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[b]Requirements:[/b] .ePUB reader, 4.7MB [b]Overview:[/b] By the time she was fourteen, Laura Anne Gilman knew she would be an editor, a teacher, or a writer. By thirty, she was all three. She's a little focused that way. After fifteen years working in NY publishing, Laura Anne became a full-time writer, with more than twenty novels under her various bylines, including the Nebula Award-nominated Vineart War trilogy, and the 10-book Cosa Nostradamus series. She is also a serial short fiction writer, but her friends seem to like her anyway... [b]Genre:[/b] Fiction > Sci-Fi/Fantasy

[b]#1 Hard Magic[/b] My name's Bonnie Torres. Recent college grad, magic user and severely unemployed. Until I got a call out of nowhere to interview for a job I hadn't applied for. It smelled fishy, but the brutal truth was I needed the work—so off I went. Two days later I'm a PUPI—me and Nick, Sharon, Nifty and Pietr. Five twentysomethings, thrown into an entirely new career in forensic magic. The first job we get is a doozy: proving that the deaths of two Talents were murder, not suicide. Worse, there are high-profile people who want us to close up shop and go away. We're sniffing out things they'd rather keep buried. Looks as if this job is gonna get interesting. The only problem is, we're making it up as we go along….

[b]#2 Pack of Lies[/b] My name is Bonita Torres, and eight months ago I was an unemployed college graduate without a plan. Now I'm an investigator with the Private Unaffiliated Paranormal Investigations team of New York. Pretty awesome, right? The Cosa Nostradamus, the magical community, isn't quick to give up its secrets, though. Not even to fellow members. Not even when it's in their best interests. So we've been busting our tails, perfecting our forensic skills, working to gain acceptance. The team's tight' but we have our quirks, too. And our Big Dog, Benjamin Venec, well, he's a special case, all right. But we can't give up. We're needed, especially when a case comes along that threatens to pit human against fae. But one wrong move could cost us everything we've worked for...

[b]#3 Tricks of the Trade[/b] The name's Torres, Bonnie Torres, and I'm a paranormal scene investigator, rooting out the truth about crimes of magic. It's dangerous and boring and scary and fascinating. Though not everyone in the Cosa Nostradamus is happy we're around, which can make things tricky. Working two cases looking into a murder for the NYPD, and a rich man's break-in should be well within our abilities. But when things start getting weird in the Electric Apple, Private Unaffiliated Paranormal Investigations is stretched to the limits, trying to keep one step ahead and out of trouble. Add in rumors of a powerful creature gunning for us and it's not just our rep on the line this time if we don't solve this case, everyone will suffer. Fortunately, around here, when the going gets weird, the weird hire us.

[b]#4 Dragon Justice[/b] In my time with PUPI, formally known as Private, Unaffiliated Paranormal Investigations, I've seen a lot. Learned a lot. And not all of it's been good. But what we do—make people accountable for crimes committed with magic—is important work. Still. Even I need to take a break every now and again. Or so I've just been told (ordered). So hey, vacation. Maybe I'll finally figure out what's going on with the "special bond" between me and the boss man, Benjamin Venec. Venec seems to like that idea—he's invited me down to join him on a jaunt to Philly. But no sooner do I arrive in the City of Brotherly Love than we're called in to look at a dead body. And that's when life gets really complicated…