When Staci was first shunted off to the backwater town of Silence, Maine to live with her alcoholic mother, she thought her life was over. Silence had none of the amenities a typical teen in the twenty-first century considered essential: no cell service and barely any internet connectivity. But Staci soon learned that Silence was more than a town left behind by progress. The first family of Silence, the Blackthorns,┬аliked┬аthe town that way. The Blackthorns were dark elves who fed off the misery of the residence of Silence.
But now, all that's changing for the better. With the help of Staci and her friends, the Blackthorns have been all but defeated. Industry is returning to Silence, and Staci's mom is improving with each passing day. There's even a cute new busboy at the diner.
But evil dies hard. And Staci, now a mage-in-training, senses that the Blackthorns have not yet given up the. The soul of Silence is on the line, and it is up to Staci and her friends to fight back against the encroaching darkness.
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Serrated Edge Series
Born to Run┬а(#1) by Mercedes Lackey and Larry Dixon
Wheels of Fire┬а(#2) by Mercedes Lackey and Mark Shepherd
When the Bough Breaks┬а(#3) by Mercedes Lackey and Holly Lisle
Chrome Circle┬а(#4) by Mercedes Lackey and Larry Dixon
Stoned Souls┬а(#5) by Mercedes Lackey
Elvendude┬а(#6) by Mark Shepherd
Spiritride┬а(#7) by Mark Shepherd
Lazerwarz┬а(#8) by Mark Shepherd
Silence┬а(#9) by Mercedes Lackey and Cody Martin
The Chrome Borne┬а(omni contains Born to Run and Chrome Circle) by Mercedes Lackey and Larry Dixon
The Other World┬а(omni contains When the Bough Breaks and Wheels of Fire) by Mercedes Lackey, Mark Shepherd and Holly Lisle
Mercedes Lackey┬аis the┬аNew York Times┬аbest-selling author of the Bardic Voices series and the Serrated Edge series (both Baen), the Heralds of Valdemar series, and many more. She's the coauthor of the contemporary meta-hero SF series The Secret World Chronicle. Among her popular Baen titles are┬аThe Fire Rose,┬аThe Lark and the Wren, and also┬аThe Shadow of the Lion┬аand┬аBurdens of the Dead┬аwith Eric Flint and Dave Freer. She lives in Oklahoma.
Cody Martin┬аis a coauthor with Mercedes Lackey of five other books in the metahero saga The Secret World Chronicle, including entries┬аInvasion, World Divided, Revolution, Collision, and┬аAvalanche. He is also the coauthor of the previous entry in The Serrated Edge series,┬аSilence. He is an avid gamer, but spends his extra time chained to a computer, writing. Originally from Scottsdale, Arizona, he currently resides in Florida.