In Chase the Dark, Annette Marie introduces Piper Griffiths, a young woman training to become a Consul, charged with maintaining an uneasy peace between humans and daemons in a modern, magic-laced city. When a lethal break-in at the Consulate ends wi…
In Chase the Dark, Annette Marie introduces Piper Griffiths, a young woman training to become a Consul, charged with maintaining an uneasy peace between humans and daemons in a modern, magic-laced city. When a lethal break-in at the Consulate ends with a devastating weapon stolen and Piper framed for the crime, she is forced into hiding and hunted by both human authorities and supernatural enemies. Her only potential allies are Lyre, an infuriating incubus with unclear motives, and Ash, a secretive draconian whose power makes him as threatening as the foes they face. The novel blends urban fantasy, action, and slow-burn romantic tension as Piper navigates daemon politics, escalating violence, and the possibility of war.
In Chase the Dark, Annette Marie introduces Piper Griffiths, a young woman training to become a Consul, charged with maintaining an uneasy peace between humans and daemons in a modern, magic-laced city. When a lethal break-in at the Consulate ends wi…
In Chase the Dark, Annette Marie introduces Piper Griffiths, a young woman training to become a Consul, charged with maintaining an uneasy peace between humans and daemons in a modern, magic-laced city. When a lethal break-in at the Consulate ends with a devastating weapon stolen and Piper framed for the crime, she is forced into hiding and hunted by both human authorities and supernatural enemies. Her only potential allies are Lyre, an infuriating incubus with unclear motives, and Ash, a secretive draconian whose power makes him as threatening as the foes they face. The novel blends urban fantasy, action, and slow-burn romantic tension as Piper navigates daemon politics, escalating violence, and the possibility of war.
The most important rule for an Apprentice Consul is simple: Don't get involved with daemons. Well, Piper is planning to break that rule — big time.After a near-deadly scandal with the Sahar Stone, she has the chance to return to the only life she's e…
The most important rule for an Apprentice Consul is simple: Don't get involved with daemons. Well, Piper is planning to break that rule — big time.
After a near-deadly scandal with the Sahar Stone, she has the chance to return to the only life she's ever wanted. All she has to do to keep her Apprenticeship is forget about Ash and Lyre. Ash might be enigmatic and notoriously lethal, and Lyre might be as sinfully irresistible as he is irritating, but they’re not bad for a couple of daemons.
There's just one problem: Ash is missing.
Really, she shouldn't risk her future for him. He lied. He betrayed her. But he also saved her life, damn it. Wherever he is, he's in trouble, and if she doesn't save his sorry butt, who will? But with every dangerous secret she unravels, each one darker than the last, she slips deeper into Ash's world — a world with no escape for either of them.
-- Steel & Stone Universe Books:
STEEL & STONE Chase the Dark (#1) Bind the Soul (#2) Yield the Night (#3) Feed the Flames (#3.5) Reap the Shadows (#4) Unleash the Storm (#5) Steel & Stone (#6)
SPELL WEAVER The Night Realm (#1) The Shadow Weave (#2) The Blood Curse (#3)
NB: New/alternate cover for ASIN# B00RH8BZOI. Original cover edition here.After surviving a round-trip to hell, Piper figures she can survive anything. After all, she just lived through the devastating loss of her Consul apprenticeship and a torturou…
NB: New/alternate cover for ASIN# B00RH8BZOI. Original cover edition here.
After surviving a round-trip to hell, Piper figures she can survive anything. After all, she just lived through the devastating loss of her Consul apprenticeship and a torturous stint at boarding school. How much worse could it get?
Well, she wasn’t expecting a group of crazy radicals to burn her home to the ground and take her prisoner.
The Gaians, a.k.a. the crazy radicals, plan to rid Earth of daemons and they need Piper’s help. In exchange for her cooperation, they promise her the answer to all her problems: magic. With her own magic, she could reclaim her apprenticeship, the only future she’s ever wanted. But her magic comes at price — it could kill her.
With the life she’s always known crumbling around her and her future slipping from her grasp, she needs Ash’s help one more time. But the greatest danger of all lies within her, and no matter what she does, she may lose everything — including him.
-- Steel & Stone Universe Books:
STEEL & STONE Chase the Dark (#1) Bind the Soul (#2) Yield the Night (#3) Feed the Flames (#3.5) Reap the Shadows (#4) Unleash the Storm (#5) Steel & Stone (#6)
SPELL WEAVER The Night Realm (#1) The Shadow Weave (#2) The Blood Curse (#3)
Piper is feeling a bit overwhelmed. With Seiya and Lyre missing, Ash recovering from near fatal injuries, and the Gaians picking fights with daemons all over the city, a girl can’t help but think she might be in over her head. And this time, she’s on…
Piper is feeling a bit overwhelmed. With Seiya and Lyre missing, Ash recovering from near fatal injuries, and the Gaians picking fights with daemons all over the city, a girl can’t help but think she might be in over her head. And this time, she’s on her own.
Before she even has a chance to investigate the Gaians’ new stockpile of mysterious, high-tech weaponry, an old enemy ambushes her: Samael’s henchman Raum. He wants Ash’s help and won’t take “get lost” for an answer. She doesn’t know if she can trust Raum, but even more than that, she can’t trust herself with Ash. Sooner or later he’ll catch up to her, and she fears she won’t be able to walk away from him a second time.
Despite her feelings, it will take their combined strength to face a frightening discovery about the Gaians. She and Ash begin to realize that the daemon war is coming to Earth, and they might be the only ones who can stop it — if it’s not already too late.
-- Steel & Stone Universe Books:
STEEL & STONE Chase the Dark (#1) Bind the Soul (#2) Yield the Night (#3) Feed the Flames (#3.5) Reap the Shadows (#4) Unleash the Storm (#5) Steel & Stone (#6)
SPELL WEAVER The Night Realm (#1) The Shadow Weave (#2) The Blood Curse (#3)
Piper thought she could handle the Sahar, the most powerful magical weapon in existence. She thought she could protect her loved ones and stop a war. She thought she could make a difference.She was wrong, and her mistakes were paid for in blood.Leavi…
Piper thought she could handle the Sahar, the most powerful magical weapon in existence. She thought she could protect her loved ones and stop a war. She thought she could make a difference.
She was wrong, and her mistakes were paid for in blood.
Leaving her world—and her failures—behind, she retreats to the Underworld with Ash and the other draconians. They forge deep into long abandoned mountains, the first draconians to fly the valleys and passes in centuries—or so they thought. Until now, Ash’s mysterious heritage has been nothing but a name, but his presence does not go unnoticed. A new danger stalks him, one that may be even greater than what they escaped.
Cut off from the power she’d come to rely on and lost in a world where she doesn’t belong, Piper has never felt so hopeless. But she must find her strength, and find it quickly, before she loses Ash to an ancient power he can’t fight, before her home is devastated by the daemon war, and before her mind, body, and soul are consumed by the Sahar’s insidious magic.
-- Steel & Stone Universe Books:
STEEL & STONE Chase the Dark (#1) Bind the Soul (#2) Yield the Night (#3) Feed the Flames (#3.5) Reap the Shadows (#4) Unleash the Storm (#5) Steel & Stone (#6)
SPELL WEAVER The Night Realm (#1) The Shadow Weave (#2) The Blood Curse (#3)
12 new stories from the Steel & Stone series, narrated by Ash and LyreFrom her first fateful glimpse of the Sahar Stone to the explosive battle in Asphodel, Piper fought with Ash and Lyre beside her. A draconian and an incubus—an unlikely friends…
12 new stories from the Steel & Stone series, narrated by Ash and LyreFrom her first fateful glimpse of the Sahar Stone to the explosive battle in Asphodel, Piper fought with Ash and Lyre beside her. A draconian and an incubus—an unlikely friendship of two skilled warriors, deadly in very different ways, both hiding dark secrets and dangerous pasts.Now, return to the Steel & Stone world—this time through their eyes. In this collection of short stories set on the same timeline as the original series, Ash and Lyre reveal a whole new side to the trials they faced—both familiar scenes and never-before-seen adventures. Discover Ash's first impression of Piper, their fight in the Styx ring, Lyre's secret role in the escape from Asphodel, and more.This captivating encore to the Steel & Stone series includes 12 all-new stories that complement and expand on the most pivotal moments of the series.—Steel & Stone Universe STEEL & STONE SERIESChase the Dark (#1)Bind the Soul (#2)Yield the Night (#3)Feed the Flames (#3.5)Reap the Shadows (#4)Unleash the Storm (#5)Steel & Stone (#6)SPELL WEAVER TRILOGYThe Night Realm (#1)The Shadow Weave (#2)The Blood Curse (#3)