Synopses & Reviews
Return to national bestselling author Devon Monk's heartpounding House Immortal series, where eleven powerful Houses control the world and all its resources. But now, the treaty between them has been broken, and no onenot even the immortal galvanizedis safe....
Matilda Case isnt normal. Normal people arent stitched together, inhumanly strong, and ageless, as she and the other galvanized are. Normal peoples bodies dont hold the secret to immortalitysomething the powerful Houses will kill to possess. And normal people dont know that theyre going to die in a few days.
Matildas fight to protect the people she loves triggered a chaotic war between the Houses and shattered the worlds peace. On the run, she must find a way to stop the repeat of the ancient time experiment that gifted her and the other galvanized with immortality. Because this time, it will destroy her and everything she holds dear.
Caught in a cat-and-mouse game of lies, betrayal, and unseen foes, Matilda must fight to save the world from utter destruction. But time itself is her enemy, and every second brings her one step closer to disaster....
Review
Praise for the novels of Devon Monk: “Monks writing is addictive, and the only cure is more, more, more.”—New York Times Bestselling Author Rachel Vincent
“Fiendishly original.”—#1 New York Times Bestselling Author Patricia Briggs
“Dark and delicious.”—Publishers Weekly
“Urban fantasy at its finest.”—Sacramento Book Review
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Praise for Devon Monk and her novels
“A must read.”—Keri Arthur, New York Times bestselling author of Darkness Splintered
“Devon Monk rocks.”—Ilona Andrews, #1 New York Times bestselling author of Magic Breaks
“Beautifully written and brilliantly imagined.”—Rachel Vincent, New York Times bestselling author of Oath Bound
“Brilliantly and tightly written…will surprise, amuse, amaze, and absorb readers.”—Publishers Weekly (starred review)
“Fantastic.”—SciFiChick.com
Synopsis
Allison Beckstrom has willingly paid the price of pain to use magic, and has obeyed the rules of the Authority, the clandestine organization that makes-and enforces-all magic policy. But when the Authority's new boss, Bartholomew Wray, refuses to believe that the sudden rash of deaths in Portland might be caused by magic, Allie must choose to follow the Authority's rules, or turn against the very people for whom she's risked her life.
To stop the plague of dark magic spreading through the city, all that she values will be on the line: her magic, her memories, her life. Now, as dead magic users rise to feed upon the innocent and the people closest to her begin to fall, Allie is about to run out of options.
Synopsis
The latest Broken Magic novel from national bestselling author Devon Monk. Marked by Life and Death magic, Shame Flynn and Terric Conley are breakers”those who can use magic to its full extent. Most of the time, they can barely stand each other, but they know they have to work together to defeat a common enemyrogue magic user Eli Collins.
Backed by the government, Eli is trying to use magic as a weapon by carving spells into the flesh of innocents and turning them into brainless walking bombs. To stop him, Shame and Terric will need to call on their magic, even as it threatens to consume thembecause the price they must pay to wield Life and Death could change the very fate of the world...and magic itself.
About the Author
Devon Monk has one husband, two sons, and a dog named Mojo. She lives in Oregon and is surrounded by colorful and numerous family members who mostly live within dinner-calling distance of each other. She has sold over fifty short stories to fantasy, science fiction, horror, humor, and young adult magazines and anthologies. Her stories have been published in five countries and included in a Year's Best Fantasy collection. When not writing, Devon is either knitting, remodeling the house-that-was-once-a-barn, or hosting a family celebration.