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They live ordinary lives, but they are extraordinary. They are the Offspring, children of a mysterious experiment gone awry—and they are in terrible danger.

A government-trained assassin, Fonda Raine has her sights locked on her latest target: Eric Aruda, one of the rogue Offspring—a... read more

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  • Eric Aruda: Rogue Ultra Offspring; Pyrokinetic and can remote-view; Has a very big and muscular build; Has blond hair and icy blue eyes
  • Fonda Raine: "Tawny" - Offspring; Government Trained Assasin; Can astral project & locate; Five-foot-two; Has white-blonde hair with a dark pink streak on her right side, cut longish in front and short in back and brown eyes
  • Lucas Vanderwyck: Ultra Offspring; Amy's boyfriend; Artist; Can foresee the future & get into other's dreams; Eric's best friend, like a brother to him; Has blue-gray eyes
  • Amy Shane: Ultra Offspring; Lucas' girlfriend; Eric's half sister; Can see people's glows (auras) & can speak to the dead; Has green eyes
  • Olivia Demarest: "Olivia Darkwell" - Gerard Darkwell's daughter; Nicholas' girlfriend
  • Nicholas Braden: Offspring; Olivia's boyfriend; Can locate
  • Petra Aruda: Offspring; Eric's older sister; Has healing abilities & extraordinary hearing; Tall, beautiful blonde
  • Rand Brandenburg: Offspring; Zoe's boyfriend
  • Zoe Stoker: Offspring; Rand's girlfriend
  • Jerryl Evrard: Offspring; Fonda's former lover; Now deceased; Had short bristly hair and brown eyes
  • George: Homeless man befriended by Fonda
  • John Westerfield: FBI Agent
  • Gerard Darkwell: Head of the CIA's "Blue Eyes" project
  • Sayre Andrus: Ultra Offspring; Can posses others and get into a persons dreams and make them do things; Lucas' identical twin brother; Has a shaved head and blue-gray eyes
  • Malcolm Bishop: Can locate & create illusions; Was a colonel in the Army; Has brown eyes
  • Neil Bishop: Malcolm's younger brother; In his late forties; Has brown hair streaked with silver; Telekinetic with healing abilities, can sense emotions in the air & create illusions
  • Bruce Raine: Fonda's father
  • Connie Raine: Fonda's stepmother; Has thick, dirty-blonde hair
  • Richard Wallace: Botanist; Originator of Blue Moon; Magnus & Lachlan's father; Now deceased; Fonda's biological father; Could astral project; Had white-blonde hair and sea-green eyes
  • Magnus MacLeod: Offspring; Lachlan's brother; Son of Richard Wallace; Fonda's half brother; Has wild brown curls and brown eyes; Is as solid and muscular as Eric; Can make himself appear to be invisible and can hear snippets of people's thoughts
  • Lachlan MacLeod: Offspring; Magnus's brother; Son of Richard Wallace; Fonda's half brother; Could astral travel but lost the power after taking the antidote; Looks like Magnus, only leaner; Has long wavy brown hair
  • Sam Robbins: Worked for Darkwell; Now deceased
  • Rick Aruda: Eric's stepfather
  • Pope: Mysterious stranger who helps the Offspring; Taller than Eric but not as big with a shaved head and light violet-blue eyes
  • Marion: Fonda's old boss; Redhead
  • Natalie: Fonda's old co-worker; Has black, straight hair thar falls past her shoulders and dark eyes
  • Chuck: Natalie's ex-boyfriend
  • Cyrus Diamond: Worked with Darkwell; Now deceased; Was like an uncle to Amy
  • Simeon: One of Neil's victims
  • Cheveyo Kee: Offspring; Communicates with Petra telepathically; Can see one day into the future & get into other's dreams; Has dark brown hair that brushes his shoulders and blue-gray eyes
  • Steve: Eric's friend; Pilot
  • Orn'ry: Amy's obnoxious pet cockatoo
  • Allistair: Pope's brother
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Fonda Raine stepped out of the back end of a month in hell a hardened warrior, ready to undertake the most important task of her life: kill Eric Aruda.

Table of Contents edit see section history

Chapter 1 - 25
Acknowledgements
Excerpt from Book 5 in the Offspring series as yet unnamed

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Series & Lists edit see section history

This is book 4 of 9 in Offspring. (standard series)

Preceded by Touching Darkness, and followed by Beyond the Darkness.

This is book 5 of 9 in Offspring: Reading Order. (standard series)

Preceded by Touching Darkness, and followed by Beyond the Darkness.

Authors & Contributors edit see section history

  1. Jaime Rush (Author) - aka Tina Wainscott

First Edition edit see section history

Original Language: English
Publisher: HarperCollins Publishers, Inc.
Country: USA
Publication Date: January 25, 2011
ISBN: 978-0062018854
Page Count: 384

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Books with Additional Background Information edit see section history

   
  • A Perfect Darkness
  • Out of the Darkness
  • Bitten By Cupid
  • Touching Darkness

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