Chronicles of Amicae Series by Mirah Bolender

Five hundred years ago, magi created a weapon they couldn’t control. An infestation that ate magic—and anything else it came into contact with. Enemies and allies were equally filling.Only an elite team of non-magical humans, known as sweepers, can defuse and dispose of infestations before they spread. Most die before they finish training.Laura, a new team member, has stayed alive longer than most. Now, she’s the last—and only—sweeper standing between the city and a massive infestation.

The Monstrous Citadel is the sequel to Mirah Bolender's City of Broken Magic—a fast-paced, adventure fantasy where a bomb squad defuses the magic weapons of a long forgotten war.Amicae, City of Sweepers, survived the Falling Infestation which nearly destroyed it thanks to the efforts of Laura and Okane... moreThe Monstrous Citadel is the sequel to Mirah Bolender's City of Broken Magic—a fast-paced, adventure fantasy where a bomb squad defuses the magic weapons of a long forgotten war.Amicae, City of Sweepers, survived the Falling Infestation which nearly destroyed it thanks to the efforts of Laura and Okane. While the ancient monsters have been beaten back for the moment, new and more monstrous dangers face them in the form of belligerent bureaucracy, dangerous gangs, grasping Sweepers bent on personal glory . . .And Rex, the City of Kings, who breed their own kind of monstrosity.Laura and Okane must go to Rex to reclaim the secret weaponry that keeps Amicae safe and come face to face with a horrifying truth about the Rex and their designs on all of Orien's cities.Chronicles of AmicaeCity of Broken MagicThe Monstrous Citadel less

Mirah Bolender follows The Monstrous Citadel with Fortress of Magi--the pulse-pounding conclusion to her debut fantasy trilogy in which a bomb squad defuses the magic weapons of a long forgotten warThe Hive Mind has done the impossible--left its island prison. It's a matter of time before Amicae falls, and Laura Kramer has very few resources left to prevent it.The council has tied her hands, and the gangs want her dead. Her only real choice is to walk away and leave the city to its fate... moreMirah Bolender follows The Monstrous Citadel with Fortress of Magi--the pulse-pounding conclusion to her debut fantasy trilogy in which a bomb squad defuses the magic weapons of a long forgotten warThe Hive Mind has done the impossible--left its island prison. It's a matter of time before Amicae falls, and Laura Kramer has very few resources left to prevent it.The council has tied her hands, and the gangs want her dead. Her only real choice is to walk away and leave the city to its fate.Chronicles of AmicaeCity of Broken MagicThe Monstrous CitadelFortress of Magi less