Devon Monk
Author
Series
Allie Beckstrom novels volume 1
Publisher
Tantor Media, Inc
Pub. Date
2011
Description
Everything has a cost. And every act of magic exacts a price from its user—maybe a two-day migraine, or losing the memory of your first kiss. But some people want to use magic without paying, and they Offload the cost onto innocents. When that happens, it falls to a Hound to identify the spell's caster—and Allison Beckstrom is the best there is.
Daughter of a prominent Portland businessman, Allie would rather moonlight as...
Daughter of a prominent Portland businessman, Allie would rather moonlight as...
Author
Series
Allie Beckstrom novels volume 3
Publisher
ROC
Pub. Date
c2009
Description
"Magic is Allison Beckstrom's blessing and curse. As a Hound, she uses her gifts to track down practitioners who abuse their power, and then stops them from inflicting harm on unsuspecting innocents. Unfortunately her spells have taken a toll on her, physically marking her and erasing her memories--including those of the man she supposedly loves. But lost memories aren't the only things preying on Allie's thoughts. Her late father, the prominent businessman--and...
Author
Series
Allie Beckstrom novels volume 2
Publisher
Roc
Pub. Date
c2009
Description
"Allison Beckstrom knows better than most that when magic's involved, nothing is free. She's had to pay its price of migraines and forgetfulness while working as a Hound, tracing illegal spells back to their casters. And even though magic has stolen her recent memory--including her history with the man she supposedly fell in love with--Allie isn't about to give up on Hounding or the city she cares about. Then the police's magic enforcement division...
Author
Series
Allie Beckstrom novels volume 4
Publisher
Roc/New American Library
Pub. Date
2010
Description
Allison Beckstrom is committed to her work tracing illegal spells. Now, there's an apocalyptic storm bearing down on Portland, and when it hits, all the magic in the area will turn unstable and destructive.
Author
Series
Publisher
Roc
Pub. Date
c2010
Description
Allie Beckstrom's lover, Zayvion Jones, is a Guardian of the Gate, imbued with both light and dark magic and responsible for ensuring that those energies don't mix. But Zayvion lies in a coma, his soul trapped in death's realm. And when Allie discovers that the only way to save Zayvion is to sacrifice her very own magical essence, she makes a decision that may have grave consequences for the entire world.
6) Dead iron
Author
Series
Age of steam volume 1
Publisher
Roc
Pub. Date
[2013], c2011
Description
"Welcome to a new America that is built on blood, sweat, and gears ... In steam age America, men, monsters, machines, and magic battle for the same scrap of earth and sky. In this chaos, bounty hunter Cedar Hunt rides, cursed by lycanthropy and carrying the guilt of his brother's death. Then he's offered hope that his brother may yet survive. All he has to do is find the Holder: a powerful device created by mad devisers-and now in the hands of an...
7) Cold copper
Author
Series
Age of steam volume 3
Publisher
Roc
Pub. Date
[2013]
Description
"Bounty hunter and lycanthrope Cedar Hunt vowed to track down all seven pieces of the Holder--a strange device capable of deadly destruction. And, accompanied by witch Mae Lindson and the capricious Madder brothers, he sets out to do just that. But the crew is forced to take refuge in the frontier town of Des Moines, Iowa, when a glacial storm stops them in their tracks. The town, under mayor Killian Vosbrough, is ruled with an iron fist--and plagued...