Not all monsters dwell in the woods. The mages of the Conclave have questions—dangerous ones that put airship pilot Gideon Fletcher and his sister, Miranda, in the midst of an inquisition for illegal magic. When not in the air, the Fletchers live in an elegant world of gentlemen’s clubs and Society balls. They have a lot to lose if suspicion falls on their household. But now they’ve rescued Joseph Ellery, a man who should never have survived the Outlands or its lethal predators. No one can say why or how Ellery escaped, and the Conclave demands answers. Gideon witnesses the Conclave’s brutal justice. His three sisters, including Miranda, suspect nothing until it’s too late. The women have a secret that puts the family at deadly risk, and it’s too late for a good solution. There’s not even a bad one on the right side of the law. Trouble has arrived for the Fletchers, and it clearly means to stay.

When the prey becomes the hunter Miranda Fletcher lives in a glittering world of aeronauts and artists, dance cards and dandies, but terror lurks outside the city walls. The countryside is infested with hungry abominations called the Unseen, and a single crack in the capital’s magical defenses invites disaster and death. When Miranda witnesses a murder, she learns the city walls aren’t as secure as the Conclave—the city’s magical protector—claims. But despite a string of bloody deaths, no one is foolhardy enough to question the Conclave, much less battle the Unseen. Except Miranda. When tragedy shatters her home, she refuses to turn the other cheek. Sometimes the smallest creature carries the deadliest sting.

When courage and a crack shot aren’t enough After violence shatters Miranda Fletcher’s world, she swears to protect those she loves. An air captain’s daughter, she has courage enough to battle hungry monsters. Now a different threat hides among them—one much harder to destroy. Miranda seeks out her rebel brother, Gideon, for aid. A private inquiry agent, he’s searching for victims no one else dares to find. When one of his father’s airships is blown from the sky, Gideon suspects his cases are linked to the disaster, and his family is the villain’s new target. Danger hides everywhere—in gaslit clubs and drawing rooms, in the secret halls of the mages, and among the monsters of the forest. Uncovering the city’s dire truth could cost Miranda and Gideon their lives—or condemn them to a fate more terrible than the grave.