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Kestrel awakes in the woods without a real name or his memories. Before him are twelve strangers, an altar on fire, and bones hanging from the trees like wind chimes. He’s to be initiated into their group so they may fulfill their purpose: head to the mountain of the so-called gods, have a feast, and bring about the end of the world. Kestrel is willing to risk it all to escape, but without any memories, he knows he must play along until he finds a way out. It won’t be easy.

Sixteen-year-old Mina is frustrated by Daddy’s drinking, her mom’s fanatical religious beliefs, and growing up poor in the Southern Appalachian Mountains. Most of her teachers assume she won’t amount to much despite her 4.0 GPA, and the country club guys think she’s easy prey. But they don’t know Mina’s dark secret: She can control a magical force of supernatural creatures known as the Shadow Faces. Mina doesn’t want powers. All she wants to do is escape the trailer park for a leafy college campus far away.

In a sea of myth and malice, Melody and Enrick are mercenaries with their own ship and a crew that has become a family with ties closer than blood. They have become legends of their own time, as they meddle in the affairs of gods and kings.

Melody and Enrick are mercenaries at the tail end of a job. It's hard to make a living in a land of corrupt kings, horrifying monsters, and fallen gods. So, whenever they are offered a chance at a score in the dazzling, coastal city of Tarmassa that promises riches and revenge, they do not hesitate. But what they find in that city is worth far more than gold or vindication. And it could lead to dangers beyond their wildest dreams.

Fifteen-year-old Leo is watching the world crumble. His father is missing, and his mother is slipping into madness as she cares for Leo, his sick sister Goldfish, and two useless brothers. Relatives are no help, and the church folk have turned their backs in the midst of the Great Depression.