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Drachen beherrschen die Geschicke der Welt seit Jahrtausenden. Ihre Klauen stecken in jedem Aspekt des menschlichen Lebens, von der Regierung bis zur Industrie, manchmal offen, manchmal verdeckt. Aber Kristen Hall ist dabei, einen Schraubenschlüssel in das ganze System zu werfen. Denn sie ist auch ein Drache. Sie weiß es nur nicht... noch nicht! Ein Drache, der von Menschen aufgezogen wurde, in der Welt der Menschen, mit menschlichen Werten. Nach ihrem Abschluss an der Polizeiakademie wurde sie direkt in die Reihen der Spezialeinheit SWAT der Detroiter Polizei versetzt.

Nach der Niederlage gegen den Stahldrachen Kristen Hall ist Sebastian Shadowstorm, der als Mister Black Kriminalität und Gewalt in Detroits Straßen gesät hat, in der Versenkung verschwunden. Die junge Polizistin mit den unerklärlichen Drachenkräften ist weiterhin auf der Suche nach ihm, muss aber erkennen, dass sie und auch ihre Liebsten nicht unverwundbar sind. Von der Gemeinschaft der Drachen weitestgehend ausgegrenzt, entdeckt sie, dass nicht nur Shadowstorm an dem Spiel um ihre unerklärliche Abstammung und die Machtverhältnisse in Detroit beteiligt ist.

Der Aufstand der Straßengangs von Detroit konnte von Kristen und ihren Kollegen mit Verlusten aber dennoch erfolgreich niedergeschlagen werden. Allerdings fehlt noch immer jede Spur vom mysteriösen Strippenzieher Mister Black. Die Kollegen sind von Kristens neu entdeckten Fähigkeiten begeistert, sie haben aber kein Verständnis dafür, dass sie immer öfter gedankenlos vorprescht und damit das gesamte Team gefährdet.

Kylara Diamantine has never met another dragon. Raised by her mother apart from the rest of their society without any idea why, she's always been curious about the rest of their species. She wants to get out there, to meet other dragons, to explore! To stretch her wings. Literally. Be careful what you wish for, they say. They're right. After a devastating magical attack on their home leaves Ky's mother missing, she's placed at a special school for her protection.

His experiment shouldn't have wrecked his lab, created a portal to another dimension, or sucked him through said portal. Despite all that, Charles Smith found himself landing atop the emissary of an evil group of mages called the Shadow Council. Literally on top of him, along with half the gear from his lab, which had the fortunate side-effect of turning the evil sorcerer into paste.

First-year medical student Selena Serrano was prepared for the stress of exams, not the literal end of the world. When a mysterious Event kills the power and causes the cadavers in her Gross Anatomy class to rise as zombies, the old rules of society vanish. In the blink of an eye, technology dies. Magic returns. And Selena’s anatomy final sits up to eat her. While others scramble for safety, Selena discovers she has a dark talent for her brutal new reality of monsters and magic.

Killing Lord Boneclaw once wasn't enough. The deadly elder dragon has returned through a combination of human and dragon magic, and he'll stop at nothing to be avenged on those who wronged him in the past! More than anything else, Boneclaw desires the powers Kylara Diamantine possesses. If he can steal her ability to learn new dragon powers, he'd be truly unstoppable. If Kylara is killed in the process, well, Boneclaw considers that a small price to pay....

Kylara and her friends are back at the Lumos School, but Cassandra still holds her mother prisoner, and Ky will stop at nothing to rescue her. The school's mission is to help dragons and mages train their magic and learn new powers. But when an experimental trip to the pixie realm goes awry, a student ends up with a new magic that's as powerful as it is disturbing. And when that student loses control, everything is at risk. But Kylara is growing stronger, too. She's gaining new powers.

Dragons rule the world. Their claws are into every aspect of human life, from government to industry. But Kristen Hall is about to throw a wrench into all of that. Because she's a dragon, too. She just doesn't know it...yet! A dragon raised by humans, in the human world. After graduating from the police academy, she's dropped right into the ranks of Detroit's elite SWAT team. A rookie, in SWAT? Unheard of. But what the dragons want, they get. The reasons behind their machinations become clear as her dragon powers begin to surface. Will Kristen rise to the challenges of her new life?

Kristen Hall grew up a human - but she's not. She's a dragon. And dragonkind will never be the same. She's achieved some mastery over her powers and even defeated an enemy dragon. But nothing she has done has prepared her for what's coming next. Kristen has been invited to join Dragon SWAT - a force of dragons which serves to keep order among their species

The Shadow Council have found new allies: shadowy creatures called wraiths. Summoned from another dimension, the wraiths are immune to most forms of attack-and they eat life force. A deadly threat to everyone in Kortall, the wraiths change the balance of power completely.

Kristen has come fully into her dragon power. And just in time, because enemies are gathering. A war for control of the planet is brewing - one that would devastate dragon and human alike!

Get the first two books together in this special Publisher's Pack edition! More than just a game, Valhalla Online was designed as a permanent repository for the uploaded minds of mortals afraid of death. An artificial afterlife. Samantha's world is turned upside-down when she arrives in Valhalla - because as far as she knows, she isn't like the other people uploaded there. She isn't dead. At least...she hopes she isn't. Now Sam must solve the mystery of her own abduction - or murder! - while trapped inside a virtual world, cut off from communication with the outside.

The mage uprising has been put down, but it wasn't enough. Dragons have become aware that humans can arm themselves with weapons deadly to even dragonkind. Dragons are living in fear of humans for the first time in living memory, and they hate it. The war has arrived. Lord Boneclaw will lead the armies of dragonkind to decimate humanity. Their aim is to slaughter billions, thus bringing the threat back under control. Only one thing stands in their path.

The mages push Earth closer to a war that no one can win. Kristen and her team are all that stands between them and the utter annihilation of everyone she loves. But the mages may not be the worst threat she has to face! In the shadows, someone lurks, manipulating others for his own gain. The Mage assassins are no longer content to hide in the shadows. Their day has arrived, and they will rise to remake the world into a place without dragons.

Eric has learned much about the ways of power since arriving in this strange world. Winning a place among the mighty Nords wasn't easy, but his heroics have earned him a seat at their table. As spring comes to the land, Nord thoughts turn from staying warm to raiding. They've invited Eric to come along. But not all is right in the ripe lands the Nords raid every season. Troops are based where there should be none, and their adversaries are building a navy.

To end the wraith threat, the dimensional barrier must be healed. But to do that, Charles will need to find a way back to Earth again! Only then can a combination of magic and technology repair the damage his arrival in Kortall caused. The quest to return to Earth is only the beginning of his troubles. Because the wraiths have been very busy, and not just in Kortall. They've invaded Earth as well! Smith quickly finds himself embroiled in two wars on two worlds against an implacable foe determined to spread across the multiverse until all life is devoured.

Anwyn's family has always assumed that she'd follow in the footsteps of her illustrious mother and uncle as a diplomat and eventual head of state. But Anwyn is an impulsive rule-breaker, and she's made other plans: getting off her home planet and seeing the galaxy after training as a starship pilot.

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The Nords have weathered the storm and survived, but Eric knows everything they've faced so far is only the tip of the spear. This time, the threat is coming from outside the world Eric has grown to love as his own. Playing defense will only get you so far, and Eric's about done with taking hits.