However, not only is Lee competing against Annie, but rumors are circulating that some of the royal family have survived and have dragons of their own. Their dragons are finally mature enough for them to compete for Firstrider, a position of power that can give Lee back a small part of what his family lost. Nine years later, a new generation of dragonriders is emerging, children selected and trained on merit, not bloodlines. For too long the dragonriders held all the power while their people starved and lived in fear. What happens to the world after the dust from a revolution has settled?įriends Annie and Lee were children from very different circles when Atreus killed Lee’s father, dragonlord Leon Stormscourge, ending the uprising on the bloodiest day in Callipolis’ history. Gruesome, snarky high jinks, with just the right amount of feels Brief cameos feature the characters of Hold Me Closer, Necromancer (2010).

With the help of humans, were-hares, and an adorable Doctor Who fangirl, they fight a plague that threatens them all. Though they've escaped the criminality of their old life, their work for Alistair is still chock-full of gory, nasty violence, complete with zombies, rabid werewolves, and magical creatures gone feral. Lock, a pale-skinned half dryad, is the object of Ava's confused, angst-ridden affections. Ezra is stunningly gorgeous, amber-eyed, tan-skinned, and russet-haired, half Japanese and half fox. Ava, white, is a firebug who burns through most of her clothing as a side effect of doing her job.

Though they're still recovering from the events at the climax of the previous book, they are formidable. Working for her new, strangely benevolent boss-Alistair even pays her for her work!-Ava and her two best buds take on investigative work for the Boston-based Coterie. Somebody still needs to make sure that magical people are neither exploited nor exploiters that's Ava's job.

Giant snails, terrified kelpies, and supernatural knitting: this is life for the teenagers running supernatural law enforcement in small-town Maine.Įven though Ava, Lock, and Ezra destroyed their evil old boss who ran the Coterie like 'something out of a supernatural Goodfellas' in Firebug (2014), the Coterie hasn't gone away.

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