Godlike power at a reasonable price. Istanbul, 2012.  Decades of paranormal research have led to a new golden age in black ops, and Titus Marshall's adopted family of orphan conjurers is an attractive option for a government looking for mayhem on the cheap.  A small troupe of children, wielding stolen powers, can eradicate an entire army of conventional soldiers--then return to the shadow of their fearsome father. But all children have to grow up sometime.  The fledgling sorcerers are ready to leave the nest, and plenty of people are waiting to help them out of it.  The only question is how they will find their freedom, and how much of the world will survive the process. Secondhand Sorcery is a military fantasy (with sci-fi aspects), told from multiple perspectives, about trauma, greed, identity, and what actually happens when you give terrifying magical powers to teenagers.