Starina is in between investigations, on administrative leave, and decides to take a long-overdue vacation. When she's gifted a goldfish by a Buddhist monk, she realizes that there's more than a simple gift. A transfer to new department hints at things to come, but first, she needs to figure out where she belongs.
This story is related to both Tempus Magic and the current ongoing serial, The Search for Apollo's Chalice.
Once Rose had been a famous opera singer, using her magic and her ability to wield all the elements with her voice to stun crowds. Then the magic burned her out, leaving her with a disabling illness, and she retired to a cabin in northern Colorado. There, she watches over a node of power and a herd of unicorns. But something threatens the node along with the unicorns, and she puts out a call for help.
A group of Armis agents known as the Trio answers, and with the help of a special unicorn, Rose faces her biggest fear--her disability--to protect the unicorns from a group that wants to see them gone forever.
Author's note: This book was previously released under a different title. It has been given a new cover and a fresh editing.
Ingrid Rosemary Margaret Heffingshire preferred to be called Inni, spend time in the barn with her Welsh pony Buttercup and in general avoid a mother who insisted she be ladylike and learn how to move in the upper echelons of Musimagium society. A mysterious invitation means a chance at freedom, but it also means the beloved pony she's adored and won ribbons with may be more than she seems. Will an unlikely ally help her make a bid for freedom from the stuffy life her mother wants for her?
Starina Kwan trusted her gut and tried not to follow the rules, which made her one of the best Musa Armis agents. A transfer to a new, secret division leads to the discovery that magic transcends time and space, and it gives her an opportunity to finally catch the criminal that’s eluded her for the past few years.
But, the web of time and crime is tangled, and her travels reveal that her quarry has ties to hate groups, including the one which killed her mother and is working to create a most dangerous future. With her partner incapacitated, Starina has to go alone through time where nothing is as it seems and if she fails, she risks not just her entire agency, but also her life.
Author's note: The book was previously released under another pen name. It has been edited and the ending slightly changed. Readers need to know this book involves discussions of hate crimes and groups as well as discussions of dementia/dementia care giving. All books within the Musimagium world can stand alone, but characters do show up in other books.
Sun and shadow, dark and light. This story is a duology with Luna Lucet showcasing the other point of view and was inspired by Mercedes Lackey's filk song, Sun and Shadow.
A flamen (priest) of Apollo is denied membership into an elite order of priests because of his disability--he has night terrors in the dark due to a traumatic incident as a child. But he's determined to compose something new during the total eclipse, so with his rooster socius, Lyre, and his violin, he goes to the gazebo in the facility he lives in for disabled mages.
But he's not alone. Someone has been drawn to the gazebo. By whom, he doesn't know, but suddenly he discovers, he's not alone. The only problem is she's photosensitive and can't bear more than the slightest hint of sunlight.
