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When she was sixteen, Joanna Archer was brutally assaulted and left to die in the Nevada desert. By rights, she should be dead. Now a photographer by day, she prowls a different Las Vegas after sunset—a grim, secret Sin City where Light battles Shadow—seeking answers to whom or what... read more

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  • “"If we could decide who we loved, it would be much simpler, but much less magical."”
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  • “‘If we could decide who we loved, it would be much simpler, but much less magical.’”
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  • “Power is knowledge, and knowledge is power. Know thyself. All our knowledge merely helps us to die a more painful death than the animals that know nothing…”
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  • Life sometimes flips on you like that. One minute you’re looking at your reflection in the water, not entirely sure you like what you see, and the next minute you’re upside down, submerged in a world where even familiar things look new.
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He didn't look dangerous, not at first glance.

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  • Kairos: a warrior born from both the Light and the Shadow with the ability to turn the balance between good and evil either way.
  • Conduit: a weapon of great power and energy made specifically for an individual operator that channels intent.

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This is book 1 of 9 in Signs of the Zodiac. (standard series)

Followed by The Taste of Night.

This is book 1 of 9 in Signs of the Zodiac: reading order. (standard series)

Followed by Holidays Are Hell.

Authors & Contributors edit see section history

  1. Vicki Pettersson (Author)

First Edition edit see section history

Original Language: English
Publisher: EOS
Country: USA
Publication Date: 2007
ISBN: 978-0-06-089891-5
Page Count: 455

Classification edit see section history

  • Library of Congress: CPB Box no. 2672 vol. 8
  • Dewey: 813.6

Notes for Parents edit see section history

Reading Level: Adults

Violence

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