First published 2014
Jake Sullivan knows Earth faces extinction, but nobody will listen. In 1933, a deadly predator has tracked down the Power, the living source of all human magic that fled to Earth in the 1850s. This creature devours magic and destroys entire worlds. Sullivan, a former private investigator, understands the threat perfectly. The one person who could help him prove it, Faye Vierra, remains in hiding because authorities consider her magical abilities too dangerous. Without official support, Sullivan gathers his own team of airship pirates and Grimnoir knights. Their mission appears impossible. The predator grows stronger while Earth remains defenseless. Sullivan must convince his makeshift crew to risk everything on what looks like a suicide run. Time runs out as the hunter closes in on its prey. The fate of magic itself hangs in the balance.
Genres: adventure, fantasy, action, alternate-history
Vibes: emotional, fast-paced, suspenseful
Tropes: found-family, suicide-run
Setting: Earth
Period: 1850s, 1933
624 pages · Mass Market Paperback · Baen