Justin Herzog Books in Order

Marcus Aries, guardian of the Hawaiian Islands, faces supernatural threats alongside his friends in this collection of short adventures. His encounters range beyond the major battles of his duties, exploring more of the magical dangers surrounding island life.

Martial arts instructor Marcus Aries secretly keeps peace between Hawaii's human and supernatural worlds. When a cartel heir disappears, evidence points toward supernatural involvement, forcing Marcus to use dangerous contacts while someone works to stop his investigation permanently.

Hawaii’s supernatural guardian Marcus Aries accepts a cartel kingpin’s demand to investigate a murder. His simultaneous security work for a United Nations meeting grows more dangerous as bodies accumulate and the purpose of his assignment becomes increasingly uncertain.

Miami demonologist Patrick Bannon investigates a Catholic reverend’s death, uncertain whether it was murder or suicide. Meanwhile, the demon he banished for causing his brother’s death is trying to return, making the case dangerously entangled with his own past.

Demonologist Patrick Bannon’s former girlfriend recruits him to investigate a string of Miami murders. A new supernatural threat is taking hold, while the demon responsible for his brother’s death remains trapped inside Patrick’s body and grows increasingly hungry.

Grieving pen maker Augustus Lyre wakes to find that nobody remembers his dead wife and her photographs have vanished. Pursued by police and an otherworldly threat, he joins a skeptical world’s lone believer in searching for the truth.

Forest Service officer Gwendolyn Lache, better known as Goldilocks, guards the boundary between humanity and magical tribes. When a young woman’s murder implicates her oldest friend, she must find the truth before fragile agreements collapse into violence.

Seeking a fresh start in the southwestern desert, Goldilocks is determined to rebuild her standing with the Forest Service. A powerful coyote spirit instead sends her after a legendary flower that blooms only once a century, drawing her into another dangerous search.

With her reputation damaged, Goldilocks investigates two teenage murders that threaten relations between magical tribes and the Forest Service. Similarities to an older killing suggest a deeper scheme, but pursuing it could cost her both her career and her life.

Wildfires ravage California as Goldilocks investigates the murders of eight smokejumpers whose bodies were displayed as a warning. Someone wants the flames to spread, and she must identify the killer before more firefighters die beneath the falling ash.

Desk duty has left Goldilocks frustrated until an inhuman body near a tourist lodge reveals a renewed threat. The Cold Ones are preparing war against the Forest Service, forcing her to gather allies and confront an enemy determined to destroy them.