"Kyra, a highly skilled seventeen-year-old thief, joins a guild of assassins with questionable motives. Tristam, a young knight, fights against the vicious Demon Riders that are ravaging the city"-- Provided by publisher.

When eleven-year-old Kaci interrupts burglars in the process of robbing her house, she and her nosy elderly neighbor Mrs. Banducci are kidnapped and held hostage by the desperate and ruthless criminals.

Eric, Julie, and Neal set out to find Princess Keeah, who has been kidnapped by Ving, the leader of the Hawk Bandits, and his sister Ming, the leader of the Hawk Pirates, who want to build the deadly city of Mokarto and need the young girl to tell them where the last Droon's magical stone can be found.

On a cold day in eighteenth-century England, a poor young boy agrees to watch a stranger's fine horse for a golden guinea but soon finds himself in a difficult situation when the king's guard appears and wants to use him as bait in their pursuit of a notorious highwayman.