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Lady Elona of Faerholme finds herself the target of a prophecy that predicts she will defeat an invading army. But that's impossible: she's just a girl! Her betrothal to a Prince solves the paradox: she can produce an heir to fight the prophesied war.

Looking after dragons is easy, but when you steal one things get harder. Free at last from those who harass her and hold her back, Kantees finally searches for her own people in the mountains of Esternes.

As a runaway slave, Kantees isn't safe anywhere—but the need to find out who'd pursuing her, and why, drives her back to her first master. But when he is unable to give her the answers she needs, and with death at every turn, she has to take what she can and get out. As her dragon carries her beyond the realms of what she has ever known, her lack of understanding brings her face-to-face with the true power of her enemies. Once more, she has to risk everything to keep the promises she wished she had not made.

As the life of a slave goes, Kantees doesn't have it too bad. Being responsible for a racing dragon means her existence is more than just drudgery and fear, even if her life is at the whim of her masters and their rules.

When your path is uncertain, it's better to be riding a dragon. As Kantees tries to build an army against her enemy, trouble strikes at her from every side, and it seems she's doing it to herself. But even finding new allies where she least expects them, she struggles to find a place for herself, still unwilling to lead her friends into danger.

The story of a teenage girl who's turning into a monster—literally. Chloe Dark is an ordinary girl in an extraordinary world. But when her closest friend is kidnapped and the police seem powerless to help, she sets out to find her alone. But things are not what they seem and in this dystopian world, anyone can be a target.

Elona's pyrrhic victory at the Fastness is soon overwhelmed by new troubles when she discovers the secrets of the Slissac are about to be revealed. And without Jaymis's support she's now alone in a world that doesn't understand the danger it's in. Then the Dunor attack and everything goes to pieces.

What if home became a place of dread? Maliha Anderson returns to her family in French-owned Pondicherry, and it's worse than she expects. Her grandmother is trying to marry her off but that's nothing compared the suicide of an unknown woman in front of a family wedding party. Or that her rejected lover has returned unexpectedly. Maliha refuses to allow the woman's death to be brushed under the carpet but her investigations bring her to a very dark place. Slavery, sexual violence and taboo relationships guide her to a devastating revelation that might destroy her family.

As the life of a slave goes, Kantees doesn't have it too bad. Being responsible for a racing dragon means her existence is more than just drudgery and fear, even if her life is at the whim of her masters and their rules.

So far from her home in India, Maliha Anderson did not enjoy life in her British boarding school, but discovering the school bully murdered certainly made it more interesting. And when the police chose the wrong person as the most likely suspect, Maliha decides to investigate and reveal the true culprit. But, as the bodies mount up, the murder becomes a plot, and the plot becomes a conspiracy aimed at the heart of the British Empire.

Death is chasing Maliha Anderson and it's catching up. Time is running out and the man who has turned out to be her nemesis has created an impossible situation to kill everyone she knows one by one. How can she possibly defeat a man with so much power he can make an honest man kill. With deaths piling up around her Maliha can only rely on her wits and her diminishing friends to help her on an unforgiving and unknown world.

1908. A gruesome death. An airship full of suspects. Maliha Anderson prefers to be alone, even on the long journey back to India. Unfortunately one of her fellow passengers is a murderer. She should stay out of the death of the General's nurse, but Maliha cannot leave a mystery alone. Besides, there is no one else on the vessel qualified to investigate, though she's the only person who knows that.

Life at Corlain Castle has not improved for Elona since her return, and when Jaymis suggests they go on a Grand Tour, she agrees just to get away. Together, she and Jaymis seek some sort of peace, but powerful and ancient forces are rising.

Missing babies in Johannesburg, and nobody cares. Maliha Anderson and her entourage travel to South Africa to return Riette's baby to the father's family on what should be a simple mission of mercy. But they are soon embroiled in race politics and something even darker: Children are disappearing but no one cares because they aren't white. In a battle against a vast subversive power Maliha discovers the worst horrors that man can commit, and struggles to bring the true perpetrators to justice. But what can one woman do?