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Leira Berens thought the war to reclaim magic was over . . . but it was just beginning. Ancient magic has been uncovered and Dark Forces are putting it to good use. Anybody need a human being changed into a hairy beast to do your bidding? History is coming back around to repeat itself . . . and it's looking for a score. An old enemy will reveal themselves to tip the balance in someone's favor as the prophesy comes to life and a new force enters the war on magic.

Richard MacBlair has all the answers Idina Moorfield needs and is finally willing to share them. Well, most of them. Who knew there was a whole special forces division? Dedicated to people exhibiting magical powers to deal with unique challenges? Things are starting to make a lot more sense to Idina. But a lot more changes may be coming her way. She has to face new challenges. A series of tests to determine if she's good enough for a new special forces group.

Sophia Briggs has passed the entrance exam and is a freshman at the famous School of Roots and Vines. The young magical is an Elemental with a twist. She can help everything that grows out of the ground—and then some. Her magic is a kind that hasn't been seen in generations. A secret even to her, but not for long. In the center of the boarding school stands an oversized oak tree that stretches across the campus and houses the classrooms—and is still alive. Even the tree holds a powerful secret that is being protected by a few.

Is it just a nightmare or a premonition? The suburban witch, Lucy Heron isn't sure, but she has a bad feeling something is coming, not just for her family, but the entire city. Sometimes intuition isn't wrong . . . Shadow Men are on the prowl, trying to return the world to shadow by fulfilling a prophecy. A prophecy that would plunge Los Angeles, then the world, into darkness. It could be the end of the world as humans know it.

Leira Berens has joined federal black ops mixed with her own brand of magic. She's coming face to face with what happens when magic collides with technology and organic matter. Not pretty but very powerful. The hunt is on to stop this new kind of shape-shifting but can she do it without being wiped off the planet? Secrets are swirling all around Leira. Some of them will heal rifts and others could tear them all apart again.

The Pixie Rebels are no more. Now, Z Thornbrook and her miniature cousins are the Pixie MP's, even if on base only their Captain knows there are wings under that uniform. But what happens when you tell a group of new recruits who are used to running the streets to hide who they really are? Well, mayhem—mixed with a lot of magic—and to the pixies' surprise, a sense of duty and honor at their post. It's a lot. That's going to turn out to be a very good thing.

When Z and her cousins are finally moved to their new station at Fort Carson, Colorado, magicals in the Army are still a big secret. A new home, a new commanding officer, and a whole lot of space all to themselves. These magical soldiers aren't quite ready to face battle just yet. Their last bit of isolated training can't possibly be a breeding ground for more pixie mischief, right? Wrong. But Z gets a few hits of her own medicine when the nightmares return—From the last night on Oriceran and the tragedy that turned her and her cousins into the last living pixies of the Thornbrook clan.

Everything is changing. It's the last semester of junior year for the Elemental, Sophie Briggs and her friends at The School of Roots and Vines. But will it be for better or worse? Classes take a priority for the teenagers but work and figuring out how to be a Defender is a close second. Both Marcus and Sophie's mysterious new tutor at the EBI have secrets to hide. Will Sophie harness a new curiosity in pursuit of the truth about them both?

Things are heating up in LaLa Land. Nothing makes tongues wag faster than rumors of a cursed movie set. These aren't special effects. Someone or something magical is at play. The attacks on suppliers of Pink Fairy continue. Norah needs to track down who's responsible and put an end to the problems for good. Domenico is safely hidden away deep below the surface of the Ocean, but Norah can't shake the feeling that something is wrong. She needs to get information about what's going on and the best way to get information about Domenico is to ask a bunch of criminals. That's easier said than done.

In East Calico Rock, there's always one more emergency to be handled by Winland Underwood. Unfortunately, this time the emergency is her mother. Just when Winland thought her mom was starting to settle into life in the refugee town, danger strikes once again. This time, Winland and the crimson heart are strong enough together to deal with it themselves. But are the consequences of Winland's new power too much for Leeland to handle?

Sophie Briggs has made it to her junior year at the School of Roots and Vines, but it isn't all fun and games for the Defenders. Change is coming. Some good and some . . . not so much. Friends are breaking up—will Sophie have to take sides? Sophie and Marcus are struggling, too. Marcus is pushing Sophie and the rest of the gang away, worried that being a Templeton will put them all at risk. He thinks he needs to do this by himself. Does he have to go it alone?

Norah Wintry is juggling movie stars with special skills, like shifting into tiger mode, at her Los Angeles talent agency with sinister backlot treachery. Projects in the Hollywood pipeline aren't what they seem, and Norah wants to protect her very special clients. That's not easy when she can't give a good reason to prevent them from signing on to the very lucrative job.

Z Thornbrook and her pixie cousins thought things would be more exciting since they were now Pixie MPs. Not so far. They're stationed in a cramped little office in a military police station on post doing mundane, boring tasks. Answering phones, directing calls, and taking care of paperwork. There's a method to the badness. They have to prove they can be responsible when they're not battling magical threats alongside Alpha Team.

The truth behind the creation of the mother of all monsters has to come out at some point. It always does. The only question is whether or not you survive it. Halsey Ambrosius just didn't think it would be revealed to the other elemental clans before she could tell Brigham. She might be the Alpha Hunter, but she has no idea what that means, other than fighting crazy powerful monsters that are new on the scene.