The Alchemancer Series

A timeless guardian. An unsolvable riddle. An eternity spent trapped.   When Master Elsanar sends Aaron into the Underkeep to retrieve a special instrument, Aaron never suspected he'd wind up trapped in a secret dwarven treasure hall. Good thing Shanna is there to keep him company while they wait to die of thirst, hunger, or worse.   Their fortunes change when the treasure room's guardian makes them a deal: solve his riddles, and he'll set them free. Now, they only need to figure out a series of riddles no one has ever solved before a second guardian—one who doesn't negotiate—comes to end their lives.

An infernal engine threatens all life. A sorcerer's apprentice has no idea how to stop it. The Alchemancer series continues.   The city of Brighton promises new beginnings for Aaron, Serena, and the taciturn eslar, Ensel Rhe. But, upon their arrival, Aaron and Serena are arrested for their role in the Chaos of a week ago, while Ensel Rhe slips away on business of his own.   The pair are given the opportunity to plead their case before the earl himself, whereupon they are released and assigned a very special duty, for deep below the palace lies the Nullification Engine, an ancient machine completed hundreds of years ago but never activated. Until now. While Aaron and Serena struggle to unravel the machine's mysteries, Ensel Rhe confronts his past once more when he learns his daughter has come to Brighton, but in the company of one of his greatest enemies.   A race against time begins as Aaron comes to realize the Nullification Engine was never turned on for a reason, for once the machine reaches a state of full nullitivity, it will destroy Brighton and everyone in it.

Elemental magic consumes the world and only a sorcerer's apprentice who knows nothing about magic can stop it. The Alchemancer series begins.   Chaos erupts in the Barony of Fallmere when a surprise elemental attack destroys Norwynne Keep. Aaron Shepherd and Shanna Bonnerman survive, but Shanna is soon lost in the fallout of the keep's destruction while Aaron is forced to flee for his life.   Unbeknownst to Aaron, Shanna becomes a captive of the enemy who destroyed their home. This enemy, a savant who claims to follow the path of science, speaks of ancient, infernal devices and a quest to reclaim the greatest of them all. Certain the savant means to kill her, Shanna is instead surprised when she finds herself embarking upon the adventure of a lifetime.   Meanwhile, only the worst of nightmares awaits Aaron. Pursued by dwarven raiders, mad sorcerers, and a host of demons who will not stop until he is dead, the only thing keeping him alive is his own wits and an eslar mercenary whose reputation as a killer might make him the worst threat of all.   Though Aaron and Shanna travel different paths, their purposes align when they each learn of a mysterious device known as the Fifth Element. Shanna sees it as the final piece of the puzzle that is her destiny. To Aaron's logical mind, it is an impossible ambiguity. Whatever the answer, the Fifth Element draws them back together and into a final confrontation where science and sorcery will collide.

Elemental magic consumes the world and only a sorcerer's apprentice who knows nothing about magic can stop it. The Alchemancer series begins.   When a mad savant merges science with sorcery to unleash the five elemental forces of the universe, the fiefdom of Seacea pays the price. None more so than Aaron Shepherd, Shanna Bonnerman, and Serena Walkerton, who must save each other first if they've any hope of reining in the destructive energies unleashed on the world.   This boxset includes the first three books in The Alchemancer series:   1. Engines of Alchemancy Separated when their home is laid waste by an elemental attack, Aaron, Shanna, and Serena individually learn of the Fifth Element, a mystery that draws them back together and into a final confrontation not as allies but as adversaries.   2. The Nullification Engine The city of Brighton promises new beginnings for Aaron, Serena, and Ensel Rhe. But when Aaron and Serena are arrested, they find their fates once again uncertain. Until they are introduced to the Nullification Engine, an ancient machine completed hundreds of years ago but never activated until now.   3. The Inversion Solution Brighton is in chaos, but Aaron soon realizes much more is at stake than just one city. Meanwhile, Serena and Ensel Rhe's daughter, Jakinda Rhe, must face the most sinister enemy of all if they've any hope of discovering the inversion solution.

The city of Brighton is in chaos. Infernal science inverted half the population. The other half fights for survival. The Alchemancer series continues.   Half of Brighton's population paid the price when Aaron failed to stop the Nullification Engine. The situation worsens when eslar invaders, led by Ensel Rhe's brother-in-law, Balrabbek, arrive in Brighton intent on completing Ingrid Kane's work. Forced into an alliance with them, Aaron soon realizes the engine's effect went well beyond the city's borders and that much more is at stake than he ever imagined.   When Ensel Rhe learns of Balrabbek's arrival, he wants nothing more than to take revenge on him for the murder of his son. But his brother-in-law's deceit and his ambitions went much further than he thought. Now, he must end those ambitions, no matter the cost.   Meanwhile, Serena flees from the chaos consuming Brighton, only to find that escape is a fleeting thing as her inability to control her magic continues to haunt her. When she learns of the Griffin's mission to retrieve the secrets of a lifesaving vitality serum, she sees it as a way to save both her people and herself.   Science and sorcery collide in The Inversion Solution, the third book in the Alchemancer fantasy adventure series. Continue your reading adventure today.

Eslar invaders occupy half of Brighton. The elemental nexus spirals into instability. A sitheri magi lurks in the shadows, pulling strings and threatening all life. The Alchemancer series continues.   Aaron never thought he'd have to navigate through an elemental maelstrom, but then he never thought he'd find himself trapped in the Underland, either. He's traveled deep into the earth and is prepared to travel even deeper to find the alchemist's forge, where he hopes to fabricate a device capable of correcting the elemental instability and saving everyone from annihilation or worse.   Though revenge remains elusive, Ensel Rhe knows the true face of his enemy now. With his adversary far away in the Grimmere, he turns his attention toward destroying the infernal machine at the center of it all, even though such destruction will destroy Brighton along with it.   Serena has lost control of her magic twice now, and too many have paid the price. Yet she is determined to never let it happen again. But her desire to save her people means facing the deadliest of sorcerers. Can she control her magic against such a foe? Does she even want to?   Science and sorcery collide in The Alchemist's Forge, the fourth book in the Alchemancer fantasy adventure series. Continue your reading adventure today.