I never wanted to be a Superhero. Spandex and bright colours were never my style. I was more of a black leather and bank robberies kind of guy. When I learned that I was one of the few that could do something beyond the ordinary, I had some choices laid out before me: become a small-time villain, pretend that everything was normal and live as a rogue, or join the Crawford Academy for the Supernaturally Talented. My name is William Cauthon, and this is the story of how I corrupted my fellow students and became the world's greatest supervillain. That is, after I figured out how to deal with dangerous opponents, deranged superheroes, overwhelming amounts of homework, and worst of all: girls.

What if magic were real, and humans were a myth? Al Ardito, the son of an infamous family of gangsters, and his brat of a younger sister, Sophie, find themselves dragged into a strange world by an incompetent gnomish wizard. In this world humans were once worshipped as gods, but those religions have been dying off as new technologies and ideas arise. Now everything will be thrown on its head as two bonafide humans--who want nothing more than to go back home--pop up out of thin air.

Elizabeth Sinclair lives in a world run by airships, steam, and magic. She was once princess of the Crown, now the young lady is captain of an airship whose voyages occasionally involve skirting the edge between legal and illegal. From small time smuggling to supporting local pirates, Elizabeth and the crew of the Crusader do it all. Elizabeth's wish that her life never change comes to a crashing halt when the new Emperor of the Crown begins to enforce his rule. Military patrols, increased taxes, and harsher laws begin to ferment a deadly brew of rebellion that blows up when the Crusader finds itself fighting toe to toe against the entire Empire.