In a world where some people are born with extreme and often-feared skills called Graces, Katsa struggles for redemption from her own horrifying Grace, the Grace of killing, and teams up with another young fighter to save their land from a corrupt king.

Twenty-two-year-old MacKayla Lane, having discovered she is descended from an ancient Celtic bloodline of powerful sidhe-seers, leaves Georgia and heads to Ireland to avenge the death of her sister Alina, and becomes entangled in a quest to find an ancient book of black magic that will enable her to force the encroaching Fae back from the human realm.

Connwaer, the young thief-turned-wizard's apprentice, escapes from prison and follows the call of magic to the distant and mysterious Dragon Mountain on a quest to save Wellmet from Arhionvar, dread magic that can destroy the city.

When the peaceful life of ancient Redwall Abbey is shattered by the arrival of the evil rat Cluny and his villainous hordes, Matthias, a young mouse, determines to find the legendary sword of Martin the Warrior which, he is convinced, will help Redwall's inhabitants destroy the enemy.

In spite of his protests that he is only an ordinary man and not a hero, Shea Ohmsford eventually accepts his role as the leader of his people in the struggle against the Lord of Evil.

Kimber Langford, Earl of Chasen and alpha lord of a tribe of drakon--creatures that can change from human to smoke to dragon at will, is surprised to learn of the existence of a lost tribe of drakon in the Carpathian Mountains of Transylvania, but the discovery comes with the news that an unknown enemy is trying to annihilate the drakon, and he soon finds himself united with Carpathian princess Maricara in a struggle to preserve their race.

I long for the days before the Last Desolation. Before the Heralds abandoned us and the Knights Radiant turned against us. When there was still magic in Roshar and honor in the hearts of men. In the end, not war but victory proved the greater test. Did our foes see that the harder they fought, the fiercer our resistance? Fire and hammer forge a sword; time and neglect rust it away. So we won the world, yet lost it. Now there are four whom we watch:...

MacKayla Lane travels from Georgia to Ireland after the mysterious death of her sister where she discovers she has the extraordinary power to see fairies, and that Dublin is in the midst of an unseen war between good and evil.

Ward of Hurog has tried all his life to convince people he is just a simple, harmless fool...And it's worked. But now, to regain his kingdom, he must ride into war-and convince them otherwise.