S T Rucker: 3 books

In the stronghold city of Sanctuary, the price of peace is determined by the blade of justice and the staff of holy men. Ameel is an outcast, an Unspeakable, marked in the eyes of others by the death of her parents. Little do they know that by night Ameel loyally races rooftops in a shroud...

A young man waiting tables. A finely dressed stranger who wears his hat inside. The editor-in-chief of the town newspaper. These three lost souls are connected by the glittering and extravagant parlor of Acier. Who is the dream? Who is flesh and blood? Who can leave and who must stay? What does it...

Accepting an invitation to the wealthy and prestigious town on the hill in the hopes of indulging her love of reading and knowledge leads to more than Dahlia En'te bargained for.Lured into the schemes of amoral men then hunted by demons and aided by fantastical beings of myth, Dahlia and...