Isadora follows up on the suggestion to seek out an Immortal to the north-east of Egypt and travels to China, looking for a monk who might have forgotten to die over the centuries. Will her long travel through the Altai mountain range gain her the additional powers she seeks or will it be all for nought?Again, bodies are disappearing, but this time directly from the graveyards. Is there another amateur necromancer digging into things better left underground or is there another reaso...

The first volume includes the following novellas:Heart of IceDoes the Trickster of Asgard have a heart? And if he does, can it be broken? And if it can be broken, what will happen to those who break it? A chance meeting on a rescue mission turns Loki's world - for the good and the bad.Birth of GodsPeople get wiser as they get older, they say. The Trickster of Asgard, however, never does things the way other people do them. A...

The second volume includes the following novellas:Blood of RulersThe Trickster of Asgard has many jobs: right arm of the All-Father, agent, assassin, spy, scholar, sorcerer, hacker, council member… Now Loki can add two more at the same time: investigator and diplomat. Can he handle looking for a threat to all realms and negotiating a peace treaty at the same time?Protectors of EarthCan the Trickster of Asgard be caught on ca...

The Monster of Crow CanyonHer work takes Vivian Boone, the Brass Marshal, to Crow Canyon where a strange monster has attacked two mines and disturbed the peace. Is the enormous snake which several people have seen real or just imagination? If it is real, what is it?The Disappearing CattleCows have been disappearing from several ranches without a trace and Vivian is in the area to visit an old friend of her mother who has moved west....

These are the first three missions of Jamie Moriarty and Sherringford Holmes:The Cannon PlansWith the prices for flats in London, it seems prudent to share rooms and rent. Yet, when you room with a man called 'Holmes', weird things can happen. Jamie Moriarty and Sherringford Holmes find themselves under pressure by the secret service. Yet, never try to intimidate a mastermind - unless you wish to employ him afterwards. Once members of the secret service, Ja...

The first volume sees Maddie getting through these three cases:The Mind-Control BeamWhen during a college football game, the home team vanishes without a trace, full-time reporter and part-time vigilante Maddie Dempsey is on the case. When, in addition, her best friend is kidnapped by the infamous Queen of Hearts, she has to slip into her alter ego as The Eye and see things through, no matter the danger to herself.The HunterWhat starts out as a regular Hallo...

"Finally, this pompous bastard has gotten what he had coming for a long time."Twenty years ago, Thomas Crowe was called 'The Magpie' and he was the up and coming jewel thief. Then his partner made him take a fall and his career was over. Thomas only recovered from his past when he met Inez in the slums of Rio de Janeiro years later. He adopted her and took her to Paris, the city he always felt was his real home. Now Inez is succeeding him as a jewel thief and she's doing well. And ...

The first three stories about John Stanton include the following:The Case of the Modern Bluebeard in which John and his colleagues have to find out what is behind the disappearances of the wives of a nobleman.The Case of the Dead Socialite in which John has to clear his brother's name and find out how the same woman can have died several times in a row without staying dead.The Case of the Extinct Fish in which a nic...

"We are the thin red line which separates order from chaos."For a thousand years, the Knight Agency has secretly kept watch, protecting mankind and society from innumerable threats. For five of those, Agent Jane Browne has already played her part in this game as well. But now, a threat is aimed at herself and the few she cares about. The mysterious 'M' might find out it's not a good idea to tease a Knight Agent in general - and much less of a good idea to tease Agent Browne in perso...

When a good friend asks Alexandra for her help in defeating a creature which might or might not be supernatural, she immediately agrees to come along. After all, the old people back home in Hungary say she's especially good at that. Yet, once the hunt has begun, she slowly begins to understand what it truly means to be an In-Between.

The calm lives of twin sisters Joanna and Alice Conrad are disturbed by the arrival of the worldly Madame Ducreux. What does the alchemist, chemist, and physician plan to do in London and why does she seem to think that Joanna and Alice might spoil her plans? One thing becomes clear early, though: There will be blood before this is over. It's good, then, that neither Joanna nor Alice are shy of spilling a little of it.

This is a collection of six short stories about DI Colin Rook.The Cursed GraveyardWhen DI Colin Rook is transferred into the department where careers go to die, the paranormal department of the Met, he has to learn that there are more things on our planet than he thought. Zombies and revenants are only a small part of it all.The Deadly PerformanceColin Rook just wants to have a nice night at an art performance, spending time w...