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The Orchard has been a safe haven for cryptids...until now. The organization known as DEMON is on a mission to round up every last creature for terrible experiments. As the cameras roll, Mason and his team must turn to one of their most dangerous rivals - Momo, the Missouri Monster - in a last-ditch attempt at a rescue.

With the transfer of the Devil's Knot, it falls to Ashley to awaken the Titan known as Gaia. If any among them are to survive the ritual, painstaking preparations must be made...including care for Damian’s monstrous form. Terrence and Vicky race to the Abyss for one mad gambit to save Damian, only to realize there is far more to Gaia than any of them could have imagined. Reeling from the revelation, the team scrambles to recover with time running out. Unrelenting, the Eldritch close in on Rivercene as the extent of Nudd’s twisted madness is exposed. 

A vampire lord. A hidden coin. Ghosts from the past are coming for Sam. With help from Zola, Cizin, and Vicky, Sam works to track down her old vampire lord, Vassili. While he’s been on the run for years, the team has uncovered clues of his whereabouts. The hunt takes them down the trail of an old Civil War raid where restless spirits stir. But not even the threat of the dark-touched will stop Sam from finding the last coin. Damian risked everything to save her, and no force on Earth is powerful enough to prevent her from returning the favor - even if it costs her humanity.

A forbidden magic. A hidden world. Two mages journey to a realm not meant for mortals. The magic needed to save Damian requires three coins. One of which is from a world not their own. Thankfully, Cornelius, an elder blood mage, knows the way. After passing through a Seal between worlds, Beth and Cornelius realize traversing the strange new realm will require the help of a Sage. But all is not well in the Shadowed Lands. Eldritch influence is seeping in, diminishing their powers, and threatening the realm's very existence.

A cryptic map. A lost coin. A threat emerges from the battlefield of the past.... Investigating clues hidden in an ancient mosaic beneath Falias, Foster and Zola are taken east to blood-soaked lands the old necromancer hoped never to return to. What awaits the battle weary warriors in Antietam can only be described as a field of death. The Utukku who guard those sacred grounds are not alone. Yet even with the support of the Irish Brigade, the Fae armory may be no match for the enemies rising against them.

A demon unleashed. A queen restored. A quest into a realm of fire and death...The Burning Lands once again beckon Vicky as she and Zola fight to release Tessrian on the realm of the fire demons. Traveling aboard an ancient ship known as the Bone Sails, the infamous pirate Graybeard takes the helm. But all is not what it seems. Together, they must fulfill Vesik’s promise on their journey to obtain an ancient and powerful coin that can restore the power of a Titan and sever the magic of the Mad King. Time is running short, and failure will shatter the world around them.

A haunted mage. A weapon lost. Sometimes, the dead return...To save a life, Zola must find an anchor to transfer a blood knot of untold power, and she knows exactly who to turn to. An old ally, Ward, is gifted in the ancient arts and may hold the key to Vesik’s salvation. With his team by his side, Ward embarks on a quest through the outskirts of The Golden City, which is rife with Unseelie Fae and Irontouched alike. Their only hope is a dangerous meeting with a highly trained cadre - who balance their loyalties on a knife’s edge.

A demon unleashed. An ally imprisoned. Zola risks a pact that could kill them all.... Zola Adannaya, necromancer and mentor to Damian Vesik, seeks an ancient artifact in order to save her student. Unfortunately, the only beings with the knowledge she needs are demons she trapped long ago. Traveling to a small town in southern Missouri, where one such demon was cursed to a mundane existence, Zola must convince the creature to cooperate. Negotiations with a demon are always treacherous and Zola finds herself on a quest she may never return from.

With Damian trapped in the Abyss, Nixie ventures to a lost city in search of a powerful artifact known as the Eye of Atlantis. By harnessing its ancient magic, she may have a chance to undo what was done by Nudd. But the path to the Eye is wrought with danger. Hidden at the bottom of the sea, it remains heavily guarded in the ruins of a forgotten city. Unfathomable creatures stand in her way, yet the true threat may lie with the Fae themselves. It’s war the Unseelie Fae want. To protect her family, it’s time for Nixie to show them why the water witches are to be feared.

As they battle vampires in Kansas City, Hugh and the wolves learn the war in Falias has gone horribly wrong. The Mad King stole humanity’s most dangerous weapons. Now, Damian Vesik, necromancer and ally of the River Pack, has been lost to the abyss. Vicky longs to save Damian, to return the favor he once granted her, but soon discovers the only chance to rescue him means facing a gauntlet of ancient trials.

Vicky shouldn’t be alive. Knowing she has necromancer Damian Vesik to thank for her second chance, she’s willing to do whatever it takes to return the favor. Damian is lost, trapped inside a corrupted shell of his own power and entwined with the Fae called Hern. Time is running out as Damian loses more of himself with every passing moment, bringing the necromancer one step closer to oblivion. But Vicky isn’t the only one who aims to stop the colossus. Damian’s allies are rallying, ready to go to battle for their chimichanga-loving friend.

Getting chased into an abandoned town by a jimplicute wasn’t part of Internet celebrity, Mason Dixon’s, plan. Now staying hidden is key if he doesn’t want to be dinner. But he can’t hide for long. Mason and his partner, Emma, promised a sasquatch a Halloween movie date, and they do not like being stood up. To the sasquatch's great regret, popcorn and coming attractions are sidelined by a zigmal infestation at the theater. A lumberyard seems the perfect place to safely relocate them, until Mason and Emma uncover something far more deadly.

Stampeding Bingbuffers. Angry locals. No good deed goes unpunished.... After hearing reports of Wampus attacks at a pipeline in rural Missouri, Mason and Emma head out to investigate. They quickly learn the Wampus is as friendly as they come. However, something far deadlier is stalking the forest.

Much has been lost in the conflict with the Fae king and his allies, a conflict we hadn't known we were in until one of our own fell at his hand. And while a great Seal between realms may have been rebuilt, dark things slipped through in the chaos, creatures who would overrun this world. Our allies are many. Our enemies are terrible. And someone ate my last chimichanga despite the fact I had clearly marked it with a note that said it was mine.

The world dies in war only to be reborn. It is the way of things, and always will be. Forged in the Deadlands crucible, and armed with the knowledge of their true enemy, Jacob, Alice, and their allies bring the fight back to Ancora. The wounds cut deep in their darkest hour, but in the end, vengeance will light their path.

There are old wounds in the forgotten places of the world, and some are soaked in blood. Jacob and his allies flee into the Deadlands after the fall of Ancora. Charles, the enigmatic smith, hopes to find answers in the desert city of Bollwerk that could prevent a war. Their enemies are many, and here Jacob will learn the cost of life in the Deadlands.

Jacob, a tinker's apprentice, has never backed down from an adventure, but when a swarm of Deadlands creatures shatters the peace of Ancora, he'll face trials the likes of which he has never imagined. Forced out of the Lowlands, Jacob and his friends seek shelter behind the towering walls of the Highlands, only to uncover a terrible darkness at the heart of their city.