced. What about the land beyond Loden's border? Where once there had been overtures of trade, now there is nothing. Tav decides to send a diplomatic expedition to re-establish contact, but who should go? Adventure runs in the blood of Tash's children, especially in his head-strong daughter, Shara. Shara wants nothing more than to be part of the expedition to Nevaisser, but her father will never agree. He fears for her safety, but a rash decision on his part takes the choice out of his...

Talar doesn't believe in prophecies and he certainly doesn't believe he is the subject of one. He wants nothing more than to be a husband and a father, but the world has other expectations. When the Kazden Cult bring him information that his son is in the hands of the despotic King of Sarkisian, Talar realizes that nothing he desires counts any longer. He must brave the dragon's maw and rescue him, no matter what the prophecy says. And yet Terra Antiguo beckons - the hope that one day he might find a safe haven, perhaps not for the people of Nevaisser, but for himself and his family. Can he...

Kalas gave up everything to save his sister. He watched his family walk away, leaving him with his mother and the man who destroyed his father. When the King of Sarkisian, Rarick, promises him the crown in exchange for his cooperation, Kalas feels he finally has a chance to make a difference, a chance to change the course of his life and save the people of Adishian. He dreams of restoring the Protectorate to its former glory with the help of his sister, but Rarick has other plans - the King of Sarkisian sees Tyla as the key to domination of Nevaisser. With her power, he will finally end the...

Ten years ago, Jarrett Murata walked away from Tyla and their marriage, leaving her with no explanation. Now he's back. Tyla can't forgive him for leaving, but most of all she can't forgive him for giving up everything he believed in to become part of the Nazarien order. As a plague tears through both Loden and Nevaisser, Tyla faces the reality that she must venture into the unknown in search of a cure. Jarrett has been summoned to Temeron as her escort, but their past makes such an alliance difficult. Of course, Tyla's secret doesn't help. A pact made with the Nazar haunts Jarrett, but...