Michael Dane Libri

The war seemed inevitable. Two Empires with opposite strengths focused only on winning a war of total destruction. Magic and science, a logical mix that instead only inflamed. One man knew how to stop the war forever, but he needed the assistance from seven others, plus two. Steal their power, he thought, and they will be helpless. The seven agreed with his intentions and in one day, they usurped the power from each Empire. The war ended before it began. A war that would begin again if the eight of them were lost. They needed protectors, which is where this story begins.The war seemed inevitable. Two Empires with opposite strengths focused only on winning a war of total destruction. Magic and science, a logical mix that instead only inflamed. One man knew how to stop the war forever, but he needed the assistance from seven others, plus two. Steal their power, he thought, and they will be helpless. The seven agreed with his intentions and in one day, they usurped the power from each Empire. The war ended before it began. A war that would begin again if the eight of them were lost. They needed protectors, which is where this story begins.

Lincoln 1997. Veteran customs investigator Frank McBride has been targeting gangs of drugs smugglers for decades. Taking out John Pyke's team of Lincoln- based criminals is just another operation until suddenly things become interesting.

Rutland 1998. When George Bowman, the publican of Leighton Parva’s Old Volunteer Inn is found dead at the bottom of his cellar steps the police dismiss it as a tragic accident. But Frank McBride and Bernard Taylor aren’t so sure.