Dawn of a New Astral Age Series by Corinn Heathers

This is a story about magic, cohabitation, loneliness, girls who love girls, investigating the arcane and survival in a supernatural world hidden from the eyes of modern civilization. Karin Ashley lives a lonely life that feels hollow, with a job she hates and a family she loves but can't quite figure out... moreThis is a story about magic, cohabitation, loneliness, girls who love girls, investigating the arcane and survival in a supernatural world hidden from the eyes of modern civilization. Karin Ashley lives a lonely life that feels hollow, with a job she hates and a family she loves but can't quite figure out. Called in late one night to respond to an electronic break-in at a branch office of the Records & Licensing Agency, she is introduced in the most terrifying way to a hidden world of legends, supernatural beings and plenty of corruption, both literal and metaphorical. Behind corporate and political veils, evil spirits are summoned and bargained with for power. Fantastic powers and reality-bending magic lurks beneath the successes and conquests of modern corporate dynasties, descended from ancient arcane Houses that have influenced human history for centuries. Karin is thrust headlong into a world suddenly gone mad, but she won't have to fight alone. Mystically bound to an ancient spirit within the sword through a capricious twist of fate, will the new bonds they forge together prove to be the strongest yet? less

Half a year after Karin and Misaki's desperate battle against Lord Tsukimura, things have settled down, for the most part. Karin has come into her own as an external collaborator for the supernatural crisis-management agency AEGIS, while she and her fiancee Misaki continue to experience their new life together as a happy couple... moreHalf a year after Karin and Misaki's desperate battle against Lord Tsukimura, things have settled down, for the most part. Karin has come into her own as an external collaborator for the supernatural crisis-management agency AEGIS, while she and her fiancee Misaki continue to experience their new life together as a happy couple. Things aren't as peaceful as they seem to be, however, as an incidental run-down of a criminal summoner reveals a new, troubling development in the magic that calls specters and binds them to this world. Storm clouds gather on the horizon, both in the literal and metaphorical senses. With the sudden, brutal killings of AEGIS personnel and a mysterious, powerful mage that has taken a personal interest in Karin, peace may become a thing of the past. DIMENSION FRACTURE continues the exciting story of Karin and Misaki and new allies as they face off against a formidable new enemy and an unsure future. With a deep darkness closing in around them, Karin and Misaki must rely upon each other to witness the coming dawn... The dawn of a new astral age. less

The exciting saga of the New Astral Age continues!The corruption grows, festering deep within the shadow world of mages and spirits. Former AEGIS controller Meilin, once known as Star, is contacted by the mysterious and enigmatic sorceress Eirene. The traitor to the Pillars of Heaven offers a hint of a growing darkness within the upper echelons of Luna, the modern incarnation of the ancient Order of the Moon... moreThe exciting saga of the New Astral Age continues!The corruption grows, festering deep within the shadow world of mages and spirits. Former AEGIS controller Meilin, once known as Star, is contacted by the mysterious and enigmatic sorceress Eirene. The traitor to the Pillars of Heaven offers a hint of a growing darkness within the upper echelons of Luna, the modern incarnation of the ancient Order of the Moon. Driven to investigate the order she loyally serves, Meilin embarks on a mission to determine the truth of Eirene's words and root out the evil that lurks in the darkest shadows.With her young cousins newly awakened as mages, Karin Ashley and Misaki work to teach their family how to safely make use of their power. A surprise visit from the Swordlady Amber and a tempting offer from the Archivist Elias draws Karin and Misaki back into the fray. As the Relic fused to her spirit continues to change her fundamental nature, Karin and her friends are caught in an internal power struggle within AEGIS--all during a dangerous operation to retake a secret astral research facility!With the very existence of magic and an eternity of suffering and darkness on the line, the stakes have never been higher. Karin, Misaki and her allies have been tested and tempered in the fires of battle, but the game has become even more deadly than ever before.CELESTIAL PARADIGM, the newest installment of the Dawn of a New Astral Age, ups the ante as the lines between friend and foe are nearly erased. Enemies old and new clash with our heroines in an explosive and suspenseful new tale! less

The long-awaited final chapter of Karin and Misaki's tale! Following the destruction of the Fifth Pillar and the fall of the former director of AEGIS, Karin and Misaki's desperate fight to protect their family and world intensifies. Denied the transcendent power of the celestial known as Rika, the First Pillar of Heaven pursues a brute-force solution to breaching the veil between worlds: summoning and binding a vast horde of spectral creatures... moreThe long-awaited final chapter of Karin and Misaki's tale! Following the destruction of the Fifth Pillar and the fall of the former director of AEGIS, Karin and Misaki's desperate fight to protect their family and world intensifies. Denied the transcendent power of the celestial known as Rika, the First Pillar of Heaven pursues a brute-force solution to breaching the veil between worlds: summoning and binding a vast horde of spectral creatures. With the looming threat of Aestivar's army of darkness plunging the world into chaos and feeding off of the corruption they spread, Karin and her friends are once again thrust into the fray. The fighting rages on two fronts: Karin and Misaki join forces with a peculiar former member of Luna and search for a way to gain access to the Astral Terminus themselves; meanwhile, Director Ceres's most trusted agent, joined by old friends and new, is sent to discover the secret behind the sinister astral technology binding Aestivar's spectral horde. With time running out and the world on the brink of a calamitous war of supernatural destruction, Karin must challenge not only the Pillars and their servants, but confront the very source of the corruption itself! DAWN INTEGRATION, the fifth book of the DAWN OF A NEW ASTRAL AGE cycle, completes the tale of our heroines as they face down their most deadly and devastating enemies yet. less