Afterburn

Afterburn is an exciting and original addition to the urban fantasy genre. A unique form of magic, a hidden and powerful race of beings, and a kick-ass heroine carrying a dark secret--Afterburn will keep you reading long past your bedtime.-- Adrian Phoenixcritically acclaimed author of The Maker's Song series and Black Dust Mambo.For lone-wolf Agent Vallon Drake of the American Geological Survey, the job is never simple when you use vellum and ink to stop terrorists from erasing the American landscape. Things get personal for Vallon when someone murders her ex-partner and police and Homeland Security triangulate on her. But when Mount Rainier shifts closer to Seattle, something larger is clearly in play.Forced to go rogue, Vallon must find her way through layers of deception and past a powerful stranger to order to unravel a secret history and stop the western US from being written off the map.