Varazda is excited to have Damiskos come to visit and meet his family after a month apart, but then everything starts going wrong, including his family's distrust and hostile attitudes toward Dami. Then there's talk of a possible murder, and though it's not how the two wanted to spend their time together, they can't help but end up in the middle of...
Damiskos, disabled from his time in the military, is at a seaside villa when he meets and is drawn to the slave Varazda. But there's more going on among the guests than it first seems---espionage and intrigue---and definitely more to Varazda, which Damiskos uncovers as he helps him and grows closer to...
This time for quick reviews I have the Psions of SPIRE series by Alex Silver! All four main books, plus two extra novellas. This is a series with diverse queer rep about people with psionic abilities (telekinesis, empathy, etc.). Each book focuses on different characters, but they're all connected into one storyline, so I recommend reading them in order. I enjoyed...
Clock mechanic Danny, clock spirit Colton, and their friends are still trapped on an airship, being threatened into going along with plans they don't believe in. But when a greater enemy emerges, they'll have to reconsider what's right and wrong and who their allies...
Danny and Daphne, clock mechanics, get sent to India to help figure out why clock towers are falling and how time is continuing on without them, but a mysterious stranger keeps showing up and seems intent on getting to Danny. When Colton realizes Danny could be in danger, he sets off to try and save...
In an alternate world where time is controlled by clock towers, relationships between mechanics and clock spirits are forbidden. But when Danny, a mechanic, meets Colton, a clock spirit, he finds himself falling in love, while also unraveling the mystery of a nearby stopped...
Due to the events of the last book, Cal is headed to Omsk to meet with Cooper, but a snowstorm causes him to get stuck in Moscow where he finds himself in the middle of yet another supernatural mess. He teams up with Lucian and Foley to take down a new group of baddies, hopefully before they can wreak havoc on the...
After going through so much, both separately and together, to reach this point, Zander is about to ask Felix to marry him when the Chaos is suddenly hacked and information about Project Dreamweaver is stolen. Following the data trail, Zander and Felix head to a planet in the middle of nowhere only to crash land and get stuck there. When they find out what's going on, they know they have to stop...
A new gate has opened, and when the new species finally starts making contact, it becomes Zander's job as the Guardian's emissary to facilitate contact and peaceful relations among them and all the other species. But Zander's new role is exhausting, and it doesn't help his mood any that the human ambassador is Felix's ex. Meanwhile, Felix has his own problems to face when the very same stin who...
Zander is finally being reunited with his family, and Felix knows he should be happy for Zander, but feeling out of place makes all his inner demons come back with a vengeance and creates a rift between the two men. Felix's feelings aren't the only thing Zander has to worry about though; the AEF aren't happy he's alive and are accusing him of breaching confidentiality, and at this point he...