Stakes and Bones by Ken Bebelle

I crossed the Twilight Veil to the Drowned City so that I could find a cure for my mom’s disease and fulfill my promise to dad. All I had was my tiny bit of Breaker magic. I learned that In the Veil, life is cheap and vampire blood spends the best. Only the Oceanic Pact keeps humans, shifters, and vampires in an uneasy truce.

The Seattle Slayers, an elite cadre of fighters dedicated to protecting the city, is having their Trials for new initiates. My dad was a Slayer–one of the best. I thought his legacy might give me an edge in the Trials, but I was wrong. If anything, it made them harder on me.

But joining the Slayers is my best chance to save my mom. And, maybe, I need to see if I can fill my dad’s shoes.

The only things standing between me and my dreams are all the other elite fighters and magic users who want their spot on the Slayers too.

Piece of cake.

Category: Fantasy – Paranormal & Urban

I made it into the Slayers by the skin of my teeth and now I just need to figure out a plan to ship some Cure back to my mom.

Things at the Dojo were going great. I got my ink and was riding high when my shifter landlady Mrs. Chu goes missing in the Wilds. Faced with the decision to either carry out my duties with Slayers or to bail to the Wilds to find the one person in Seattle who has taken care of me like family, it’s no choice at all.

What I thought would be a simple errand lands me in a full scale vampire war between the Night Court and a rogue vampire named O’Malley. Shifters are dying and now I can’t leave and the Slayers won’t help.

All I’ve got to save Mrs. Chu and the rest of the shifters is my hammers, a sharp knife, and my growing Breaker magic. Will it be enough to stop O’Malley’s war with the shifters?