Nobody said juggling a career and a relationship would be
easy... Wren Valere used to have a simple life. Her
partner Sergei would negotiate the terms of the Retrieval —
all right, the theft — and she would use her magical
Talent to carry it out. Paycheck deposited, on to the next
job.
Now? Her relationship with Sergei is even more complicated
(sex will do that). Her fellow lonejacks are trying to
organize against the Mage's Council. The nonhuman
population of Manhattan is getting fed up with being
ignored and abused. And the Council? Well, they have an
agenda of their own, and it's not one the lonejacks are
going to like.
And Sergei is far too involved with the Silence, his
former employers, for Wren's liking.
When it comes down to choosing sides, the first rule of
the lonejack credo is "Don't get involved." But when
friends are in danger, and the city you love is at risk,
sometimes getting into the thick of things is all you can
do.…