THE WORLD OF DENISE VITOLA

After Commander Ariann Centuri's betrothed is killed by the Benar, she finds herself stricken by a terminal disease. Her sole chance for survival is to promptly wed the Viceroy of the Galactic Consortium, the only one who can save her life. Their union is stormy from the start, but the warring clans, political intrigue, and outcast nomads of the twilight plane called Half-Light promise to make things more dangerous than Ariann could have ever dreamed.

A killer is stalking the city of Washington, D.C. They call him the Winter Man. He strikes during the soft peace of snowfall, committing grisly murders with odd drugs, surgical tools, and chilling detail. The Winter Man takes his time. He cares about his work. And this winter, the snows have run deep...Nicki Chim will need all of her powers--scientific and supernatural--to find him. And her time is running short, for another snowstorm is on the way. Soon she must unlock the hidden secrets of the dead, or face a bitter winter. A winter too bloody even for a vampire.

The wife of a powerful district councilman is dead, and Ty finds herself in the middle of a deadly investigation. Solving this murder means threatening the very structure of government in her district. And, as Ty knows all too well, there are certain individuals who will never let that happen. Meanwhile, the District Health Office knows all about Ty's lycanthropic condition--except what it is. Demon or disease? Curse or psychosis? No one knows. And in this rigidly controlled environment, the unknown is unacceptable. Now Ty faces triple jeopardy. As she is closing in on the killer, the government is closing in on her. And night by night, the moon grows larger...

Winter grips District One like a steel fist. Even the most basic resources are stretched to the breaking point. And Ty Merrick, weathering the psychological ravages of her lycanthropy, is busy. Three members of a secret sect--known as the Opalite--have been murdered. Now, under the suspicious eyes of the government, Ty must venture into the frozen fringes of a bankrupt society where the Opalite keeps its secrets. Where the natural and supernatural collide. Where only a lycanthrope would feel at home...

As a violent hurricane heads for District One, three agents from the Office of Intelligence have massive strokes--simultaneously. Coincidence? Not a chance. When Ty investigates, she uncovers an assassin with strange powers and deadly cunning: the Manjinn. Now time is running out. The Manjinn has kidnapped the man Ty loves--the only man who knows the true nature of her lycanthropy. Outside, the storm rages. Inside, Ty edges to the brink of sanity. And the ultimate game with the Manjinn begins...

"Red Sky at morning--sailors take warning" turns out to be all too true for the men of the river cutter Delora. When the crimson dawn breaks, one of them will die before the next day, throat slit, ears missing. District Marshal Ty Merrick and her partner LaRue are called in to find out who is killing the crew. Who--or what. For the pollution that is an everyday fact of life in Ty's world has bred strange and dangerous monsters in the toxic waters of the Black River. It will take all of Ty Merrick's considerable detecting skills--plus her first-hand knowledge of monsters--to find the murderer before the red sun rises again...

In the bleak and polluted world of the twenty-first century, a cure can mutate into something lethal and the toxic can become beneficial. Thus, the radon gas seeping from the abandoned uranium mine beneath the Planetary Health Organization's Rejuvenation Facility has been found to ease the pain of those stricken with all manner of bone diseases. But when one of the patients is found dead of extremely unnatural causes, District Marshal Ty Merrick has reason to question exactly how benign the deadly gas has become. Do the supposed killers--alien beings who live in the depths of the mine--actually exist, or are they radon-induced hallucinations? And if they don't exist, what exactly is going on down below? Now Merrick and her partner LaRue must figure out what's real, what's not--and what's waiting for them when they cross the line...