Twelve-year-old Jackson Opus is descended from two powerful hypnotist bloodlines, but he has just begun to realize that he can control other peoples' actions with sometimes frightening results--especially when the head of the Sentia Institute plans to use Jackson for his own benefit.

Young King Jaron has taken the throne of Carthya, but after enemies attempt to assassinate him, and a neighboring kingdom threatens invasion, he finds that he has no friends in the palace, not even his bride-to-be, princess Amarinda--and his regents think it would be better for Carthya if he just disappeared again.

M Freeman has been through the Lawless School for criminal masterminds and the Fulbright Academy for extreme law enforcement, but her memory has been erased and she thinks she is a normal middle school student--but when a hitman from Lawless targets her, everything comes back, and she goes on the run with the help of the Ronins, a ragtag group made up of expelled students of both schools who have their own agenda.

Discovering a way to tip the scales in favor of the Allied forces when World War II reaches a stalemate, time travelers Dak, Sera, and Riq contemplate an audacious spy mission while worrying that their success is rendering them more subject to the control of SQ.

"Faced with the death of his father and a growing international scandal, Em Governton must uncover the secrets behind the Knights of Themis before it's too late"--

When danger lurks in the deserts of Baghdad, which has become a center of learning populated by scholars, merchants, and explorers, Dak, Sera, and Riq must act fast to save the world's greatest library from utter destruction.