Burning Up (2010) (edit title/settings)

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• Ria Wembley: {Whisper of Sin} - "Ri-ri" - Human
• Emmett: {Whisper of Sin} - Leopard Changeling; DarkRiver soldier
• Dorian Christensen: {Whisper of Sin} - Changeling; DarkRiver soldier
• Tamsyn Ryder: {Whisper of Sin} - "Tammy" - Changeling; DarkRiver's healer
• Nathan Ryder: {Whisper of Sin} - "Nate" - DarkRiver sentinel (one of the pack's highest-ranking soldiers)
• Lucas Hunter: {Whisper of Sin} - "Luc" - DarkRiver alpha
• Clay Bennett: {Whisper of Sin} - Leopard Changeling; DarkRiver Soldier
• Cian: {Whisper of Sin} - Changeling; DarkRiver Soldier; Emmett's father
• Keelie: {Whisper of Sin} - DarkRiver's historian; Emmett's mother
• Jazz: {Whisper of Sin} - Young female, leopard changeling
• Aaron: {Whisper of Sin} - Young leopard changeling
• Miaoling Olivier: {Whisper of Sin} - "Popo" - Ria's grandmother
• Alex Wembley: {Whisper of Sin} - Ria's mother
• Simon Wembley: {Whisper of Sin} - Ria's father
• Amber Wembley: {Whisper of Sin} - Ria's pregnant sister-in-law
• Jet Wembley: {Whisper of Sin} - Ria's older brother; Amber's husband
• Mr. Wong: {Whisper of Sin} - Miaoling's friend
• Tom Clark: {Whisper of Sin} - Wembley family friend
• Ms. Bhaskar: {Whisper of Sin} - Psy; Wembley's accountant
• Amaris: {Blood and Roses} - Blood Rose
• Raniero: {Blood and Roses} - Vampire Lord; King's Investigator
• Marin: {Blood and Roses} - Amaris's sister
• Tannaz: {Blood and Roses} - Amaris's father; Vampire
• Korban: {Blood and Roses} - Wizard Lord
• Gvido: {Blood and Roses} - Raniero's squire
• Olrick: {Blood and Roses} - King's Warrior
• Bakur: {Blood and Roses} - Raniero's black warhorse
• King Ferran: {Blood and Roses}
• Hetram: {Blood and Roses} - Marin's nursemaid
• Orel: {Blood and Roses} - Vampire; Amaris's ex-lover
• Sava: {Blood and Roses} - Amaris's mother; Blood Rose
• Basir: {Blood and Roses} - Sava's lover; Marin's father; Skilled swordsman & sorcerer
• Gavina: {Blood and Roses} - Olrick's wife
• Kellar: {Blood and Roses} - Kings Warrior
• Favdo: {Blood and Roses} - King's Warrior
• Jacil: {Blood and Roses} - King's Warrior
• Magar: {Blood and Roses} - King's Warrior
• Brothan: {Blood and Roses} - King's Warrior
• Lor: {Blood and Roses} - King's Warrior
• Shaco: {Blood and Roses} - King's Warrior
• Lady Taria: {Blood and Roses}
• Fulk: {Blood and Roses} - Raniero's father; Vampire
• Eiriene: {Blood and Roses} - Raniero's step-mother; Blood Rose
• Milric Lio Ony: {Blood and Roses} - Sergeant for Wizard Lord Korban
• Camar: {Blood and Roses} - Milric's second sword
• Kriso: {Blood and Roses} - Guard
• Blue Stripe: {Blood and Roses} - Varil Raider
• Cari'f: {Blood and Roses} - Varil Raider
• John Harris: {Shifting Sea} - "Jack" - Major
• Morwenna Bressay: {Shifting Sea} -"Wenna"
• Morgan Bressay: {Shifting Sea} - Lord of the finfolk; Warden of the northern deeps; Morwenna's twin
• Neptune: {Shifting Sea} - John's horse
• Watts: {Shifting Sea} - John's butler
• Edwin Sloat: {Shifting Sea} - John's steward
• Cook: {Shifting Sea}
• Mrs. Pratt: {Shifting Sea} - Housekeeper
• Hobson: {Shifting Sea} - Shopkeeper
• Dougie Munro: {Shifting Sea}
• Jeb: {Shifting Sea} - Fisherman
• Colin Miller: {Shifting Sea} - Fisherman; Jeb's son-in-law
• Jenny Miller: {Shifting Sea} - Jeb's daughter; Colin's wife
• Napoleon: {Shifting Sea}
• Ivy Blacksmith: {Here There Be Monsters} - A member of the blacksmith guild and a maker of automata; Has red hair, green eyes and freckles; The guild's mark, normally around the wrist is wrapped around her neck; Has mechanical flesh arms
• Eben Machen: {Here There Be Monsters} - "Captain Machen" - "Mad Machen" - Ex-Royal naval officer, surgeon and pirate; Captain of the ship Vesuvius; The youngest of four sons; Is big and intimidating, with a thick coarse scar around his neck and another going from his temple to his jaw; Has tanned skin, overgrown dark hair and dark eyes; Recently lost his right leg from just above the knee
• Rhys Trahaearn: {Here There Be Monsters} - "The Iron Duke" - "Duke of Anglesey" - Pirate captain; Captain of the Terror
• The Blacksmith: {Here There Be Monsters} - Ivy's mentor
• Obadiah Barker: {Here There Be Monsters} - Machen's friend and quartermaster; Has a leg made from mechanical flesh; Has bushy black hair and brown skin
• Yasmeen Corsair: {Here There Be Monsters} - "Lady Corsair" - "Captain Corsair" - Captain of the Lady Corsair; Has an angular face, long black curly hair with some braids and cat-green eyes; Always wears a colorful bandana on her head
• Netta: {Here There Be Monsters} - Ivy's friend and shopmate in Fool's Cove; A recently widowed seamstress; Has black hair
• Tom Cooper: {Here There Be Monsters} - "Duckie" - Machen's cabin boy; A blond, gangly boy with an ever present red mark across his forehead
• Simms: {Here There Be Monsters} - Machen's navigator
• Mr. Leveque: {Here There Be Monsters} - Machen's engine master; A balding, white-haired French man
• Teppers: {Here There Be Monsters} - Look out on Vesuvius
• Cookie: {Here There Be Monsters} - A cook on Vesuvius along with his wife; From Lusitania
• Mr. Areyto: {Here There Be Monsters} - Vesuvius' master-at-arms
• Jannsen: {Here There Be Monsters} - Vesuvius' surgeon
• John Davies: {Here There Be Monsters} - A short, blond man; Mary's man
• Mary: {Here There Be Monsters} - John Davies' woman
• Klaas: {Here There Be Monsters} - Tavern owner in Fool's Cove
• Aughton: {Here There Be Monsters} - A widow from Fool's Cove
• Ms. Pegg: {Here There Be Monsters} - An aviator aboard the Lady Corsair

Setting & Locations edit see section history

• San Francisco: {Whisper of Sin} - Chinatown & the greater Bay area
• DarkRiver HQ: {Whisper of Sin}
• Varil Territory: {Blood and Roses}
• Kessel: {Blood and Roses}
• Tzira Castle: {Blood and Roses}
• Korban Mountain Range: {Blood and Roses}
• Kingdom of Ourania: {Blood and Roses}
• Zahur: {Blood and Roses} - Land of the Varil
• Farness, Scotland: {Shifting Sea}
• Ciudad Rodrigo, Spain: {Shifting Sea}
• Corunna, Spain: {Shifting Sea}
• Talavera, Spain: {Shifting Sea}
• Lisbon, Portugal: {Shifting Sea}
• Arden Hall: {Shifting Sea}
• London, England: {Shifting Sea} & {Here There Be Monsters}
• Sanctuary: {Shifting Sea}
• Cheapside, London: {Shifting Sea}
• Kinlochbervie, Scotland: {Shifting Sea}
• Vesuvius: {Here There Be Monsters} - Eben Machen's ship
• Lady Corsair: {Here There Be Monsters} - Yasmeen's airship; A long and shallow wooden ship tethered beneath an enormous white balloon.
• Marco's Terror: {Here There Be Monsters} - Rhys Trahaearn's ship
• Ratcatcher Row: {Here There Be Monsters}
• Star Rose Inn: {Here There Be Monsters}
• The Crowing Cock: {Here There Be Monsters}
• Hammer & Chain: {Here There Be Monsters} - A pub
• Manhattan City: {Here There Be Monsters}
• North Sea: {Here There Be Monsters}
• Caribbean Sea: {Here There Be Monsters}
• Limehouse: {Here There Be Monsters}
• The Ivory Market: {Here There Be Monsters}
• Africa: {Here There Be Monsters}
• Anglesey, Wales: {Here There Be Monsters}
• Port Fallow: {Here There Be Monsters} - Notorious port city built on Amsterdam's ashes
• Fool's Cove: {Here There Be Monsters}
• Norway: {Here There Be Monsters}
• Europe: {Here There Be Monsters}
• France: {Here There Be Monsters}
• The Antilles: {Here There Be Monsters}
• Australia: {Here There Be Monsters}
• Cape of Good Hope: {Here There Be Monsters}
• Lusitania: {Here There Be Monsters}
• Asia: {Here There Be Monsters}
• South America: {Here There Be Monsters}
• Russia: {Here There Be Monsters}
• The New World: {Here There Be Monsters}
• Holyhead: {Here There Be Monsters}
• Appalachia: {Here There Be Monsters}
• Cornwall, England: {Here There Be Monsters}
• Southwark: {Here There Be Monsters}
• Amsterdam: {Here There Be Monsters}
• Castile: {Here There Be Monsters}

Organizations edit see section history

• DarkRiver: {Whisper of Sin} - Leopard pack, based in the Yosemite forest
• SnowDancer: {Whisper of Sin} - Wolf pack, based in California's Sierra Nevada
• Vincent's Crew: {Whisper of Sin} - Gang
• Blacksmith Guild: {Here There Be Monsters} - The guild's mark is a chain wrapped around a persons wrist and a hammer poised to strike.
• The Horde: {Here There Be Monsters}
• British Royal Navy: {Here There Be Monsters}
• The Black Guard: {Here There Be Monsters}

First Sentence edit see section history

Table of Contents edit see section history

Glossary edit see section history

• Nanoagents: {Here There Be Monsters} - The tiny machines that are used like an infection to (a) control and/or alter a population, or (b) create zombies.
• Megalodons: {Here There Be Monsters} - "Meg" - Giant sharks altered and bred by the Horde until they were aggressive and territorial; A full-grown megalodon could leave a ship rudderless or damage the hull; The shark's armored plating makes it very hard to kill; The best course is just avoiding them.

Series & Lists edit see section history

Preceded by An Enchanted Season, and followed by Slave to Sensation.

Preceded by Shifter, and followed by Sea Witch.

Authors & Contributors edit see section history

1. Nalini Singh (Author) - Whisper of Sin (Psy-Changeling)
2. Angela Knight (Author) - Blood and Roses
3. Virginia Kantra (Author) - Shifting Sea (Children of the Sea)
4. Meljean Brook (Author) - Here There Be Monsters (Iron Seas)

First Edition edit see section history

Awards edit see section history

• RITA Award (2011: Romance Novella "Shifting Sea", Winner)

Classification edit see section history

• Library of Congress: CPB Box no. 3193 vol. 10
• Dewey: 813.08508054

Notes for Parents edit see section history

Sexual content

Subjects edit see section history

• Books › Literature & Fiction › Genre Fiction › Anthologies
• Books › Romance

Links to Supplemental Material edit see section history

• Nalini Singh: Author's Website
• Nalini Singh: Psy-Changelings: Chronological Order
• Angela Knight: Author's Website
• Virginia Kantra: Children of the Sea page
• Meljean Brook: The Iron Seas page

Books with Additional Background Information edit see section history