Before the Gallows... Tori and Darien's fates collide as they struggle to survive in the Fringes of Osha. Before the Shadow Watch... Ren Andovier and Cyrus Maro hunt for clues about the magic past of their ancestors. And before the hunt for the Wellspring...

A girl on the run from magic hunters. A rebel magic academy. Will their revolution save the realm or bring it to ruin? The world was once ruled by magic and monsters, but after a cataclysmic war, the chancellors of old eradicated these curses and ushered in a New World. One where sorcerers are hunted, and lowborns are sent to their deaths fighting the wars of nobles. In this world, a young slave reveals magical power before an empire. This revelation may be enough to spark a revolution, if Tori can escape the magic hunters pursuing her.

OVER 50,000 COPIES SOLD IN THE SERIES. When saints rise, empires will burn! The Shadow Watch has been undone. Their captain lies in the dungeons of the White Citadel, and the Gallows Girl has disappeared. Most of the surviving Watchers have joined the chancellor's new magical army, the Sky Guard, led by Darien Redvar, but the Gallows Boy is shaken from the return of the monsters of the Old World, and he must soon choose, once and for all, where his loyalties lie. Tori treks to the Great White North with an Alyut shaman, who believes she is the one who will bring Restoration to his people.

OVER 50,000 COPIES SOLD IN THE SERIES. A new queen rules the world. Only the Gallows Girl knows she is a tyrant. The Saints have prevailed. The chancellor has been defeated, and a new empire has risen in his place. An empire built by lowborns and sorcerers from many nations. Led by the newly crowned Queen of Light, Medea Lorzarre, they seek to spread their message of freedom and revolution across the New World. Only the Gallows Girl knows that the queen has fooled them all.

The Gallows Girl will determine once and for all... If magic will save the world or bring it to ruin. Reeling from the events in the Ruined Empire, Tori must rally her few loyal followers to save her friends and face foes on two fronts. The Darkling Queen has sentenced Mischa to death in a bold attempt to lure Tori into a trap. The Gallows Girl must find a way to outwit the sorceress who hijacked her rebellion and stole her magic, so she can face an even greater threat.