Washington District of Columbia United Republic of Earth 2712 \\\\\_ Twenty-three-year-old Adem Adamend has it rough. His name is ludicrous. His friends are few. And the only thing his "kid genius" status has gotten him at the Interdistrict Bureau of Intelligence is a boatload of extra work with no credit in sight. Then hotshot lawyer Victor Manson is burned to death in his own back yard, and Adem finds himself using his unique skills to piece together the strangest crime he's ever seen. Strange because the only possible suspect Adem can pin the murder on...is a mythical beast. A dragon. Before Adem can unravel the mystery of Manson's death, the Bureau loses jurisdiction to the secretive EDPA, an organization that investigates weird and deadly events. But Adem isn't one for giving up, so he takes it upon himself to delve deeper into EDPA's machinations, into the series of unfortunate events that led to Manson's demise. And what he finds may change the way he views the world—and himself—forever. \\\\\_ What do you do when a killer can hide behind his dreams? What do you do when a murder weapon ceases to exist? And how do you stop a villain who can conjure up nightmares and burn you from the Earth in the blink of an eye? Adem Adamend is about to find out.

Washington District of Columbia United Republic of Earth November 2712 \\\\\_ Adem Adamend still has it rough. His name is still ludicrous. His friends are still few. And his new boss likes to break his nose twice a week in combat training. But when a local college senior is brutally murdered by the dream of a sandstorm brought to life—and the monsters hiding within—Adem finds himself swiftly ripped from his boring training curriculum and tossed into a web of secrets and lies in the heart of the city he calls home. With threads pointing to the ruthless Columbian mob, a cyber-attack threat against multiple federal agencies, and the shadow of the man who sponsored Adem's corrupt ex-mentor, the IBI-turned-EDPA agent knows he has little time before the body count rises exponentially. But in order for Adem to solve the case, he'll have to contend with old wounds still raw, a new team he doesn't think he can trust, and his own developing echo powers... ...the last of which may pose the most dangerous threat of all.