An omnibus containing two of Lackey's SERRAted Edge books: Wheels of Fire, (with Mark Shepherd), and When the Bough Breaks, (with Holly Lisle). The SERRAted Edge books are a bit difficult to pin down. On the one hand, they're fun; they're about elves who race cars and integrate themselves into the human world. But at the same time, they deal with some really horrible child abuse cases. It's a bit of a strange mix, and not one that I'm entirely comfortable with.

Both books are still decent, though. There's a goodly amount of tension, the stakes are fairly high, and the magic works pretty well with the real-world stuff. It's nice, too, to read about people who are committed to doing something to help abused children. Even though there are terrible things going on, you know everything's going to work out in the end. The abused kids are going to get the help they need, and the abusers will get their comeuppance. Things won't be perfect, but they'll be better at the end than they were in the beginning.

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