Abandoned by her drug-addicted mother at the age of eleven, high school student Taylor Markham struggles with her identity and family history at a boarding school in Australia.
When suspended cop Bish Ortley finds out a bus his daughter was on was bombed he rushes into action, vowing to find out who nearly took his daughter's life. The primary suspect is a teenage girl form one of London's most notorious crime families. To find her, Bish has to earn the trust of the girl's friends and family, and in the process he uncovers shocking secrets about past crimes still unaccounted for.
After his favorite uncle's violent death, Tom Mackee watches his family implode, quits school, and turns his back on music and everyone who matters, and while he is in no shape to mend what is broken, he fears that no one else is, either.
Froi settles in and is guided and aided by the guard to the royal family, but when he is sent on a secret mission to the kingdom of Charyn, Froi is surprised by what he finds in the surreal royal court and within himself.
While Froi travels through Charyn and attempts to build an army to protect Quintana and her unborn child, Quintana confronts Isaboc for a final time to determine the fate of both them and the world they live in.
Sixteen year old Francesca could use her outspoken mother's help with the problems of being one of a handful of girls at a parochial school that has just turned coed, but her mother has suddenly become severely depressed.
Abandoned by her drug-addicted mother at the age of eleven, high school student Taylor MArkham struggles with her identity and family history at a boarding school in Australia.
Now on the cusp of manhood, Finnikin, who was a child when the royal family of Lumatere was brutally murdered and replaced by an imposter, reluctantly joins forces with an enigmatic young novice and fellow-exile, who claims that her dark dreams will lead them to a surviving royal child and a way to regain the throne of Lumatere.
Froi and his companions travel through Charyn to find Quintana and build an army to secure her unborn child's right to rule, an effort that culminates in an ultimate showdown with Isaboe of Lumatere.
