title: Maggie in the Dark: Transcendence Book 1 (Volume 1)
author:  Lynne Cantwell 
description: Lynne Cantwell writes mostly urban fantasy and paranormal romance, with a dash of magic realism when shes feeling more serious. She is also a contributing author for Indies Unlimited. In a previous life, she was a broadcast journalist who worked at Mutual/NBC Radio News, CNN, and a bunch of other places you have probably never heard of. She has a master's degree in fiction writing from Johns Hopkins University. Currently, she lives near Washington, D.C.
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  **Voices of the Night**
  
   _ **Lydia Joyce**_
  
  * * *
  
   **Contents**
  
  > Prologue  
  > Chapter One  
  > Chapter Two  
  > Chapter Three  
  > Chapter Four  
  > Chapter Five  
  > Chapter Six  
  > Chapter Seven  
  > Chapter Eight  
  > Chapter Nine  
  > Chapter Ten  
  > Chapter Eleven  
  > Chapter Twelve  
  > Chapter Thirteen  
  > Chapter Fourteen  
  > Chapter Fifteen  
  > Chapter Sixteen  
  > Chapter Seventeen  
  > Epilogue  
  >  
  > Copyright
  
  * * *
  
   _In memory of Grande—and the_  
   _people in our lives we may not always like_  
   _but still will never cease to love_
  
  * * *
  
   _ **Acknowledgments**_
  
  > > > Special thanks to Emma Gads, yet again, and to Robin Perini, who helped
  > me whip this book into shape. And eternal gratitude to the support of Anne
  > Bohner and Nancy Yost—thank you both for the faith that got me here.
  
   **Prologue**
  
   _ **February 1860**_
  
  Maggie shivered, wrapping the sooty shawl tighter around her thin shoulders as
  she hunched behind the brute bulk of Johnny.
  
  