People sometimes have abilities. Some people use their abilities to do good, like Joseph. Others not so much. And as the Midnight Soldier it's Joseph's job to stop them. Like Victor vanGone - art thief extraordinaire and his very own arch nemesis. But when a new villain comes into town, the hero is faced with a new challenge. Of course there's also his day-job at the tea shop. And his cute coworker.

Will Joseph be able to defeat the Vanisher with the help of his former arch nemesis VictorvanGone? And what about Eugene?

De mortuis nil nisi bonum dicendum est, "Speak no ill of the dead." But tell their stories so that they may live on. Not to see another sunrise but to find a new home in the minds of the living. May my brave forefathers and warrior mothers find eternal peace and rest in new homes over the horizon of imaginary boundaries they never got to cross.

Within these pages, readers will find themselves transported to diverse landscapes of the heart, where love blooms, where loss leaves its marks, and where redemption offers hope in the darkest of hours. From a tavern in the middle of the city to the own messy desk, each story is a new journey. As readers turn the pages of this collection of short stories, they will be moved to laughter and to tears, finding echoes of their own joys and sorrows reflected in the lives of the characters they meet, especially with the corresponding mood-song every chapter is endowed with.

Lofty and powerful is Redeye. His subjects must serve and offer their minds as well as their bodies to him unquestioningly. Laela is his newest subject of interest, for she stems from an intricate race and has finally begun to bleed. In her, Redeye sees a slave that will bear more of the rare breed. But on Laelas way to bow before the ravishing master, a monster appears. A monster that kills slavers like Redeye for a sport.

Together through the night until we see the morning light. When it felt like all the faith was gone, for Emma, Katrin, Lily and Rose a much more beautiful one was born. One day they were all existing in the same place, at the same time completely unaware that they would become each other's reason for fearing less of the thoughts that come after the sunset, because this time they have someone they can share them with. Let them tell you the story of the summer that they spent on the beach by the bus stop. The story of dealing with fears and past wounds. The story that showed them how beautiful it can be to feel seen and understood in the lost and lonesome moments just by talking with people who see underneath the outside facade. Set in a small town in Northern Germany, this book follows four girls talking on sand discovering that the healing can be such a divine journey, only if you let it be. And then the night thoughts become less difficult to deal with.