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SOMETHING IS WAKING The fiefs that exist at the heart of the city of Elantra are home to sentient Towers that guard the world against the incursion of Shadow. But between the fiefs exists the gray world of the border zone. In it, geography changes between one passage across a border and the next...

You would think that Shannon and her coven would have their act together by now—especially after Cynthia, who is waaay more experienced in the magical realm, joins them. Nope. With Shannon’s familiar, Robert the bobcat, still missing after being shot by Steve, and the budding romance with Devon also shot to hell, Shannon’s got some serious challenges. As for the rest of the neophyte coven members, Libby got the job promotion but she detests it. Careful what you wish for, right?

Merrigan wasn't really an evil queen. Her royal siblings referred to her as the brat, and she lived down to it. However, she was married to an evil king. When he lost a fight with a magic apple tree and got himself killed, she did whatever she could to hold onto the kingdom. Including lying to a powerful seer. Big mistake. Merrigan was cursed: turned into an old woman, she was doomed to wander until she learned to care about others.

Lanie saved her student's life on Senior Prank Night, but broke her back and blunted some of her semi-pseudo-superhero powers. Now it's four years later, and Lanie's orderly life is starting to fall apart. Her brothers are living with her while their parents are out of the country on another book research trip. Not so bad, but their parents have missed two check-in phone calls already.

A league of disgruntled, elitist majjians are turning happily-ever-afters into curses, in their quest to control all the magic in the world. Talking frogs and swans are vanishing. The majjian springs are drying up, threatening the source of magic everywhere.

Royal politics interfere with childhood sweethearts finding their happily-ever-after. The heartbroken maiden decides to take matters into her own hands and find a new true love to drag back to the family's underwater home in a black lagoon. Just like dear old Dad once did. 'Na pities the girl—until she sets her sights on Ambrose. Especially when true love's kiss doesn't seem to cure the magic that threatens to curse them both to be watery creatures…permanently.

When a rarely-used portal opens into the enchanted forest, the inhabitants of the enchanted castle and the local werewolf tribe go on the alert. The invaders include a wolf, a girl in a red hooded cloak, and a woodsman with a magical silver axe. 'Na and Zella ride out on Smedley the dragon to help this damsel of distress, and land in the middle of a tangled tale of deception, greed, and warped magic. To make things really complicated, a magical wolf mask kept locked up in the castle has started to howl.

Usually, a visit from Friar Ipswich is a happy time, but when he emerges months early from the time pocket library where he lives doing research, 'Na and her friends are justifiably worried. Especially when he comes to the enchanted castle accompanied by a rather unpleasant couple who claim they need help.

Fragmar is a wise old dragon who wants very much to be left alone with her books and scrolls. But the ambitions and insanity of the human race call to her for solutions to their dilemmas over and over as the centuries of her life unfurl.

Life in the enchanted castle, in the center of the enchanted forest, had its benefits and its drawbacks. Emphasis on drawbacks, with 'Na's problematic 17th birthday approaching. Thanks to her parents' reputation for breaking enchantments and solving magical problems, they had numerous enemies. Chances were good some of them had set numerous curses to take effect on her birthday. The best way to avoid trouble was to stay home, alone, and keep the doors locked.

If 'Na and Ambrose could have things their way, their wedding would be small, simple, and reserved just for their closest friends. However, the wedding of the daughter of the lord and lady of the enchanted castle threatens to be an important event of world-shaking proportions. And Circe-Beth, 'Na's nemesis from her school days, is determined to not just take center stage, but get some revenge on anybody who doesn't do things her way.

The enchanted castle is under attack from a patchwork monster, while some spellwork cheaters and thieves try to capture Fang, convinced he possesses a fountain of youth spell they need very badly. 'Na, Ambrose and Zella must find the elusive, ticked-off sorcerer who can stop his patchwork creation, and a nasty spell that wants to unravel other magic, before it tears apart their home.

A princess suffering from too many makeovers comes to the enchanted castle, seeking help in finding her inner beauty. The search for the right magic to help her leads 'Na and her new friend to a room of torture—otherwise known as a beauty parlor—where they accidentally open a box chained shut for 50 years. What they find inside, and who is responsible for the prisoner, threatens to change preconceived notions of true beauty.

Imagine you’re Greek mythology’s most maligned and misunderstood heroine. Now imagine you’ve just gotten back from the most exhausting adventure of your long career, and you’ve got to embark on another. Pegasus is missing, and two villains of old are screaming for the sacred animal’s blood. One is the demigoddess of Hissy Fits. The other is an 80-foot sea monster with a one-track mind. Both of them have a longstanding grudge against you.