Magic is thicker than blood.

Alastair Stone figures using tracking magic to help Jason Thayer and his new wife Amber find a missing child will be a good diversion. At least it will take his mind off a summer that, without Verity around, is shaping up to be a lot less eventful than he’d hoped.

But when the boy’s kidnapper turns out to be a mage — one who’s using the public portal network to steal children for some mysterious purpose of his own — Stone, Jason, and Amber are thrown into a terrifying web of mystery, mad science, and deadly peril.

If Stone can’t figure out who the kidnapper is and why he’s obsessed with these children, it won’t only be the kids who are in danger. As the shocking facts come to light and the madman sets his sights on his pursuers, Stone and his friends might not survive long enough to learn the sinister truth.

Don't miss the rest of the series:

Stone and a Hard Place

The Forgotten

The Threshold

The Source

Core of Stone

Blood and Stone

Heart of Stone

Flesh and Stone

The Infernal Heart

The Other Side

Path of Stone

Necessary Sacrifices

Game of Stone

Steel and Stone

Stone and Claw

The Seventh Stone

Gathering Storm

House of Stone

Circle of Stone

The Madness Below

Boys' Night (Way) Out (novella)

An Unexpected Truth (novella)

Death's Door

And four standalone tales:

Turn to Stone

Shadows and Stone

Devil's Bargain

Stone for the Holidays

Also, don't miss the Happenstance and Bron series, set in the world of the Alastair Stone Chronicles:

The Soul Engine

Chariots of Wrath

By Demons Driven