CAST IN SHADOW by Michelle Sagara

Back Cover: Seven years ago Kaylin fled the crime-riddled streets of Night­shade, knowing that some­thing was after her. Chil­dren were being murdered – an all had the same odd mark­ings that myste­ri­ously appeared on her own skin…

Since then, she’s learned to read, she’s learned to fight and she’s become one of the vaunted Hawks who patrol and police the City of Elantra. Along­side the winged Aerians and the immortal Barrani, she’s made a place for herself, far from the mean streets of her birth.

But chil­dren are once again dying, and a dark and familiar pattern is emerging. Kaylin is ordered back into Night­shade with a partner she knows she can’t trust, a Dragon lord for a companion and a device to contain her powers – powers that no other human has. Her task is simple – find the killer, stop the murders…and survive the atte­nions of those who claim to be her allies!

Trade Paper­back: Luna Books, August 2005, 0 – 373-80236 – 6, 409 pages
Mass Market Paper­back:  Luna Books, August 2006, 0 – 373-80254 – 4, Paper­back, 507 pages

Read the first chapter: Cast in Shadow.pdf or html.
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CAST IN COURTLIGHT by Michelle Sagara

Back Cover: No good deed goes unpunished…

In Elantra, a job well done is rewarded with a more dangerous task. And so, after defeating a dark evil, Kaylin must enter a place of deceit and treachery. A world where silk and jewels hide deadly secrets…

Kaylin goes before the Barrani High Court, where a misspoken word brings sure death. And Kaylin’s never been known for her grace or manners. But the High Lord’s heir is suspi­ciously ill and Kaylin’s healing magic is the only shot at saving him – if she manages to dodge the traps laid for her.

Only to discover that the healing might turn out to be the simplest of tasks before her…

Trade Paper­back: Luna Books, August 2006, 0 – 978-80244 – 9, 488 pages
Mass Market Paper­back  Luna Books, August 2006, 0 – 373-80254 – 4, 507 pages 

Read the first chapter: Cast in Courtlight.pdf or html.
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CAST IN SECRET by Michelle Sagara

Back Cover: Stolen goods were so much easier…

Still avoiding magic when­ever possible, Private Kaylin Neya relished inves­ti­gating a run-of-the-mill theft. Until she found out the myste­rious stolen box had been taken from Elani Street, where the mages and char­la­tans mingled, and it was some­times hard to tell the differ­ence between the two. And since the box was ancient, without a keyhole, and held tremen­dous dark­ness inside, Kaylin knew unknown forces were again playing with her destiny – and her life…

Trade Paper­back: Luna Books, August 2007, 0 – 373-80280 – 3, 488 pages
Mass Market Paper­back:  Luna Books, August 2008, 0 – 978-373 – 80283‑8 491 pages 

Read the first chapter: Cast in Secret.pdf or html.
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CAST IN FURY by Michelle Sagara

Back Cover: To be or not to be…

When a minority race of telepaths is suspected of causing a near-devas­tating tidal wave, Private Kaylin Neya is summoned to Court – and into a PR night­mare. To ease racial tensions, the Emperor has commis­sioned a play, and the play­wright has his own ideas about who should be the focus…

But Kaylin works her best magic behind the scenes, and though she tries to stay neutral, she is again drawn into a world of politics…and murder. To make matters worse, Marcus, her trusted sergeant, gets striped of his command, leaving Kaylin vulner­able. Now she’s juggling two trou­bling cases, and even magic’s looking good by compar­ison. But then nobody ever said life in the theatre was easy…

Trade Paper­back: Luna Books, October 2008, 978 – 0‑373 – 80269‑2, 490 pages
Mass Market Paper­back: Luna Books, August 2011, 978 – 0‑373 – 80337‑8, 491 pages

Read the first chapter: Cast in Fury.pdf or html.
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CAST IN SILENCE by Michelle Sagara

Back cover: A member of the elite Hawk force that protects the City of Elantra, Kaylin Neya has sacri­ficed much to earn the respect of the winged Aerians and immortal Barrani she works along­side. But the mean streets she escaped as a child aren’t the ones she’s vowed to give her life guarding. Those were much darker…

Kaylin’s moved on with her life – and is keeping silent about the shameful things she’s done to stay alive. But when the city’s oracles warn of brewing unrest in the outer fief­doms, a myste­rious visitor from Kaylin’s past casts her under a cloud of suspi­cion. Thank­fully, if she’s anything, she’s a survivor.…

Trade Paper­back: Luna books, August 2009, 978 – 0‑373 – 80300‑2
Mass Market Paper­back: Luna books, August 2011, 978 – 0‑373 – 80338‑5

Read the first chapter Cast in Silence Chapter One.pdf or .html.
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CAST IN CHAOS by Michelle Sagara

Back Cover: Swirling Chaos…

Kaylin Neya is a Hawk, part of the elite force tasked with keeping the City of Elantra safe. Her past is dark, her magic uncon­trolled and her allies unpre­dictable. And nothing has prepared her for what is coming, when the char­la­tans on Elani Street suddenly grow powerful, the Oracles are thrown into an uproar and the skies rain blood…

The powerful of Elantra believe that the myste­rious mark­ings on Kaylin’s skin hold the answer, and they are not averse to using her – how ever they have to-in order to discover what it is.

Some­thing is coming, breaking through the barriers between the worlds. But is it a threat that Kaylin needs to defend her city against – or has she been chosen for another reason entirely?

Trade Paper­back: Luna books, August 2010, 978‑0373-80319 – 4

Read the first chapter Cast in Chaos Chapter One.pdf or .html.
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CAST IN RUIN by Michelle Sagara

(Back Cover:)

Seven corpses are discov­ered in the streets of a Dragon’s fief. All iden­tical, down to their clothing.

Kaylin Neya is assigned to discover who they were, who killed them – and why. Is the evil lurking at the borders of Elantra preparing to cross over?

At least the inves­ti­ga­tion delays her meeting with the Dragon Emperor. And as the shadows grow longer over the fiefs, Kaylin must use every skill she’s ever learned to save the people she’s sworn to protect. Sword in hand, dragons in sky, this time there’s no retreat and no surrender….

Trade Paper­back: Luna Books, October 2011, 978 – 0‑373 – 80330‑9

Read the first chapter: Cast in Ruin, Chapter One.