A terrible secret. A vengeful empress. An unstable empire.Sir Corbin, retired Hero of Jerkum Pass, dies on the eve of an urgent mission. Rumors of evil magic threaten his family. His granddaughter Kelsa dons the old man's armor and wrinkles to investigate the capital. The city is in an uproar. The emperor has been slain by rogue mages. The new empress is livid. Now, every mage is suspect, including Kelsa's mother.Hidden behind her mother's enchanted ring, K...

A harrowing escape. A cunning hero. An unlikely alliance.The Red Dragon Warrior is a tactician without peer. The Blue Dragon Warrior is a mage without equal. Kelsa escapes from the dungeon of the vengeful empress, but how can she dodge an entire city full of enemies? Dare Kelsa tie her fate to the two warriors? The enemy is snapping at her heels. Kelsa must thread a tangled urban maze with nothing but her wits and a dagger.A path of indecision, torment, and...

Dragon flame will melt your armor. Shame burns even hotter.Private Argot finds himself in a doomed unit of the imperial army. His mechanical armor is a broken wreck and so is he. Yet every day he and his mates survive is another little victory. They are the final defense in a world of blood and ashes. They are the soldiers who kill monsters instead of men. They are Those Who Hunt Dragons.Follow Argot as he climbs the ranks of the most thankless regiment in ...

A perilous journey. A dark conscience. An unforgivable sin.When Black Guards capture the ancient mage Maven and the heroine Kelsa, Maven disguises herself as the once distinguished Sir Corbin, now assumed to be a mage-in-hiding due to the old woman's carelessness. Kelsa, guided by the spirit of a sassy blade mistress, pretends to be a mercenary, but the guards wonder. What ties beyond gold bind her to the traitor knight? The Black Guards gleefully drag their prison...

The world is divided between those who wield magic and those who fear it.Series set in the Metal vs. Magic Universe boast a thrilling history filled with epic sagas, interweaving stories, and complex intrigue. But some tales are smaller and more intimate. Explore ten select short stories, each focused on a unique character, the hero of their own mini epic.These are the moments that slip through the cracks, side characters thrust in the spotlight, quick batt...

Time's up for mages. The wizard purge is in full swing. How will he survive?Sorcery is illegal in the modern, steam-powered Iron Empire. The Magistrate's Black Guards hunt the uncivilized mages using mechanized armor and mysterious, clockwork weapons. The guards deliver their prisoners to the Butcher, Captain Vice. All wizards are tortured and executed as traitors to the state . . . with one exception.That exception is Devin, an outbreak mage and ex artific...

A cunning trap. A whiff of magic. A burst of steam.Princess Cordelia has steel plate ambition, a mind like twisting brass gears, and the political might of tin foil. The girl aims to ratchet the Iron Empire into a glorious new day of gears and steam. The entire palace is arrayed against her. The chambermaids disdain her. The emperor ignores her. The mages, championed by Lord Oriolanus, lead a brisk campaign of lies and coercion. Those evil magic users threaten to t...

The people are tinder waiting to spark. His homeland smolders on the edge of chaos. Can he ignite a revolution?The Iron Empire is soft, rotten, and ripe for change. The guilds are repressive. The price of dragon products is soaring. The mage menace spreads unchecked. Resentment builds. One day, a young hero clanks into the capital with a metal foot . . . swearing he'll kick the imperial palace to rubble.Devin, more artifice than mage with his mechanical lim...

Destiny in one hand. Doom in the other. Which will destroy him first?Artificers are the gilded princes of the Iron Empire. Mages are violent criminal outcasts. Devin competes to become the best artificer in the empire . . . but he's secretly a mage.Devin, a young skilled apprentice, dreams of becoming the master of his craft if he can only resist the sinuous allure of magic. His secret grows heavier as he claws his way to the top of his competitive, cutthro...