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Afoul & Affairs, Amanda Cherry.
Afoul & Affairs
Avatar of Freya.
Avatar of Freya
Bad Intentions, a Cobalt City Universe Story. Erik Scott de Bie. Amanda Cherry.
Bad Intentions
Brother's Keeper, Dawn Vogel.
Brother's Keeper
Chanson Noir by Nathan Crowder
Chanson Noir
Book Cover: Coast to Coast Stars
Coast to Coast Stars
Cobalt City Blues by Nathan Crowder
Cobalt City Blues
Book Cover: Cobalt City Christmas
Cobalt City Christmas
Cobalt City Christmas Christmas Harder
Cobalt City Christmas: Christmas Harder
Cobalt City Dark Carnival
Cobalt City Dark Carnival
Cobalt City Timeslip
Cobalt City Timeslip
Cobalt City Los Muertos by Nathan Crowder
Cobalt City: Los Muertos
Cobalt City: Resistance by Nathan Crowder
Cobalt City: Resistance
Cover art for Cobalt City: Ties That Bind
Cobalt City: Ties that Bind
Cover art for Eye for an Eye
Eye for an Eye
Book Cover: Fallen Angel
Fallen Angel
Book Cover for Femmes Fatale
Femmes Fatale
Greetings from Buena Rosa by Nathan Crowder
Greetings From Buena Rosa
Cover for "Heroes of Necessity"
Heroes of Necessity
Justice/Vengeance: Inferno by Erik Scott de Bie
Inferno
Book Cover for Kensei
Kensei
Cover for Kensei Tales: It's the Great Yule Cat, Jamie Hattori
Kensei Tales: It's the Great Yule Cat, Jamie Hattori
Cover for Kensei Tales: Live and In Concert
Kensei Tales: Live and In Concert
Cover for Kensei Tales: Offensive Driving
Kensei Tales: Offensive Driving
Cover for Kensei Tales: Unorthodoxy
Kensei Tales: Unorthodoxy
Book Cover: Libations for the Dead
Libations for the Dead
A group of superhero teens with the name Erik Scott de Bie at the top and the title Girl Vengeance in Pretty Hate Machine at the bottom.
Pretty Hate Machine
Book Cover: Public Enemy
Public Enemy
Cover art for Ride Like the Devil
Ride Like the Devil
Book Cover: Rites & Desires
Rites & Desires
Cover for Snowflake War Journal
Snowflake War Journal
Sparx and Arrows
Sparx and Arrows
Sure Shot in Cobalt City - Homecoming
Sure Shot in Cobalt City - Homecoming
Sure Shot in Las Capas - The Case of the Absent Star
Sure Shot in Las Capas - The Case of the Absent Star
The Carcosa View, Nathan Crowder, The Mad World Cycle, A Cobalt City Universe Story.
The Carcosa View
The Complete Mad World Cycle
The Complete Mad World Cycle
Cover for The Devil, You Say
The Devil, You Say
An illustration of shattered glass with teen superheroes in different parts of the glass. At the top it says "Girl Vengenance in" and at the bottom it says "The Downward Spiral", followed by the name "Erik Scott de Bie".
The Downward Spiral
Kensei 2 - The Love of Danger
The Love of Danger
The Mad World Cycle: Throne of Heaven, Nathan Crowder.
Throne of Heaven
Illustration of a red-headed woman in front of a cityscape with stylized clocks behind her. At the top it has green eyes with the words "Time & Again". At the bottom it says "Amanda Cherry" and "A Cobalt City Universe Story".
Time & Again
The Mad World Cycle. Vote for Stardust. Nathan Crowder.
Vote for Stardust
Warlock Rising, Nathan Crowder, The Mad World Cycle, A Cobalt City Universe Story.
Warlock Rising
We are the Champions, A Cobalt City Universe Story, Erik Scott de Bie
We Are the Champions
Wrecker of Engines – Tales of Cobalt City’s Adventurers Club, Rosemary Jones.
Wrecker of Engines - Tales of Cobalt City's Adventurers Club
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