Dahlia Kristoff, the Wind Witch, has been banished, and the Walker children are attending a prep school, but they find themselves unhappy and wishing for things to go back to how they used to be. Meanwhile, Denver Kristoff is searching for his daughter Dahlia, and the Walker children will again be put in danger as they go on a mysterious journey through Kristoff's books.
Apprentice Tom and the Spook for whom he works flee to Ireland, where a powerful witch has joined forces with the dark mages trying to call forth ancient powers to destroy Tom.
From the streets of Rome to the caves of the Kirin and beyond, humans, chimaera, and seraphim will fight, strive, love, and die in an epic theater that transcends good and evil, right and wrong, friend and enemy.
In 1897, seventeen-year-olds Dacia and Lou, New York socialites and cousins, visit their maternal homeland of Romania and learn the family secret--that they are shapeshifters, expected to take their rightful places, marry proper husbands, and serve the Dracula family.
A collection of stories from the fantasy author includes a novella set in the world of "A Confusion of Princes," in which an aspiring cadet faces life-threatening dangers to join an elite company of bridge builders.