Orchid (1998) (edit title/settings)

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Characters edit see section history

• Orchid Adams: rare ice prism working for Psynergy Inc., also writes psychic vampire novels
• Rafe Stonebraker: high level para-sensitive strategic-awareness talent commonly called strat talent, private investigator as hobby
• Selby and Briana Culverthorpe: Rafe's cousin and his wife
• Alfred G. Stonebraker: Rafe's grandfather, CEO of Stonebraker Shipping
• Clementine Malone: owner of Psynergy, Inc.
• Dr. Gilbert Bracewell: psychic talents researcher, head of Para Syn
• Calvin Hyde: strat-talent
• Morgan Lambert: ice prism
• Theo Willis: ice prism
• Preston Luce: a former suitor of Orchids
• Dr. Alexander Brizo: professor at University of New Seattle
• Dr. Quentin Austen: a syn-psych shrink
• Edward and Anna Adams: Orchid's parents
• Glen and Sarah Stonebraker: Rafe's parents
• Crowder: Add a description of this character.
• Veronica
• Jayne Castle
• Byron
• Jink
• Hobart Batt

Quotes edit see section history

• “Rafe made money the way a baker made cookies- easily, quickly and efficiently.”

• “He would hunt his own mate. Wife, he immediately corrected himself. He would hunt his own wife, not mate. Mate sounded so...primitive. So did hunt, for that matter. Okay he would search for his own wife.”

  Rafe Stonebraker

• “"I don't want to work with a strat-talent," Orchid had said...."They give me the creeps."”

  Orchid Adams

• “Whatever else he might be, he was neither primitive nor unsophisticated, although she would not go so far as to call him domesticated.”

  Orchid Adams

• “Rafe might not be Mr.Right, she told herself, but he certainly was Mr. Exciting.”

  Orchid Adams

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Setting & Locations edit see section history

• New Seattle: one of the city-states
• Northville: center for the meta-zen-syn research, town where Orchid was raised
• New Vancouver

First Sentence edit see section history

Glossary edit see section history

• Ice Prism: a person with the ability to adjust the prism they form to exactly match the talent's needs
• Para-sensitive strategic-awareness talent: called strat-talent. generally believed to be a para-heightened version of ancient human hunting instincts. They are perceived to be natural hunters who could, in essence, think like the quarry.
• meta-zen-syn: esoteric arts consisting of synergistic meditation and exercise.

Series & Lists edit see section history

Preceded by Zinnia.

Authors & Contributors edit see section history

1. Jayne Castle (Author)

First Edition edit see section history

Classification edit see section history

• Library of Congress: Add the Library of Congress Classification.
• Dewey: 813.54

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Subjects edit see section history

• Books › Science Fiction & Fantasy › Science Fiction
• Books › Romance › Fantasy, Futuristic & Ghost
• Books › Literature & Fiction › Contemporary
• Books › Romance › Contemporary

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