Originally published: New York: Parachute Press, 2000.

Monkeys, toucans, and alligators unleash mayhem.

When mysterious symptoms that defy diagnosis affect her performance, Amanda Mason, struggling to finish medical school, stumbles upon a medical murder mystery and calls upon her friends to help her solve it before she becomes the next victim. Original.

Two roads lead to Mount Hope. None leads out. Following a freak nuclear power-plant explosion, the small southern town was evacuated. Now, after a year in isolation, some residents are finally allowed to return home. Best friends Maggie and Jordan quickly discover that Mount Hope is not as it was before. The roads leading out of town are blocked, phone networks and the Internet are cut off, and the power plant remains on military lockdown. Something is horribly wrong, and their determination to uncover the truth soon has Maggie and Jordan in the crosshairs of a force more sinister than any they could have imagined.

With her phenomenal Mage Winds trilogy, bestselling author Mercedes Lackey captivated fans across the country. Now in the first volume of the series sequel, she continues the same storyline, returning readers to a war-torn Valdemar in preparation to confront an ancient Eastern Empire--ruled by a monarch whose magical tactics by be beyond any sorcery known to the western kingdoms.

An enemy with power far beyond anything they could comprehend. The US government's most lethal weapon is back. Code-name Devlin, he operates in the darkest recesses of what is right and wrong, and survives without praise or thanks. So when international cyber-terrorists release a deadly and cunning band of radical insurgents to breach the highest levels of national security, it is Devlin who must take down an enemy bent on destroying America - an enemy more violent and ruthless than the world has ever known.