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  And if there was one thing Aurelia knew how to do, it was how to take down monsters.

  Light streaks across the night sky, guns boom, and supernatural beasts prowl the land. But this is no war. The war ended long ago. It is instead a holiday, celebrating the magical Enchanters’ victory over the Lord of the Underworld, who once ravaged the earth. Now, as the Triumvirate, the Enchanters rule the former US with an iron fist, condemning anyone who questions them.

  Sixteen-year-old Flynn Nightsider, doomed to second-class life as a Norm, knows the history as well as anyone else. But he doesn’t buy it. Fed up with the Triumvirate’s lies and secrecy, he longs for change. And when he stumbles across a clue that hints at something more – secrets in the dark, the undead, and the man that once controlled them – he realizes that he might be destined for more than just the life of a non-magical citizen.

  Flynn Nightsider, Norm orphan, finds his voice. And he begins fighting the system.

  Before long, however, he realizes that all is not as it seems. He finds himself hunted not only by the government, but also by nighmarish monsters and a man with supernatural powers…all seeking him for reasons he cannot understand. Underground rebels – his only allies – entice him with their vision of a better world, but seek to use his unrecognized talents. The world around him grows dark and threatening, and as the vicious creatures of the Underworld become bolder and the nation teeters on the brink of revolution, he is forced to admit three things.

  The rebellion is not what it seems.

  Flynn himself might be more than he seems.

  And the fate of the world now rests in his hands.

  Break the enchantments. Find the truth. Ignite the revolution.

  Mary Fan is a hopeless dreamer, whose mind insists on spinning tales of “what if.” As a music major in college, she told those stories through compositions. Now she tells them through books—a habit she began as soon as she could pick up a pencil. Flynn Nightsider and the Edge of Evil follows a well-received debut novel, a space opera titled Artificial Absolutes (2013), and is the first in the Flynn Nightsider series. Mary would like to think that there are many other novels in her bag, and hopes to prove that to the world as well.

  Mary lives in New Jersey and has a B.A. from Princeton University. When she’s not scheming to create new worlds, she enjoys kickboxing, opera singing, and blogging about everything having to do with books.