One day a shadow is cast on the Mechanical Circus, a rollicking seaside carnival where imagination meets machinery, when a tall, cloaked figure approaches the stand of Will Marchman, a young patent-medicine salesman. Thus begins the adventures of Will; Fanule Perfidor, commonly known as the Dog King; vampire Clancy Marrowbone; and Clancy's former lover, the mortal Simon Bentcross.
A surly mage, a deadly vigilante, and a charming criminal.
In a world of dragons and witches, professional heroes are in short supply. Jonathan White has one goal: take out as many baddies as possible before his dangerous occupation kills him. But when he falls in love with two of the villains he’s trying to take down— Regis Teller, a powerful but reclusive sorcerer, and Crow Belcane, a charismatic rogue with a big secret—life becomes complicated. To save the kingdom and themselves, the three of them must band together and learn to trust each other.
When the Veil between worlds lifted, mundane humans and paranormal creatures ended up on an inevitable collision course. Now, over a decade later, humans and a wide variety of mythical beings do their best to make their lives together work—and maybe find love—on this transformed Earth.