Joseph J Bonis

On the Verge Joseph J Bonis

Tracy, a simple tech support worker with a new cat that just won't leave, goes for a walk one night after her plans for the evening went awry. All she wanted was to clear her head. Instead, she finds a magical charm that serves as her passport into a secret magical society in her city. Her head still spinning from the redefinition of her concepts of 'possible' and 'impossible', she is promptly pulled into the middle of a power struggle between the lords of this secret society. Lord Brin, the merciless ruler of this shadow world, demands allegiance to his law, but protects against the chaos that rules outside the city. Lord Pax seems even worse, a schemer and blackmailer who wants back the power to read men's minds. And Slate has yet to make his bid for power, but he is gathering his forces. Without even a chance to find her place, she has to choose between different powers asking for her allegiance, and must fight to keep the magic she never asked for, but is not allowed to give up. Luckily, she doesn't have to go it alone. Along with new enemies, she's also made a new friend in the form of Jacob, who went through a similar ordeal a year ago - but she doesn't like the solutions that he made. Can she forge her own path through this secret world?