Afterburn

Vallon Drake, American Geological Survey agent, harnesses a power that can rewrite the landscape—or protect it. When she discovers her ex-partner murdered, she must solve a case with too many links to her own troubled past. If she can't solve it, and fast, Seattle will be written right off the map.Loner.Bad Girl.Secret Agent.In this mystery thriller Vallon Drake, investigator and agent of the ultra-secret American Geological Survey, finds her latest partner entombed in the wall of a parking garage that didn’t exist just a few hours earlier. The AGS, an arm of Homeland Security, protects America from supernatural terrorists and the psychic population who can use magic to change the landscape with a stroke of the pen. Borders? They mean nothing. Earthquakes? They can cause them. Mountains? They can erase them, too. With the police eyeing Vallon as a suspect in her partner’s murder and Homeland Security dubbing Vallon a potential rogue agent, she must investigate the mystery of a string of agent murders on her own. When a mysterious, sexy ‘warlock’ with exceptional psychic powers gets in the way of her investigation she accepts his help to unravel clues to the crime—and her past. The alternative? Leave an uncontrollable dark power to destroy Seattle. “An exciting and original addition to the urban fantasy genre.” Adrian Phoenix, author of the Maker’s Song Series.What readers are saying:“…wonderful writer and loved this book. Writer had plenty of plot twists and turns to keep you mesmerized throughout the book. I would recommend this book and series to those that like adventure and limited sex.” Shirley Sells “An enjoyable book that kept me on the edge wanting to just keep going. A well managed diversification in the characters and their "parts" in the story.”John A. Byrdon