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In his position as Tracker for the SnowDancer pack, Drew Kincaid must rein in rogue changelings who've lost control of their animal halves- even if it means killing those who've gone too far. But nothing in his life has prepared him for the battle he must now wage-to win the heart of a woman... read more
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Characters edit
- Indigo Riviere: "Indy" - SnowDancer lieutenant; Daughter of Abel and Tarah; Sister of Evangeline; Deep gray wolf with burnished gold eyes; 5'10"; Has jet-black hair and vivid blue eyes shot with purple streaks
- Andrew Kincaid: "Drew" (Full name: Andrew Liam Kincaid) - SnowDancer tracker & Hunter; Brother of Riley and Brenna; Silver wolf with brilliant copper eyes; Has thick brown hair with blue eyes; 6'2", 200+ lbs. of muscle; Used to be in charge of the San Diego area; Liaison with WindHaven
- Joshua: SnowDancer juvenile
- Hawke Snow: SnowDancer alpha; Silver-gold wolf with pale blue eyes almost like ice
- Lara: SnowDancer healer; Has soft black corkscrew curls glinting with sparks of red
- Lucy: SnowDancer; Trainee nurse; Assistant to Lara
- Riley Kincaid: SnowDancer lieutenant; Mated to Mercy; Older brother of Andrew and Brenna
- Mercy Smith: DarkRiver sentinel; Mated to Riley; Has red hair shot with strands of blonde
- Lucas Hunter: "Luc" - DarkRiver alpha; Mated to Sascha
- Sascha Duncan: Psy member of DarkRriver; Cardinal empath; Mated to Lucas; Daughter of Nikita
- Henry Scott: Psy Councilor; Husband of Shoshanna
- Shoshanna Scott: Psy Councilor; Wife of Henry
- Nikita Duncan: Psy Councilor; Mother of Sascha
- Faith NightStar: Psy member of DarkRiver; Cardinal F-Psy; Mated to Vaughn; Daughter of Anthony; Strongest F-Psy in the world
- Vaughn D'Angelo: Jaguar; DarkRiver sentinel; Mated to Faith
- Ashaya Aleine: Psy member of DarkRiver; Former Council scientist; Mated to Dorian
- Dorian Christensen: DarkRiver sentinel; Mated to Ashaya; Architect; Has experience with complex computronics systems; Looks like a surfer with white-blond hair and electric blue eyes
- Max Shannon: Human; Nikita's security chief; Married to Sophia; Has jet-black hair
- Sophia Russo: J-Psy; Works for Nikita; Married to Max
- Ming LeBon: Psy Councilor; Official leader of the Arrow Squad
- Anthony Kyriakus: Psy Councilor; Father of Faith; Has black hair, silvered at the temples
- Eduardo: Cat from Mercy's grandmother's pack in Brazil
- Joaquin: Cat from Mercy's grandmother's pack in Brazil
- Riaz: SnowDancer lieutenant; Indigo's ex-lover; 6'2"; Has jet-black hair with auburn highlights and pale brown, almost gold colored eyes
- Brenna Kincaid: "Bren" - SnowDancer tech; Mated to Judd; Sister of Andrew and Riley
- Judd Lauren: Psy member of SnowDancer; Lieutenant; Mated to Brenna; Uncle of Sienna, Toby, and Marlee; Has dark brown hair
- Sienna Lauren: Psy member of SnowDancer; Sister of Toby; Niece of Judd and Walker; Novice soldier
- Kit Monaghan: DarkRiver; Novice soldier
- Toby Lauren: Psy member of SnowDancer; Brother of Sienna; Nephew of Judd and Walker
- Elias: "Eli" - SnowDancer soldier; Mated to Yuki; Father of Sakura
- Yuki: SnowDancer; Mated to Elias; Mother of Sakura
- Sakura: SnowDancer pup; Daughter of Elias and Yuki
- Sing-Liu: Human SnowDancer soldier
- D'Arn: SnowDancer soldier
- Walker Lauren: Psy member of SnowDancer; Father of Marlee; Uncle of Sienna and Toby
- Marlee Lauren: Psy member of SnowDancer; Daughter of Walker; Niece of Judd; Cousin of Sienna and Toby
- Xavier Perez: Human priest
- Ghost: Psy rebel
- Gloria: Psy
- Abel Riviere: SnowDancer soldier; Father of Indigo and Evangeline; Training and resource coordinator across the state; Has deep gray eyes
- Tarah Riviere: SnowDancer; Mother of Indigo and Evangeline; Has jet-black hair and vivid blue eyes shot with purple streaks
- Evangeline Riviere: "Evie" - SnowDancer; Sister of Indigo; Has long black hair, deep gray eyes and the slender body of a ballerina
- Tai: SnowDancer; Novice soldier; Has wild green eyes
- Teijan: Rat alpha
- Ben: SnowDancer pup; Son of Ava
- Ava: SnowDancer; Mother of Ben
- Garnet: "Jem" - SnowDancer lieutenant
- Kenji: SnowDancer lieutenant; Has startlingly green eyes and stick-straight black hair
- Alexei: SnowDancer lieutenant; Has sun gold hair and movie star looks
- Matthias: SnowDancer lieutenant; 6'6"
- Cooper: "Coop" - SnowDancer lieutenant; Has rich dark bronze skin with a jagged scar along his left cheek
- Tomás: SnowDancer lieutenant; Has chocolate-dark eyes; One of Andrew's closest friends
- Adam: WindHaven wing leader
- Jacques: WindHaven second wing; Liaison with SnowDancer and DarkRiver
- Kaleb Krychek: Psy Councilor
- Vasic: Psy Arrow and the single true teleporter in the Net
- Aden: Psy Arrow
- Silvia: SnowDancer juvenile; Has coffee colored skin
- Brace: SnowDancer juvenile; Has a thick mop of pale brown hair and a very deep voice
- Harley: SnowDancer juvenile
- Meadow Sanderson: Human; Andrew's first lover
- Dominic: Changeling; Ecuadoran exchange student; Indigo's first lover
- Maria: SnowDancer soldier
- Kieran: Human adopted into SnowDancer
- Adria Riviere: SnowDancer; Aunt of Indigo and Evangeline; Martin's lover; Lives near the Oregon border
- Martin: SnowDancer; Adria's lover; Lives near the Oregon border
- Hamilton: DarkRiver leopard; Used to date Indigo
- Emmett: DarkRiver soldier; Mated to Ria
- Ria: Human member of DarkRiver; Mated to Emmett; Small, curvy brunette with Asian ancestry; Lucas' Administrative Assistant
- Nathan Ryder: "Nate" - Highest ranking DarkRiver sentinel; Liaison with WindHaven
- Grey Smith: DarkRiver juvenile; Mercy's youngest brother
- Platypus: "Platty" - Teddy Bear
- Molly: SnowDancer juvenile
- Devraj Santos: "Dev" - Director of the Shine Foundation; One of the Forgotten
- Tanique Gray: Psy; Son of Anthony; Half brother of Faith; Tall with brown skin and brown eyes
- Tatiana Rika-Smythe: Psy Councilor
- Seb: SnowDancer; Andrew's San Diego replacement
Quotes edit
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“Is that leopard boy...what's his name" - Andrew pretended to think - "that's right, Kit. Is Kit treating you right?”
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“Mi amigo is hurting," Tomas had said not much later, all long face and soulful dark eyes that she didn't trust an inch. "How can you be so cruel to someone who adores you so much?”
Tomas, SnowDancer lieutenant, to Indigo -
“Tarah Riviere: "Your mama used to call you her 'loving baby'." "Yeah?" Andrew's throat grew thick. "What was Riley?" "Her stubborn baby." Tarah smiled. "Brenna was her sunny baby.”
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“"What was that?" "Really excellent sex." "You were trying to sex me into submission." "Did it work?" A lazy grin as he turned to look at her. "I was just trying to be me."”
Andrew and Indigo
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“My brain knew I was doing something stupid, but my hormones tell me to protect her—and right now, instinct is kicking reason’s whiny ass.”
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No one can take from you what you don’t want to give. It is your choice.
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“One person,” Judd said. “There must be one person who you do not want to die.” A long, long pause. “If there is?” Judd’s relief was crushing. “Consider that person each time you make a decision.” This time, the pause was longer, thicker, darker. “I will consider. For now.”
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Nikita answered because it was no secret—the “flawed” E designation was the Duncan family’s genetic millstone. “It tends to skip a generation.” Not quite the truth, but close enough that it would pass.
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Sienna ran her hands self-consciously over her hair, wondering how badly Drew had messed it up.
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But was it really submitting, Indigo dared ask for the first time, if the man was bending toward you in return?
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I felt like a giant in the land of little people. A flat-chested giant with elbows of doom.”
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“Stay with me, Drew,” Hawke ordered, putting pressure on Andrew’s gushing wound. “If you die, Indigo will fucking skin me.”
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“I don’t know if I should point this out, but . . . you do realize he’s not at full strength yet.” Indigo whipped her head around so fast she got whiplash. “What?” “Riley told me that Drew has gained in strength, in dominance, every year since he reached adulthood, and he shows no signs of stopping.”
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However, he’d barely cleared the doorway when he caught a scent that instantly ruffled his fur the wrong way.
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Setting & Locations edit
The year 2081
Organizations edit
- SnowDancer: Wolf pack, based in California's Sierra Nevada
- DarkRiver: Leopard pack, based in the Yosemite forest
- Shine Foundation: designed to help those descendants of the psy who did not enter into Silence. Especially those who may be unaware of their talents.
- Pure Psy: group formed to ensure Silence doesn't fall
- WindHaven: Falcon wing
- Arrow Squad: Psy assassins who are the Council's most lethal army
- WinterFire: Wolf pack, based in North Dakota
- NightStar Group: Company run by Anthony Kyriakus
First Sentence edit
Indigo wiped the rain off her face, clearing it for a split-second, if that.
Table of Contents edit
Chapter 1 - 48
Glossary edit
- Hunter: pack member charged with executing those they could not save
- Psy: people with varied psychic talents
- The Forgotten: Psy who dropped out of the PsyNet over a hundred years ago and intermarried with the changeling and human populations
- F-Psy: foreseer
- E-Psy: empath; able to sense and heal emotional hurts
- J-Psy: justice
- PsyNet: a psychic connection between all psy.
- Silence: A state in which the psy have purged all emotion.
- Rehabilitation: Psy punishment of choice — a total psychic brainwipe that destroyed the individual and left a drooling shell behind
Series & Lists edit
This is book 9 of 16 in Psy-Changelings. (standard series)
Preceded by Bonds of Justice, and followed by Kiss of Snow.
This is book 55 of 146 in Whitcoulls Top 100 (2011). (authoritative list)
Preceded by The Alchemist, and followed by Untitled Pellegrino 2 of 2.
This is book 14 of 16 in Psy-Changelings: Chronological Order. (standard series)
Preceded by Bonds of Justice, and followed by Kiss of Snow.
Authors & Contributors edit
- Nalini Singh (Author)
First Edition edit
Original Language: English
Publisher: Berkley
Country: USA
Publication Date: November 2, 2010
ISBN: 978-0425237793
Page Count: 352
Publisher: Berkley
Country: USA
Publication Date: November 2, 2010
ISBN: 978-0425237793
Page Count: 352
Awards edit
- RT Reviewers' Choice Award (2010: Shapeshifter Romance)
Classification edit
- Library of Congress: CPB Box no. 3195 vol. 5
- Dewey: 813.6
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- http://www.nalinisingh.com/: author's website
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