Weeks have passed since the events of "Reaper's Flight," and Kari and Cousins are both left to try and make some sense of the impact to their lives. So when a new mystery involving the Machines appears, they follow it west, further than any have travelled before. Meanwhile, Favo wrestles with his own inner demons, leading him back into a shadow of his former life. But what awaits him in the dark may be too much for even his impressive good luck to manage. Book Five of the six book series "Chronicles of Aesirium," a near-Earth world filled with a tenuous balance of science and magic, and cared for by the mysterious Sheharid Is'iin, called Reapers or Shepherds by those who whisper of their powers over life and death.

Book Three of the Chronicles of Aesirium: The great and overwhelming Wall which enforces the exile of the people of Oldtown-Against-the-Wall also protects a substantial secret: namely, the lives and life which has also proceeded on inside the Wall. The citizens of Aesirium, protected by the Wall, are content within their relative ignorance; until a new threat reveals itself among them. Rom and her friends must investigate and defend themselves against the mysterious sandmen, following their trail out beyond the streets of Oldtown, the Wild and into the City of the Dead.

It is the dawn of the Superhero. Shocked into action by a massive battle between Awakened criminals and the shadowy government agency created to protect the nation, the world reacts with both fear and hope. Jordan Law, former British SIS operative and part of an elite collection of former spies, soldiers, and operators, must confront their own concepts of morality as they track down a former teammate gone rogue. The choices they make will decide whether the Awakened will be monsters or guardians of humanity. Powers modern and ancient struggle for control of the new world order, as old vendettas and ancient plots put Jordan, her team, and her family in mortal danger. Who can Jordan trust when nobody is who they seem and everyone has a secret agenda? Terrible sacrifices will be demanded as the world is forced to Evolve.

The cycle of the year draws to a close. Shomu, the Harvest, is a time of festivals and celebration, but for NuruSekhmet, it is a time for vengeance. Reeling from an onslaught of revelations and betrayal, Nicole Salem and her friends must marshal their courage to avenge their losses. Pursuing Apep's dark servant from the high rises of Chicago, to the forests of South America, Nicole and each of her friends must dig deep and tap unplumbed reserves of strength. To keep the darkness from continuing to rise, they must be willing to risk everything and Nicole could end up sacrificing far more than anyone ever expected.

Book One of the Chronicles of Aesirium: What if Death wore a pretty black dress? Everyone in Oldtown had heard talk of the Reapers. Even though nobody had seen one in years, everyone whispered the tales: flying from rooftop to rooftop, stealing the souls of the unwary, letting their undead beasts hunt through the streets for any member of the community too reckless or fearless to heed the nightly curfew ... mysterious and terrifying, most feared to even mention them by name, lest they appear and gather your spirit away. For 11-year-old Romany, her greatest fears were less about the mythological Reapers and more about surviving a miserable life inside of Oldtown's solitary orphanage. Her stark white hair made her an obvious target for the bullies, and the cruel nickname of "Ratgirl" had followed her for years. But if Rom thought her troubles were behind her, being struck dead by a bolt of lightning would only open the door to an entire life of new ones. First on the list? Finding out that she herself...is a Reaper.

Prophecies surrounding the people of Oldtown-Against-the-Wall collide with the realities of their unresolved conflicts. The people of science and the people of the mystical arts remain separated by philosophy, ignorance, and generations of time on either side of the great Wall. The heart of this great war falls upon the shoulders of three young orphans, gifted with preternatural skills in science, foresight and one who is no longer merely human, but an angel of death itself. Together, they must learn the truths that have kept their cities apart and protect their people from one who would willfully destroy them all. The Chronicles of Aesirium come to a stunning conclusion in Book 6: The Crook and the Blade.

Achilles. Perseus. Cu Chulainn. Joan of Arc. Their names ring through the millennia. They were called gods, demons, heroes, the sons and daughters of divinity. Today, we know their kind by another word: Superhero. Jordan Law is the best sniper that the British Secret Intelligence Service has ever seen, possessing a singular talent for slipping in and out of places that no human should be able to. She is a woman with a secret, possessing superhuman strength, speed and reflexes, and the ability to make herself seemingly disappear into thin air. She is the perfect operative, an unstoppable assassin. After a successful mission to eliminate a known terrorist leader, Jordan's secret is discovered by a shadowy organization within British intelligence. She is drawn into a covert war where the soldiers are superbeings struggling to keep their own kind from preying on normal humans. Faced with the greatest challenges of her life, Jordan must push her own limits to protect her family, her teammates, and the world from a threat that has worked behind the scenes since the earliest days of humanity. Will the cost be her soul?

The waters of the inundation have receded, leaving the Earth fertile for the seeds of war. The winter growing season will nurture a discordant crop and lead into a bitter harvest. When Dr. Nicole Salem accepted her fate as NuruSekhmet, the living embodiment of the Egyptian goddess of war, she didn't realize she'd be bringing the ancient struggle all the way to Chicago. With the emergence of a deadly new enemy at home, Nicole finds out just how much more she has to lose. Nicole will have to rely on her faith, training, and new allies in the face of fear and betrayal. Open conflict is inevitable and only NuruSekhmet can stand between the forces of Apep and the rest of the world. Under pressure from the authorities, the forces of Apep, strife in the temple, and her old life in Chicago, Nicole will find out if she has what it takes to survive Peret.