Gail Z. Martin

2006, Nouvelle-Orleans. Catherine, fille du gouverneur de Louisiane, est enlevee. Son garde du corps est assassine. L'enquete est confiee au FBI. Tres vite, le kidnappeur, Ernesto Perez, se livre aux autorites ... Il veut s'entretenir avec Ray Hartmann, un obscur fonctionnaire qui travaille a Washington dans une unite chargee de la lutte contre le crime organise ... --[Memento].

Jonmarc Vahanian was just a blacksmith's son in a small fishing village before raiders killed his family. Wounded and left for dead in the attack, Jonmarc tries to rebuild his life. But when a dangerous bargain with a shadowy stranger goes wrong, Jonmarc finds himself on the run, with nothing ahead but vengeance, and nothing behind him but blood.

"Condemned for killing the man who dishonored his sister, Blaine "Mick" McFadden has spent the last six years in Velant, a penal colony in the frigid northern wastelands. Harsh discipline and oppressive magic keep a fragile peace as colonists struggle against a hostile environment. But the supply ships from Dondareth have stopped coming, boding ill for the kingdom that banished the colonists. Now, as the world s magic runs wild, McFadden and the people of Velant must fight to survive and decide their fate"--Page 4 of cover.

Blaine "Mick" McFadden managed to partially restore Donderath's magic, but not without a cost. He and the magic are now bound together, and the power remains dangerous and erratic -- draining the life from him with every use. New threats are rising from the wreckage of the battered kingdoms, and warlords both mortal and undead vie for control. Now, Blaine and his unlikely band of convict heroes must find allies amidst a sea of enemies, and discover a way to rebind magic to the will of mortals before it destroys him. And time is running out...