It all comes down to trust. Or it will. It’s Jackson Hunt’s job to keep the Bureau’s strike teams on their toes and in good fighting form, and to keep rogue theurgists in line. And one rogue in particular—the shadowy and powerful Sorcerer—is getting too bold, liberating captive theurgists right out from under the Bureau’s collective noses.
Jackson decided long ago he’s going to need Kyle, the Bureau’s resident IT genius, to make it all come right in the end. But when the Bureau starts detaining children, and the Sorcerer’s rescues start getting bolder, individual definitions of justice get a little skewed. Jackson just hopes Kyle’s definition will turn out to be the same as his.
(Winner of the EPIC eBook Award for short fiction.)