J. Kathleen Cheney

A debut novel by a Nebula Finalist-winning writer finds Oriana Paredes, a spy secretly working on behalf of the banned sea folk, accompanying her employer to Paris only to be abducted beneath the ocean, where after witnessing her companion's brutal drowning she reluctantly partners with a psychic police consultant to investigate a series of sinister disappearances. Original. 35,000 first printing.

The Golden City

Shironne Anjir's status as a Sensitive is both a gift and a curse. Her augmented senses allow her to discover and feel things others can't, but her talents come with a price: a constant assault of emotions and sensations has left her blind. A member of the royal family's guard, Mikael Lee also possesses an overwhelming power - he dreams of the deaths of others. When a killer brings a reign of terror to the city, using deadly blood magic on his victims, only Shironne can interpret Mikael's dark dreams of the murders. What they find together will lead them into a nightmare.

A Palace of Dreams Novel

Dreaming Death

Police consultant Duilio Ferreira fears that nonhumans are being targeted by a serial killer in the Golden City despite magical beings being banned there for decades, in a follow up to The Golden City. Original.

A Novel of the Golden City

The Seat of Magic

From the world of Dreaming Death, we follow Amal, Lady Horn as she and her guards try to preserve one of the great secrets of Larossa: an abandoned Fortress. Amal, the chief of the Oathbreakers, is one of only a handful of people aware of the true dangers the abandoned Fortress of Salonen presents. The Cince Empire wants its secrets, and will do anything to get someone inside. Now the Horn Family must decide whether to wake the sleeping Fortress so it can defend itself against the Cince...or kill it forever. Dalyan doesn't know why he was sent to find the abandoned Fortress, what makes it worth the time his masters invested in training him. When the Horn arrest him for trespassing on the glacier beneath it, he goes with them willingly enough. After all, he didn't return to his masters on schedule, and now they're trying to kill him. But more than that, he feels drawn to the abandoned Fortress, as if he belongs there...

Oathbreaker

The third dazzling novel in the Golden City series. Even as the branches of peace are being offered, there are some who still believe those who are not human should be used as chattel. And they are willing to go to great lengths to retain their power.

The Shores of Spain

Magical beings have been banned from the Golden City for decades, though many live there in secret. Now humans and nonhumans alike are in danger as evil stalks the streets, growing more powerful with every kill…. It’s been two weeks since Oriana Paredes was banished from the Golden City. Police consultant Duilio Ferreira, who himself has a talent he must keep secret, can’t escape the feeling that, though she’s supposedly returned home to her people, Oriana is in danger. Adding to Duilio’s concerns is a string of recent murders in the city. Three victims have already been found, each without a mark upon her body. When a selkie under his brother’s protection goes missing, Duilio fears the killer is also targeting nonhuman prey. To protect Oriana and uncover the truth, Duilio will have to risk revealing his own identity, put his trust in some unlikely allies, and consult a rare and malevolent text known as The Seat of Magic….

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