![]() ![]() ![]() And Meg proves adept at looking after Sam, Simon’s orphaned nephew, so traumatized by his mother’s death that he’s locked in wolf form. Against his wolfish instincts-Meg is human, but doesn’t smell like prey-Simon Wolfgard hires her as Human Liaison, a job that entails running the local delivery office. Naïve but resourceful Meg escaped and now seeks refuge in the Lakeside Courtyard, the business district operated by the Others. She and a number of like young women were slaves of the Controller, whose rich clients pay well for their visions. A cassandra sangue, or blood prophet, Meg Corbyn sees the future when her skin is cut-for her, the result can be agony or ecstasy. ![]() Into the northeastern city of Lakeside, in the middle of winter, staggers Meg Corbyn, freezing, friendless and desperate. On the continent of Thaisia, humans are tolerated for their technical and inventive talents, but they tread very carefully, knowing that if they transgress, they’ll be lunch for shape-shifting wolves, raptors, bears, vampires or worse. ![]() For her latest dark fantasy series, Bishop ( Twilight’s Dawn, 2011, etc.) invents an entire Earth-like world, Namid, populated by a fascinating array of supernatural Others-and the humans who are their prey. ![]()
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