The Thorn of Dentonhill

Veranix Calbert leads a double life. By day he's a struggling magic student at the University of Maradaine. At night, he spoils the drug trade of Willem Fenmere, crime boss and murderer of Veranix's father. He's determined to shut Fenmere down, no matter how many times he falls asleep in class.

 

When he disrupts a drug delivery, Veranix acquires two magical items that give him the edge he needs to become a real thorn in Fenmere's side. His new powers and attitude draw the full attention of Fenmere, mystical circles and street gangs, and they all want a piece of "The Thorn". With professors and prefects on the verge of discovering his secrets, Veranix's double life might fall apart, and the assassins and mages after him could end it completely.

 

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Holver Alley Crew

Asti Rynax was no longer a spy.  Verci Rynax had quit being a thief.  The brothers had settled back in the old neighborhood in West Maradaine, bought themselves a shop.  Verci started a family.  They were ready for a clean, honest life when the Holver Alley Fire incinerated their plans.

 

With no shop, no income and a looming debt to pay, the Rynax boys must go back to the old life.  With a crew of other victims of the fire, they plan a simple carriage heist, but the gig gets complicated when they learn who had Holver Alley burned down. Smoldering for revenge, they take their crew of amateurs and has-beens up against the biggest man on the west side, no matter the cost.

Maradaine Constabulary^*

Katrine Casey needs to make twenty crowns a week to support her daughters and invalid husband. With a forged letter and fast thinking, she lies her way into an Inspector position with the Constabulary of her old neighborhood.  The catch is she gets partnered with the outcast of the stationhouse, Minox "Jinx" Welling, an eccentric Inspector and an Uncircled-- and thus untrained-- Mage. 

 

Their first case together-- the ritualized murder of a Circled Mage--brings Katrine back to her old street corner and her childhood nemesis, and forces Minox to confront the politics of Magic that he's avoided.  As more Mages are found dead, Katrine must solve the crime before her secrets catch up with her, and before her partner ends up the next victim.

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 *- Maradaine Constabulary is a work-in-progress.