Aberrant Magic: New team members. (Patreon)

We won't see new team members much in this book because Kavon is an untrusting bastard who doesn't want them near the war. However, I hope to have a second set of books featuring Milton and Joe slowly growing closer.  I don't have licenses for most of these images and I'm going to have to hope I can find a "Joe" close to this one because this actor is not available on stock photo sites.  Milton is, through, so that's the image that will appear on any book covers from series 2

Anne: When Ahtisham moved to Coretta's newly formed team, Anne stepped in to fill that role on Kavon's team.  She was an active field agent for a number of years. She was a temporary special agent in charge, hated the job, and stepped back into field work. She applied to a number of teams, but the Talent team was the first to interview her, and she liked Kavon's no-nonsense approach to running the team. She's a little less thrilled with having lovers on the team, but she knows when to keep her opinions to herself.

Milton: He is a magic-user who actually hates magic.  He is very into logic and computers and he was the ultimate nerd when young.  As an adult, he hates the "messy" and "illogical" way most magic users create spells.  He read an article by Coretta and admired her crystal based approach to spells and felt she would be the only magic user to appreciate his work integrating magic and his computers.  He was bitterly disappointed when he was assigned to Kavon's team.

Joe: Joe grew up moving all over the country. It gave him a laid back attitude and an ability to make friends with anyone.  He never intended to tell anyone at the FBI that he was a shaman, but when the chance came up to join the newly formed second Talent unit, he saw it as a chance to bring together the two sides of himself--the agent and the shaman.

Jen: She is a magic chanter.  Her parents escaped China with a deep hatred for all things communist or governmental. Jen's rebellion was to join the FBI. She heard a presentation from an agent during one of her psychology courses.  She would like to move into profiling, but when the Talent position was advertised, she applied because she hopes to get more field experience on a smaller team. She also hopes that having a minority as a boss will lead to less stereotyping.  She can't do math and resents anyone who assumes she can because she's Asian.