Twenty-year-old college undergraduate Lyra is once again thrown together with Malcolm Polstead, now a professor, after Lyra and her daemon, Pantalaimon, receive secrets from a dying man about a daemon-haunted city and the origins of Dust.

"Makoto and her cousins visit a cafe run by a witch that's cloaked in magic and has regular visitors from folks on the "other side." Inukai stops by to make amends, and Nao gets a taste of some spicy medicine. Akane drops by just in time for a very special sighting of a rare, sky-borne animal..."--Page [4] of cover.

"Makoto and her companions experience summer celebrations of all sorts, from the spectacular lantern floats of Aomori's most famous festival to an otherworldly procession dedicated to exotic beasts. Along the way, they'll conquer mountainous desserts, reunite with an old friend, and make potentially groundbreaking discoveries in magic. Enjoy the ongoing, charm-filled adventures of Makoto and her crew as they have fun under the sun and more in Aomori!"--Provided...

Makoto makes her way to a fabric shop in town in order to sew a new robe, and ends up crafting a surprise for Chinatsu, too. On the way home from a late-night meeting with her mentor, Makoto runs into Inukai. They head to the beach and meet a mysterious creature that immediately makes itself at home.

When Hailey and her four fellow Mythics set out to find her mythical beast familiar and fight a powerful villain along the way, she realizes what it means to be part of a team.

"Makoto Kowata, a novice witch, packs up her belongings (including her black cat familiar) and moves in with her distant cousins in rural Aomori to complete her training and become a full-fledged witch"--Page 4 of cover.

"Makoto goes to a local cherry blossom festival and happens to encounter someone who has a bone to pick with her sister, Akane. When Akane happens to drop by, she teaches Makoto some new tricks for flying and some easy spellcraft. Their kid cousin Chinatsu is so charmed by the witches' talents that she makes an unexpected request..." -- Page [4] of cover.

"Takashi Natsume can see the spirits and demons that hide from the rest of humanity. He has always been set apart from other people because of his gift, drifting from relative to relative, never fitting in. Now he is a troubled high school student who has come to live in the small town where his grandmother grew up. And there he discovers that he has inherited more than just the Sight from the mysterious Reiko. When Natsume and his friend Tanuma help...

"Takashi Natsume can see the spirits and demons that hide from the rest of humanity. He has always been set apart from other people because of his gift, drifting from relative to relative, never fitting in. Now he's a troubled high school student who has come to live in the small town where his grandmother grew up. And there he discovers that he has inherited more than just the Sight from the mysterious Reiko ... When Taki's brother suddenly returns...

"Takashi Natsume can see the spirits and demons that hide from the rest of humanity. He has always been set apart from other people because of his gift, drifting from relative to relative, never fitting in. Now he's a troubled high school student who has come to live in the small town where his grandmother grew up. And there he discovers that he has inherited more than just the Sight from the mysterious Reiko... Natsume and his friends stumble into...