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MacKayla Lane was just a child when she and her sister, Alina were given up for adoption and banished from Ireland forever. Twenty years later, Alina is dead and Mac has returned to the country that expelled them to hunt her sister's murderer. But after discovering that she descends from a... read more
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Characters edit
- MacKayla Lane: Former part time student who was working as a bartender. She's young, was blond, loves pink and music on her Ipod. She was oblivious to hardship, believing her life perfect in her tiny town in Georgia until she finds out her sister was murdered in Dublin. In her quest to find her sister Alina's killer, MacKayla discovers they were both adopted and are sidh-seers. She's working with Barrons to locate a book referred to as the Sinsar Dubh.
- Jericho Z. Barrons: Secretive & mysterious man that takes MacKayla in to help her find out what has happened to her sister, but only to help himself out. He is a dark, smart, knows more than he is willing to share, but teaches MacKayla more than she is ready for but desperately needs to survive. Enigmatic owner of Barron's Books and Baubles
- Alina Lane: Oldest sister to Mac (MacKayla Lane) who was murdered...Hence, the reason Mac goes to Dublin.
- Danielle (Dani) O'Malley: Teenage Sidh-seer with super speed wielder of the Sword of Light - when Rowena lets her. She also has a heightened sense of hearing and smell, voracious appetite
- Christian MacKeltar: Druid who worked at the ALD
- V'lane: Death-by-Sex Fae. Seelie Prince, Court of the Light, member of the Queen's High Council.
- Cruce: One of the four princes of the Unseelie Court, he is said to have created the curse which prevented the Unseelie King and concubine from being able to travel freely among the King's Silvers.
- Dreamy-eyed boy: bartender at Chester's. Previously employed by the ALD with Christian.
- Fiona: Former employee of Barrons' Books and Baubles, in love with Jericho Barrons may have even had a relationship with Barrons.
- Rowena: Leader (Grand Mistress) of Side-Seers organized as couriers at Post Haste Inc.
- Dageus MacKeltar: One of the Keltar clan, of the Highlands of Scotland (twin brother to Drustan), dubbed by the Seelie Queen as protector of the walls between man and Fae, and several Fae relics. Brother of Drustan, Uncle of Christian. Has (had) thirteen evil spirits/dieties inside him, making him dark, at some point in the past.
- Drustan MacKeltar: Unbreakable spirit. Twin brother of Dageus, Uncle of Christian.
- Cian MacKeltar: Ancient member of the Keltar clan, tasked by the Queen of the Seelie to protect her and kept the walls up between our world and the Fae realms.
- Adam Black: Gabrielle O'Callaghan's Husband (Read Moning's The Immortal Highlander for Details). Fae-turned-man.
- Aoibheal: Queen of the Tuatha De' Danaan.
- Inspector Jayne: Dublin Garda detective who ends up as part of the regime who hunt and kill anything Fae.
- Royal Hunters: Sidhe-seer exterminators or assasins. They are mid-level caste of Unseelies
- Jack Lane: MacKayla and Alina's father.
- Rainey Lane: MacKayla and Alina's mother.
- Isla O'Connor: Sidhe-seer
- Patrona O'Connor: Isla's mother
Quotes edit
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“Hope strengthens. Fear kills.”
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“Just one time.....When you know who I am. Let me be your man.”
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“Dude, if ya can't crack yourself up, ain't never gonna crack anybody else up.”
Dani
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One day you do meet a man who kisses you and you can’t breathe around it and you realize you don’t need air. Oxygen is trivial. Desire makes life happen. Makes it matter. Makes everything worth it. Desire is life. Hunger to see the next sunrise or sunset, to touch the one you love, to try again.
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Some people bring out the worst in you, others bring out the best, and then there are those remarkably rare, addictive ones who just bring out the most. Of everything.
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One thing I’ve learned is that the harder your life gets, the gentler you have to be with yourself when you finally get some downtime, or you can’t be strong when you need to be.
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“You’re Mac,” he says. “And I’m Jericho. And nothing else matters. Never will. You exist in a place that is beyond all rules for me. Do you understand that?” I do. Jericho Barrons just told me he loves me.
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Each morning we wake up, we get to choose between hope and fear and apply one of those emotions to everything we do.
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“Most people are good and occasionally do something they know is bad. Some people are bad and struggle every day to keep it under control. Others are corrupt to the core and don’t give a damn, as long as they don’t get caught. But evil is a completely different creature, Mac. Evil is bad that believes it’s good.”
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Occam’s razor: The simplest explanation that accommodates all variables is most likely the truth.
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Hope strengthens. Fear kills.
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“Some things are sacred. Until you act like they’re not. Then you lose them.”
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And I’m sorry your pretty little world got all screwed up, but everybody’s does, and you go on. It’s how you go on that defines you.
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Setting & Locations edit
- Dublin, Ireland
- Chester's: Ryodan's nightclub for all creatures, neutral ground
- Darroc's Penthouse: One of the Dark Lords many homes. He takes Mac there when she implies she will be his lover.
- Barrons Books & Baubles
First Sentence edit
Hope strengthens.
Table of Contents edit
Part I
Chapters 1 - 14
Part II
Chapters 15 - 35
Part III
Chapters 36 - 44
Part IV
Chapters 45 - 52
Part V
Chapters 53 - 54
Glossary edit
- The Amulet: Unseelie or Dark hallow created by the Unseelie King for his concubine. Fashioned of gold, silver, sapphires and onyx, the gilt "cage" of the amulet houses an enormous clear stone of unknown compostion. A person of epic will can use it to impact and reshape reality. The list of past owners is legendary, including Merlin, Boudica, Joan of Arc, Charlemagne, and Napoleon. Last purchased by a Welshman for 8 figures, at an illegal auctionit wsas all too briefly in my hands and is currently in th epossession tof th eLord Master. It requires som ekind of tithe or binding to use it. I had the will: I couldn't figure out the way.
- The Cauldron: Seelie or Light Hallow form which all Seelie eventually drink to erase memories
- Chester's: Ryodan's nightclub, neutral ground for all creatures
- The Compact: an agreement between Seelie Queen Aoibheal and the MacKelter druid clan
- Cruce: last creation of the Unseelie King/Unseelie Prince
- Dark Zone: an area taken over by the Shades
- Dolmen: single chambered megalithic tomb
- Druid: In pre-Christian Celtic society, Druids presided over divine worship, legislative and judicial matters and the education of elite youth
- Sword of Lugh (a.k.a. Sword of Light): Light Hallow capable fo killing both seelie and Unseelie
- Tabh'rs: Fae portals between reams. Fae hide them in objects i.e. cactus in the dessert.
- Spear of Luisne (a.k.a. Spear of Destiny): Seelie or Light Hallow used to pierce the side of Jesus Christ. Not of human origin one of two weapons capable of killing a Fae no matter how powerful or no matter their rank.
- Sinsar Dubh (she-shu-DOO): A Dark Hallow belonging to the Tuatha De Danaan. Written in a language known only to the most ancient of their kind, it is said to hold the deadliest of all magic within its encrypted pages. Brought to Ireland by the Tuatha De during the invasions written of in the pseudo-history Leabhar Gabhala, it was stolen along with the other Dark Hallows, and rumored to have found its way into the world of Man. Allegedly authored over a million years ago by the Dark King of the Unseelie.
Series & Lists edit
This is book 5 of 47 in Fever. (standard series)
Preceded by Dreamfever.
This book is in Paranormal. (community list)
Authors & Contributors edit
- Karen Marie Moning (Author)
First Edition edit
Original Language: English
Publisher: Delacorte Press
Country: USA
Publication Date: January 18, 2011
ISBN: 978-0385341677
Page Count: 608
Publisher: Delacorte Press
Country: USA
Publication Date: January 18, 2011
ISBN: 978-0385341677
Page Count: 608
Classification edit
- Library of Congress: PS3613 .O527 S53 2011
- Dewey: 813.6
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Links to Supplemental Material edit
- Sidhe-Seers: Welcome Sidhe-Seers to The Fever World
- Karen Marie Moning: Author's website
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