The War Beast - Synopsis
In the oppressive and mechanized Steel Nation, where extreme industrialization has forged a brutal and controlled society, Cat survives on the fringes, hiding behind a white cat mask and honing her mechanical skills to defy the authorities. Small and agile, she is a skilled thief, capable of infiltrating heavily guarded factories to steal rare parts and perfect her inventions-including P1, her highly intelligent mechanical spider.
But when a heist goes wrong and her escape puts her in the crosshairs of the Rebels, Cat finds herself entangled in a conflict much larger than she ever imagined. Nolan, a mysterious young man with ties to the resistance, sees her as a crucial asset in the fight against the oppressive regime. Reluctant, Cat resists, for her true goal is to escape the Steel Nation and find her long-lost brother.
As she perfects her greatest invention-mechanical wings that could finally grant her the freedom she craves-Cat uncovers buried secrets about her own origins and her family's past. Now, she must decide whether to fight for a different future for her people or follow her solitary path into the unknown.
In a world where every gear turns in favor of the powerful, The War Beast is a story of resistance, courage, and self-discovery, packed with action, steampunk technology, and a heroine who dares to challenge the impossible.
He's only got 13 deals to make before death...
Mafuyu has lived most of his life as a monster feeding off the souls of his fellow yokai. And with his ability to lure his prey into magical Faustian pacts, it becomes no surprise when the kitsune becomes the target of the spirit world's overseer, King Yama. Mafuyu is prepared to be a perpetual thorn in his king's side. But what he didn't count on was being baited into capture by the one thing that matters most to him--his betrothed.
Cast down into Assiah, the mortal world, and separated from his fiance, Mafuyu becomes determined to do the impossible: to become a yokai again, escape his mortal world prison, and return to Tsuyuki's side. And with the help of an eccentric shopkeep, the kitsune hopes to brew a special elixir that will return him to the spirit world--The Nectar of Gods.
Though Mafuyu soon learns that something sinister lurks behind the creation of this brew, and that to obtain the components to make it, he'll need to use his power to make magically binding deals to do so. And when that very ability becomes cursed, Mafuyu must choose between returning back to his beloved, or his very life. Every step Mafuyu makes steeps him more into Assiah's mystery, and more into his own fate.
All while making his 13 Deadly Deals.