Holy Terrors

Gr 9 Up–Left at a crossroads by the Wild Hunt, Vanja must decide to return West to Helligbrüke and Emeric or run East where she might once again take on the mantle of the Pfennigeist and haunt those who consider themselves above the law. Vanja and her ever-present commitment issues go East into a 16-month time skip, where readers find her robbing the corpse of the Prince-Elector. In the process, Vanja discovers the prince was murdered and that the Pfennigeist, her alter ego, has grown into a force of its own. Infiltrating the election for a new empress, friends and foes reunite as Owen puts Vanja to the test, tracing every major decision in the “Little Thieves” trilogy into branching realities that may threaten everything Vanja holds dear. Owen’s writing will make readers laugh and cry within a single sentence, painting heartfelt nuance onto an intricate plot three books in the making. The worldbuilding cleverly integrates the Low Gods with the legal repercussions magic would bring to bear on a society, creating a delightful sandbox for the characters to sow justice with a side of chaos. Major characters are white, with a range of diversity in orientation and gender, and additional racial diversity in the supporting cast.