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The Seelie and Unseelie Courts are both in plague-ravaged tatters. The Wild Hunt roams unchecked, taking who and what it will, and the walls between the human world and the world of the sidhe are thinning rapidly. Jeremy Gallow is the only hope of human and sidhe both.But all Gallow wants to do is find Robin Ragged . . . and survive. Unfortunately, everyone who meets him has other plans. Including the Ragged, who is fleeing for her life - and the King of Unwinter, whose poisoned blade has cut deep into Jeremy''s flesh . . .

The plague has been stopped, the Wild Hunt mastered, but the balance of power in the sidhe realms is still shifting. The unSeelie King has a grudge against Jeremiah, but that grudge will have to wait. For he needs Gallow''s services for a very delicate mission -- and the prize held out for success is Robin Ragged herself.Robin wants nothing to do with Gallow, but that isn''t his problem. His problem is the Sluagh, the moonlit cavalcade of death all sidhe fear, that takes no master who is not strong enough to escape it. The Sluagh has been called on Gallow, the Queen of the sidhe''s treachery grows ever deeper, most unSeelie would just as soon kill him as help him, and in order to save both Robin and himself, Gallow will have to do the unspeakable. He must become more than he ever dreamed.He must become a king.

Anna Caldwell has spent the last few days in a blur. She''s seen her brother''s dead body, witnessed the shooting of innocent civilians, and been shot at herself. Now she has nowhere to turn-and only one person she can possibly call. Since Anna dumped him, it seems waiting is all Josiah Wolfe has done. Now, she''s calling, and she needs his help, or rather, the ''talents'' she once ran away from. As a liquidation agent, Josiah knows everything about getting out of tough situations. He''ll get whatever she''s carrying to the proper authorities, then settle down to making sure she doesn''t leave him again.But the story Anna''s stumbled into is far bigger than even Josiah suspects. Anna wants to survive, Josiah wants Anna back, and the powerful people chasing her want the only thing worth killing for -- immortality. An ancient evil has been trapped, a woman is in danger, and the world is going to see just how far a liquidation agent will go . . .

Necromancer. Bounty hunter. Killer.Dante Valentine has been all three in her life. But in the beginning, she was a Necromancer for hire. And while she was choosy about her jobs, there were just some she couldn''t turn down - like when the Devil showed up at the door and offered her a deal. Her life - in exchange for the capture and elimination of a renegade demon. But how do you kill something that can''t die?This omnibus edition contains these titles: Workng for the Devil, Dead Man Rising, The Devil''s Right Hand, Saint City Sinners and To Hell and Back.

Dante Valentine''s working relationship with the Devil wasn''t her choice - but you don''t turn down a contract with Lucifer and live.Hired to kill fugitive Vardimal Santino, Dante''s only allies are a demon familiar she doesn''t trust and a small band of psychics. The thing is, Dante doesn''t need friends, she needs a miracle. Because the first time Dante Valentine met Santino, she almost died.

Jill Kismet, Dealer in Dark Things. Spiritual Exterminator. Demon Slayer - it''s not the type of work you can put on a business card. But every city has people like me. Usually the police have us on payroll as consultants, because what ordinary cop can face down a Were or an ordinary shapechanger, or an Assyrian demon? Not to mention the silvers or the Black Mist, the adepts of Sorrow House or of the Middle Way? What ordinary cop stands a chance against a Trader, even? People disappear all the time, it''s an epidemic; some of the disappearances are murder, some are fugitives, some are kidnapped by other human beings. Some of them are even found again. But a good proportion of them are taken by the things that go bump in the night. And then it becomes a hunter''s job to bump back. Hard.

Jill Kismet is a dealer in dark things and demon slayer, and it''s her job to patrol the nightside.In the cold pre-dawn, Jill is called in to assess the aftermath of a particularly savage cop-killing. Under the haunted eyes of the forensic techs, Jill picks up the stench of hellbreed and something else - something dangerous and tainted. But this makes no sense as hellbreed always work alone, distrusted even by their own kind.Jill''s a Hunter, trained by the best, but she''s in over her head. Welcome to the night shift ...

Dante Valentine has been through Hell. Literally. Her body shattered and her mind not far behind, she''s dumped back into her own world to survive - or not - as a pawn in one of Lucifer''s endless games. Unfortunately, he''s just messed with the wrong Necromance. And this time she''s mad enough to do something about it. This time, the Devil will pay.

Saint City has always been Dante Valentine''s home. It''s where she grew up, it''s where her dead are buried, and it''s where she learned to hunt. Now, one call from an old friend will bring her back to investigate a murder too close to home for anyone''s comfort. But the one person she trusted has just betrayed her. Sometimes revenge is best served demon-hot ...

Meet Dante Valentine. Necromance. Bounty Hunter. Dante Valentine is short on sleep and far from happy.She''s just signed away seven years of her life - and her partner''s - to hunt down four rogue demons that have escaped from hell. Maybe she''ll find them. Maybe they''ll find her. Nobody said it was easy being the Devil''s right hand.Dante Valentine is licensed to raise the dead: a fully accredited Necromance in an world where a range of psionic Talents have been harnessed to help mankind. Not that mankind always appreciates this. She''s one of the best in her field to survive training, and has an emerald embedded in her forehead to prove it. She''s also dangerous and prickly with a suicidal streak. Who better to make a contract with the Devil - but what will happen when the deal turns sour and all hell breaks loose?

The game is afoot!London''s geniuses are being picked off by a vicious killer, and Emma Bannon, a sorceress in the service of the Empire, must protect the next target, Archibald Clare. Unfortunately he''s more interested in solving the mystery of the murders than staying alive . . .In a world where illogical magic has turned the Industrial Revolution on its head, Bannon and Clare will face dark sorcery, cannon fire, high treason and the vexing problem of reliably finding hansom cabs in the city.

The service of Britannia is not for the faint of heart - or conscience . . . After defeating a clockwork army bent upon regicide, the sorceress Emma Bannon and genius detective Archibald Clare have come to respect each other''s skills, despite the fact that magic and logic are usually opposing forces. So when the Queen asks Emma to track down a missing doctor who holds the key to a deadly new weapon, Archibald''s deductive talent may be just what she needs to find the man, before his destructive discovery sets the entire capital city ablaze . . . The game is afoot. And the Red Plague rises.

Sorcery. Treason. Madness. And, of course, murder most foul . . .A shattering accident places Archibald Clare, mentath in the service of Britannia, in the care of Emma Bannon, sorceress Prime. Clare needs a measure of calm to repair his faculties of Logic and Reason. Without them, he is not his best. At all.Unfortunately, calm and rest will not be found. There is a killer hiding in the sorcerous steam-hells of Londinium, murdering poor women of a certain reputation. A handful of frails murdered on cold autumn nights would make no difference . . . but the killings echo in the highest circles, and threaten to bring the Empire down in smoking ruins.The game is afoot . . .

Vianne di Rocancheil is content to play the gawky provincial. As lady in waiting - and more importantly, friend - to the Princesse of Arquitaine, she is free to do largely as she pleases. Court is a dangerous place for the unwary, but Vianne treads its measured steps well. Unfortunately, the dance has changed. Treachery is afoot in the Court''s gilded and velvet halls. A conspiracy is unleashed, with blood, death, and warfare close behind. The fate of Arquitaine now rests on the wits of a lady in waiting, and she must flee. If she reaches the mountains, she may be safe - and her beloved land with her.A life of dances, intrigues, and fashion has not prepared her for this. Nor has it prepared her for Tristan d''Arcenne, Captain of the King''s Guard and player in the most dangerous games conspiracy can devise. But to save her land and avenge her Princesse, Vianne will become what she must, say what she should, and do whatever is required. A Queen can do no less.