On the verge of war, Paz Dedios, Athene, and brothers Clive and Clover Hamill, finally reunited, must make their last stand, which will determine the future of their civilization.

Before she can rescue her twin sister, sixteen-year-old magic-wielding spy Aissa must choose between pursuing revenge against the ruling Technocrats or abandoning her mission and trusting her sworn enemies. Aissa and her twin sister, Zandria, are Magi spies, magic users most believe to be extinct. By day they are normal young Technocrats eager to fulfill the duties of their new apprenticeships. By night they plot their revenge to retake their city...

They said that the first generation of man was brought low by its appetites: for knowledge, for power, for wealth. They said mankind's voracity was so great, the Lord sent his own Daughter to bring fire and devastation to the world. The survivors were few, but over the course of centuries they banded together to form a new civilization-the Descendancy-founded on the belief that the mistakes of the past must never be repeated. Brothers Clive and...

A secret beats inside Anna Thatcher's chest: An illegal clockwork heart. Anna works cog by cog -- donning the moniker Technician -- to supply black market medical technology to the sick and injured, against the Commissioner's tyrannical laws. Nathaniel Fremont, the Commissioner's son, has never had to fear the law. Determined to earn his father's respect, Nathaniel sets out to capture the Technician. But the more he learns about the outlaw, the more...

"Seventeen-year-old Cardinal has escaped the virus that ravaged his town, leaving its victims alive but without their memories"--

Fever Crumb has been adopted and raised by Dr. Crumb, a member of the Order of Engineers, where she serves as an apprentice. At a time when women are not seen as reasonable creatures, Fever is unusual, the only girl to serve in the Order. Soon, though, she must say goodbye to Dr. Crumb in order to assist archaeologist Kit Solent with a top secret project involving a mysterious room that once belonged to Auric Godshawk, the last of the Scriven overlords,...