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To most, Daniel is the charming owner of an oddities shop he inherited from his grandfather, but looks are deceiving. Charged with keeping the worlds safe - from magicals and humans alike - Daniel leads a double life, leaving no room for anything - or anyone - else. When a relatively straightforward mission takes a turn, it plunges him into a dangerous new world where no one can be trusted. He must live a lie within a lie while he works from the shadows to keep the worlds safe from a deadly new threat. Everyone has their limits. Will Daniel survive being pushed past his?

Special Agent Diana Sheen has been targeted by magical villains determined to bring her and her agency down. The bad guys have something big planned. The troll that's adopted her patrols in the night, searching for the cosplaying criminal who has evaded them. The team's undercover agent gets in deeper with their opposition. Inevitably, he faces a moment of truth where he faces off against the good guys. Oh, and Kayleigh wants to mount an AI-controlled rocket launcher on the roof of the house she shares with Diana and Rath.

Girl meets dragon. Girl works to befriend dragon. A large, red, dangerous dragon. Raven Alby will have to train her new ride and save the dragon’s life or die trying. Mix in starting at Fowler Academy as a first-year, becoming a stronger mage, and oh...people disappearing. It's all adding up to typical teenager stuff for a young mage. The first lesson Raven will learn? Don’t ever let anything come between a girl and her dragon.

Raven’s grandfather, Connor Alby, has taken off and she has suddenly found herself alone and boarding at Fowler Academy. The Swarm approaches from above and below, and these monsters don’t know how to quit. Will the old wizards be able to teach the young fighters how to finally win? Raven and her friends have barely started school and don’t know how to harness their magic or their familiars - yet. Did I mention Raven’s familiar is a very large dragon? Raven and Leander have learned how to work as one, but it’s going to take more than that to win this war.

Special Agent Diana Sheen runs a secret agency...locked squarely in the crosshairs of a magical conspiracy far greater than she'd imagined. The bad guys are seeking artifacts to increase their power, and it feels like they're leading up to something big. Can she stop them in time? The attacks are getting personal. Other bureaus have taken heavy losses, and only her team's magical abilities have kept them from the same fate.

Brownstone Security is hired for what should be a relatively simple job. Protect a courier transporting a valuable painting. Nothing about the job is as it seems, and Alison ends up working with the FBI’s first witch on the case. Can they figure out what’s going on and settle a score before the painting is lost for good? But that’s not all - the CIA is looking into the Tapestry and who they might be allied with.

Sometimes even a Brownstone needs to get away from it all. Did the bad guys not get the memo? Alison Brownstone is on vacation. Do not disturb. Oh they disturbed. But when your mom is Shay Carson and she makes two requests of you, you take them seriously. Go on a father-daughter bounty hunt. Go on vacation. How can Alison say no? She can’t. Two Brownstone’s on a bounty. That dude’s going down hard. One and done. The second task takes our Drow princess away from the home base. It’s not like Seattle will burn down because Alison isn’t there, right?

"Alison bloodied the Tapestry, but has she defeated them? With her foes operating under the radar, Alison thinks she has time for reviewing pet parks and PR jobs, but when the mysterious magic-enhancing drug Ultimate arrives in Seattle, she is faced with a shocking conspiracy that might reach from Las Vegas to Seattle. Sadistic wizards willing to experiment are flocking to town, including a mysterious and lethal woman testing a newer, purer form of Ultimate with no consideration of the human costs.

What could be harder for Alison than hunting magical beasties? Meeting Mason’s parents. Now she knows what Mason felt like meeting her father. Well, that was James Brownstone, so...maybe not. No time to ponder impressing the parents anyway - she has other issues to deal with. Sonya’s father has reappeared, seeking their help. But will they? And an unknown person has reached out to Tahir and Hana about Omni’s owner. Something smells a bit fishy about the whole situation - and it’s not Omni being a fish.

The Seventh Order has been taken out...Things seem calm. But Alison and her team know better. Trouble’s always coming for a Brownstone. Good thing she has an answer for them. Brownstone Security’s reputation is spreading, which means more jobs for the growing team. But more money means more mayhem looking for them. Can the team dig deeper and pull out another win?

Dark Wizards gather in Seattle for a meeting. Alison isn't about to let them set up business in her town. Her friends have her back, even if one of them may be a traitor. A dark wizard escapes the raid. Doesn’t he realize a Brownstone won't give up? After he frees the Fremont troll, Alison has to think fast to protect innocents. But wrangling a stone giant wasn’t on her agenda.

The Seventh Order will throw everything and everyone they have at Alison to protect their plans. Can Alison and her team get past the dark wizards and their spells and put a stop to what the leader is planning before a lot of lives are lost? Join Alison, Mason, Lily, Izzie, James, and the rest of the team as they charge head-first into a battle to save the world as they know it.

Tracking dark wizards is hard, but no one is good enough to evade the bounty hunter for long. Unless a friend goes missing first. Shay asks Brownstone Security for help finding Lily, and Alison can’t refuse. The dark wizards can wait. The team is off to Japan in search of the magical being she thinks of as a sister.

Alison and her team have to travel across the world to protect Abigail Wilson, CEO of Aeternum, as she negotiates for mining rights of a mysterious crystal. Drysi Jones comes along for the ride. The simple escort mission turns deadly. They aren’t the only ones interested in the crystal’s power. Dark wizards attack…again. Haven’t they given up yet? Nothing like getting tested by a hail of ammo to see if Drysi is a good fit for Brownstone Security. Together, they must discover the truth behind the crystal’s origin.

Magic is getting pushed closer to the breaking point. Leira Berens knows how to hunt down criminals, but can the detective learn to harness her new powers? She has allies in the Silver Griffins, and the necklace is finally close, but it may already be too late. The mystery of Rhazdon continues to unfold. Does anyone see the traitor in their midst? To win this fight, Leira will have to train with Turner Underwood, a mysterious and ancient Light Elf known as the Fixer.

Silver Griffins Agent 485 Lucy Heron is on the trail of a string of magical thefts. But first, she has to pick up the kids from school. Talk about trying to find a work-life balance. Dylan is in that awkward middle school phase when magic can turn a friend into a frog and back. Did anyone notice? And third-grader Ashley keeps recruiting friends for her own secret agency to fight magical crime. Kids these days. The Heron children are even training the good dog, Buddy, to track down magical bad guys. So far, the family business is still a well-guarded secret. Can they keep it that way?

After the capture and daring rescue of her teammate—bullets flying—Diana Sheen is focusing on a new mission. Push back the cult emerging around Rhazdon artifacts. The legacy of the half-Atlantean's magic is a dark and ancient magic that must be collected and hidden away forever—from everyone. Kevin Serrano has the same idea with a twist. He wants to shepherd the powerful artifacts while gunning for Diana and her team. Talk about twisted. Even the Army wants the artifacts to create magical super-soldiers. Leira Berens beat that idea back before. Can Diana and her crew do the same?

Johnny Walker used to live a quiet life in the Florida swamps with his two hound dogs by his side. Life has changed...a lot. It's a full house with teenage Amanda home for winter break and four confused cyborgs living with him. Johnny needs an escape. Time to go hunt some monsters. He'll even need the help of the cyborgs for this one.

It’s the beginning of the end. The other Drow princess and queen just don’t know it...yet. It’s business as usual for Brownstone Security. Drow threats or not, they still have work to do. Agent Latherby requests Alison’s help on an off the books assignment that is more personal in nature. The government has basically said to leave it be, but after Alison and the team find out what it is, they can’t refuse. It’s time to find a ghost ship and any survivors left from more than 100 years ago.

Emily Trigger and the Prodigal Suns are following Heka's calling card. The trail of injured and dead bodies is a dark trail leading them to the ancient god of magic. Not before a whole lot of searching for Emily and her new unit. While the Prodigal Suns wait for new intel on Heka's whereabouts, Emily finds herself faced with a few new threats of her own, and her newly altered magic suddenly doesn't seem so accidental anymore. There's a rhyme and a reason to her electrifying new abilities-somewhere-and Emily needs to figure out what that is if she wants to stop having so many close calls.