Dreams and Nightmares

Some family secrets can’t stay buried.

One year after her world fell apart, wizard-in-training Badger Parsons has built a new life from the rubble. The former police detective now hunts for her scattered people, the Fringe, witches and lesser fae hiding from the murderous Arcanum. Rescuing the missing is no easy task, but Badger has an ace up her sleeve: she’s learned the art of navigating a dream space in which the magically talented are beacons in the darkness—“sleepwalking.” True, her control isn’t perfect yet, but the sleepwalkers of the rogue Minor Arcanum have proven to be capable assistants. With her fiancé by her side, her cousin and a couple of teenage wards eager to help, and a pair of wizards sheltering them on a secluded ranch, what more could she need?

But late-blooming Badger is still discovering the extent of her talent, and her abilities as a wizard are far greater than she knows. When she learns of another extraordinary wizard in her family, the truth threatens to destroy her alliance with the Minor Arcanum. If she can’t make things right, her little band will be on their own again.

And as Badger soon realizes, an enemy more powerful than the Arcanum lurks in the shadows. This time, it’s not merely the Fringe at risk—the whole mortal realm lies in the crosshairs. If the Minor Arcanum and the last of the Fringe can’t work together, there may soon be no one left for Badger to rescue…