London Charismatics

A library of arcane mysteries. A band of outcasts with complicated powers. The shadow of war on the horizon. Enter the world of the London Charismatics.1914. A killer stalks the gaslit streets of London, draining the city's mediums of blood. Lily Albright knows who will be next to die.For as long as she can remember, Lily has been cursed with visions of the future that she can never change. When a murderer threatens someone she loves, she's determined to find a way to finally thwart fate-but she can't do it alone. To save a life, she must trust her most dangerous secret to the denizens of The Refuge, a hidden sanctuary for those who "know the impossible," from a boy who talks with birds to the reclusive Lord Strangford, whose black gloves conceal a power with the potential to upend all of Lily's carefully built defenses.Alongside uncomfortable new allies, Lily follows the threads of a conspiracy that weaves through London in a trail of fire and blood, from a Bond Street gallery where an artist speaks from beyond the grave to a burned-out Southwark hospital haunted by the ghosts of a terrible atrocity-one that reaches all the way to Westminster, where the glittering halls of Parliament already whisper of war.Unraveling it-and changing the future-will force her to face a past rife with betrayal… and embrace the gift she has spent her life trying to escape.Because power always comes with a price.Pick up The Fire in the Glass and fall into a riveting fantasy series where history dances with dark, strange magic.

A drowned prince. An ancient prophecy. A cataclysmic threat.Lily Albright can see the future, and it looks like hell.As Europe lurches toward the brink of war, a corpse emerges from London's sewers-and the long-forgotten oracle of an obscure medieval saint comes to fruition, threatening to obliterate the city in an apocalypse of smoke and ash.Lily is determined to stop the catastrophe, and she'll call on all her new friends to do it, from a boy who talks with birds to a woman who speaks with the dead-and the enigmatic Lord Strangford, whose ability to see into the darkest corners of Lily's soul threatens to tear their relationship apart. Together, they're pulled into a web of lies that winds from the gutters of Limehouse to the champagne-soaked ballrooms of Saint John's Wood, where rumors of a mysterious white snake lead Lily to a choice that could cost her everything.A sky of painted stars burns. A red hand is rising. And Lily's powers are about to be put to the ultimate test.Return to the arcane world of The London Charismatics as this riveting historical fantasy series continues with The Shadow of Water.

The sparrows dance. A ghost whispers. And the forgotten powers of the saints rise again.The first World War rages across Europe, and in the wreckage of The Refuge, Lily and her allies struggle to find their way through the aftermath of a devastating loss.For Sam Wu, it's a path that leads him back to Limehouse, where he must face the greatest danger of his own past on a desperate quest for revenge.For Lily, it's a remote seaside manor where a military officer is strangely and brutally murdered-with Lord Strangford named the only possible suspect.But the dead man wasn't who he seemed to be. A game of secrets is being played at the highest echelons of the empire, drawing Lily along a trail of lies from the bombarded coast of Yorkshire to the haunted shell of the place she once called home-while a brilliant and relentless police inspector hounds her every move.To reach the heart of it-and find the real killer-she must pull together friends scattered by loss and conflict, pushing the limits of an arcane gift that she is far from understanding. The fate of the war might just hang in the balance… along with the life of the man Lily loves.A vase will fall. A friend will be betrayed. And nothing is what it seems.Return to the arcane world of The London Charismatics as this riveting historical fantasy series continues with Bridge of Ash. This book also includes the special bonus Charismatics novella, A Wrath of Sparrows.