Matthew S. Cox Bücher

Princess Oona Talomir adores the little things that come with her station: a handmaiden, a lavish bedchamber, scores of fancy dresses, and the obligation to win a decades-long war. Oh, did I mention assassins? Before her birth, seers foretold she would bring an end to bloodshed with a neighboring kingdom. Ever since she was a little girl, the enemy has been trying to kill her so she could not grow powerful enough to destroy them. As a result, Oona has spent most of her sixteen years hidden away in the castle. With the war going against them, the burden of her crown becomes too much to bear, yet one thing lifts her spirits amid the gloom. Her servant girl, Kitlyn. Terrified to confess her forbidden love, Oona panics when her father makes a demand she cannot abide: marry a prince to forge an alliance necessary to save her kingdom. He is handsome and honorable, but he’s not Kitlyn. Unable to admit why she cannot obey, Oona does the only thing she can think of, and runs away. Alone and unprepared in the wilderness, she prays the gods will let Kitlyn find her—before the assassins do.

There's only one thing Übergirl loves-almost-as much as helping people: Star Prince comics.Before the Nolmek accidentally made superheroes real, Kelly Donovan often escaped into the pages of her favorite comic series to forget about bullies and her parents always complaining about their jobs. Star Prince and Ms. Omni might be fictional, but they saved her as much as any living hero could.When Dad surprises her with a copy of the latest and greatest video game set in the Star Prince Universe, Kelly dives right in, too excited to think.Alas, diving in turns out to be far more literal than she expected.Übergirl and her best friend Paige-a.k.a Will-O-Wisp-end up stranded inside the MegaStation, helpless to interfere while Dad puts together a most nefarious plan. If the girls cannot defeat the virtual Dr. Infinity in time to escape, her father's orbital machine will rain down an unimaginable horror on innocent people... adding pineapple to every pizza on Earth.

Brooklyn Amari is so excited to have a kid, she's beside herself-literally.The six-year-old isn't her daughter, but a copy of her in all ways except age. Despite a seventeen-year age gap, being around Pandora makes her feel like a kid again, which means mischief. Who has time to destroy all of creation when there are pranks to play?Brooklyn inherited powers some might call demonic from her father, but also epic laziness. From her mother, she came down with a severe case of conscience. While she tries to do the right thing, having little respect for the law and weak impulse control sometimes results in destructive shortcuts, blood, and screaming.Lawrence again asks for her help investigating a fire. Upon learning eighteen people died, Mom's gift of morality cramps her desire to laze around having fun. Once a psychic hit reveals how twisted the arsonist is, Brooklyn fully commits to hunting him down.Problem is: he knows she's coming... and her friends aren't fireproof.

Sarah Wright has experienced no shortage of stressful situations since becoming a vampire, but she's about to face the most terrifying one yet-being the adult in the room.Nine months into undeath, Sarah's found her stride. She's comfortable in her fangs, managing family and school, and relatively content. Treating her parents to a weeklong vacation in Iceland sounded like an awesome idea back in December, but the reality of being responsible for her siblings while they're away is terrifying. She'd be less afraid of a twelve-foot-tall troll.Wait... only a dream. Magic portals aren't real. Right?The first few days playing mom give her weak hope she might not screw things up too bad. All seems manageable until the local vampires come calling. Her probationary period is over. Time to become official. Arthur Wolent couldn't have picked a worse time to send her on an errand.It's only a simple delivery-to Southern California-while her siblings are home without parents. What could go wrong?

Freeing a centuries-old murderer from a ghost jar usually ends badly.Sarah has finally adjusted to unlife, at last comfortable with herself. Her college classes are going well even if she isn’t fully committed to her current major. Her one frustration is her boyfriend always being too busy to spend time with her, but college is temporary. Love is forever.Or so they say—her definition of ‘forever’ is a little different now.Worry about her love life pales next to the constant paranormal weirdness invading her personal space. Nothing major really, only her brother trafficking with demons and one little sister interrupting the time continuum over kittens. The moment Sophia’s extreme niceness resulted in a killer from the 1700s escaping a spirit trap, Sarah had a feeling it would bite her in the ass.The teeth have finally arrived.Furious at centuries of captivity, the wraith causes mayhem in London. If Sarah ignores it, innocent people are going to die… but dragging her kid sister across the ocean has bad idea written all over it.

In her short time as a vampire, Sarah Wright has made some enemies... but she never expected to piss off the Universe. All things considered, for only being two months into her second year as a vampire, she's doing well. She's earned some status with the local undead. Her family is reasonably safe. Her boyfriend is kinda plain, but she needs to have a dose of normal somewhere. Things are looking good... right up until they're not. One near death experience could be chalked up to bad luck, but two defies plausibility. The third time a freak accident nearly destroys her for good, she starts to wonder if it's not so freak. If Sarah's going to survive another month of undeath, she'll need to find out why the fabric of probability hates her. And do it fast.

Sarah Wright's second year of vampiric unlife draws to a close in a way she never imagined... going on another family road trip.Vampires are, after all, creatures of tradition. The elders might not understand her decision to stay with her mortal kin, but they can appreciate her dad's yearning to do something purely because they've always done it. He's not going to let trivialities like undeath, magic, demons, and a teleporting kitten stop the family from embarking on a grand adventure.Despite their tragically lame camping trip sounding boring, Sarah expects something will go off the rails.And the Forces of Evil¿ are more than happy to oblige.The very night they arrive at the campground, an ancient evil stalks Sarah and her family. Her relaxing vacation is about to become final death-unless she can figure out how to stop a fiend dreaded by all of vampire kind.

Designed to be the perfect assassin, Kate is as beautiful as she is deadly—everything she touches, burns.The government attempted to engineer a pyrokinetic agent, but their plans went awry. Her power to command fire as a living extension of her psyche exceeded expectations, except for one her skin is hot enough to destroy most materials on contact. Useless for infiltration, they declared her a failure and tried to kill her at the age of seven.Years after escaping, she hides on the outskirts of society in the shadows of East City, hiding under the wing of a Syndicate underboss. Kate kills without hesitation to earn the favor of the only person ever to show her kindness, but her happiness is as false as her holographic clothing.An eerie figure offers end to her curse, if she joins The Awakened—a group of psionics as powerful as she. To find them, she must travel thousands of miles across the country, but with her condition, she can’t exactly fly commercial. Desperate for human contact, Kate sets out to cross the Badlands on foot, unconcerned with danger.Cured or dead… Either way she wins.

Division 0 Officer Aaron Pryce understood any day on the job could be the last for him or his wife—but he never imagined he’d be the one to kill her.As it turned out, the world of professional sports frowned on using Telekinesis on the field. So, a “career ending injury” quietly sent him to West City to escape anti-psionic Britain. Joining Division 0 made for a drastic change of lifestyle for a once-famous Frictionless player, but meeting Allison made his exile worth it.Two years into his new life as a cop, he corners a psionic suspect in the middle of a robbery… and she compels Aaron to shoot his partner. Despite his love for his wife, he loses an agonizing battle of wills. His mind—and his world—shatter. When he wakes, the store is gone. Only a field of debris and dead civilians remains.A department telepath attempts to verify his story, but triggers another fatal backlash, killing several officers. Considered a murderer with out-of-control powers, Aaron has no choice but to go rogue.On the run from the law, he has one to find the woman who killed Allison—and end her.

Brooklyn Amari exists to destroy the world-but she doesn't want to.It's not every day a person finds out their father is an ancient demon, two powerful armies expect her to end creation, and everything people think about celestial beings is completely wrong. Such news would break most people. Fortunately, Brooklyn's tough. She's also kinda lazy, which works, since saving the world requires she do nothing at all.Good chance her life has gone off the rails when giant lightning-spitting birds are the least of her problems. Her friend is in deadly trouble with a gang and the warmongers hatch a devious new plan to destroy the Armistice-a.k.a the world-without her.Sitting on her ass ignoring everything won't cut it anymore.Worse, she can't stop thinking about the eco-terrorist mage attacking industrial sites across the country. Chasing people down is totally not in her job description as a firefighter, but such a strong psychic fixation is a big red flag. If Brooklyn's limp excuse for a conscience doesn't wake up, something bad is going to happen... probably to a bunch of innocent people who don't deserve it.