Scott, Katie and Jalouka's slow day becomes eventful when the daughter of a family friend breaks into the house. She has just turned thirteen and has undergone a human transformation, but her parents have thrown her out of the house because she is a magical monster. Can the three of them resolve their strife and bring peace? Or will much damage be done when alien mercenaries try to offer help?
Between the desolate Fairwoods and the even more desolate Wastes is the city-state of Flax, ruled by dozens of long-standing, feuding factions. When the leader of one of these factions, Artemisia, receives an emerald amulet, she, her girlfriend Ness and several allies set out to explore the many factions of Flax, even entering the city's underground twin, Flint, as she searches for the source of the amulet and its connection to her long-forgotten past.
