Imperial law enforcer Amaranthe Lokdon is good at her job: she can deter thieves and pacify thugs, if not with a blade, then by toppling an eight-foot pile of coffee canisters onto their heads. But when ravaged bodies show up on the waterfront, an arson covers up human sacrifices, and a powerful business coalition plots […]

Michael Devlin is a man of great learning but little means, living in one of the poorest sections of Dublin. By day, he practices law at the Four Courts and gives reading lessons to the local children. By night he’s the man in the mask, prowling the streets of Dublin’s Hell defending the people—his people—from […]

Cora knows she’s lucky to be engaged to the handsome Marky Harrison, a former high school football player. As a curvy girl, she knows her place in life and landing a man like Marky is sheer good fortune. But when her fiancé blows up their engagement, Cora retreats to a cabin to cry and rage. […]

Will James is a veteran of San Jacinto, a friend of Sam Houston, opposed to slavery but devoted to the state he knew as a Republic. The crosswinds of the civil war create a peculiar friendship with John Browder, a Yankee preacher whose roots trace back to Illinois and Abe Lincoln. Together they pursue a […]