Author: matthewscox
Brooklyn Amari knew not to get in a car with a stranger. When a man tried to lure her—she killed him.As if taking a life at the tender age of ten wasn’t bad enough, her childhood home burned to the ground two years later. She doesn’t remember how she survived, but she’s felt a pull toward the conflagration ever since. After a troubled patch in her teens, she’s become a respectable firefighter, … firefighter, rushing again and again into the inferno that almost killed her. A routine sweep-and-clear during a hotel blaze takes a deadly turn, but also explains how…
Once again safe at home, Emma clings to the comfort of family and tries to put the fright of the Banderwigh behind her—but deeds, even good ones, often have consequences.With a new reality of spirits and magic open to her, Emma feels a strong connection to Widowswood. She means to make good on her promise to the Spider Queen, bringing a monthly supply of silk in trade so humans cease their … their trespass upon the forest.A guild of thieves infiltrates the quiet town, lured by the incredible value of enchanted spidersilk flowing so freely from the forest. At first,…
Sometimes, the best thing a girl has to look forward to is killing someone.When she learned the truth behind her father’s death, Risa Black thought she’d given up on revenge. After an unknown enemy takes the life of someone dear to her, revenge is all that keeps her going. While hunting for the assassins, she uncovers a web of espionage and deceit that destroys her sense of everything she knew. … she knew. Her idealism tarnished, her drive to free Mars from Earth gives way to something more personal: the need to protect a child.It soon becomes clear she’s in…
In the aftermath of World War Three, the most famous face in the world belongs to a nine year old girl.Maya Oman is the daughter of the woman who controls what’s left of civilization, the CEO of Ascendant Pharmaceuticals Corporation. Her smile is as ubiquitous as air, selling everything from vital medicine to vanity drugs with risky side effects. Lifelike android clones reside in over a dozen … dozen homes, shielding her from the violent resentment of a population straining under her mother’s boot heel.Ascendant’s power comes from Xenodril, a drug capable of reversing the effects of Fade, a disease…
Mamoru Saitō was well suited for life as a samurai of Matsushita Electronics Corporation, except for one thing―his conscience.In 2418, Japan has reinvented itself as an anachronism of feudalism and high technology. Corporations govern entire prefectures, each ruled by a CEO wielding the authority of a warlord. Mamoru’s supernatural ability to embody machines and change software at a thought makes … makes him a coveted weapon in an endless cyberspace war. Ever with the sense he does not belong, he serves without question until an outsider wrests him from his master’s grip, forcing him to flee Japan. Now a ronin,…
Ten-year-old Emma doesn’t believe in fairy tales — until the day her life becomes one. Escape to a fantastical world where magic is real and child-snatching monsters lurk in dangerous woods. An imaginative treat for fantasy fans!