I live in a pretty screwed up world. I mean, we all do, but mine's a little more screwed up than your average American city. First off, I have that cliché sort of crush on my best friend. The second part of that cliché is that he's interested in every other girl but me. Second, we have superheroes. A lot of them. Flying everywhere like annoying insects, teleporting like it doesn't scare the crap out of the rest of us, defeating bad guys like they're the new Mr. Incredible. The whole works. The third thing is, I'm one of those superheroes. My name is Kiera Knight, but the rest of the world knows me as Shadow. _________________________ Kiera Knight has been saving Cryptic City from her nemesis, Blaze, for two years now. As soon as she thinks she's got him under control, the wildfire spreads chaos through both of her lives-as Shadow and Kiera. But she soon finds out that masks can't hide every secret, and she might have been helping guard a secret that could put Cryptic City in ruins. "I hate supervillains. But after being a superhero, I think I'd prefer to be a supervillain now." _________________________ (I seriously didn't even think of Keira Knightley when I made up her name. Just thought I'd let you know.)

[Tempest Series #4] "Though my soul may set in darkness, it will rise in perfect light; I have loved the stars too fondly to be fearful of the night." --Sarah Williams Three years from the events of Invictus, the playing field has shifted. Somewhere, Vinny Maxwell is raising an army to carry out the mysterious Project Maelstrom that decimated New Rome. Elsewhere, Tessa, Kaden, Reese, Mark, and Dale find themselves solving a mystery--demigods from both Camp Jupiter and Camp Half-Blood are going missing, and a new foe and his cult of masked followers may have something to do with it. However, their trail of clues may start closer to home than they might have originally thought. Will Tessa and her friends be able to stop their new enemies after their years of peace, or will the absence of their heroics lead to more fractures in the serenity for demigods everywhere?