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Nikki Glass thinks of herself as an ordinary person, although her skills as a private investigator sometimes verge on the uncanny. But whatever Nikki might think of herself, she is far from ordinary, as she discovers one life-altering night when she loses control of her car on an icy road,... read more
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Characters edit
- Nikki Glass: Private investigator. She was adopted.
- Stephanie Glass: Nikki's adoptive sister.
- Emmitt Cartwright: Nikki's client. A Liberi. He dies in a car accident.
- Konstantin: Head of the faction of Olympians, who believe themselves superior among the rest of the descendants. A Liberi.
- Alexis: He works for Konstantin. A Liberi. Descendant of Zeus.
- Anderson: Owner of the house and Leader of the Opposition.
- Jamaal: A Liberi. He was really close to Emmitt since they posses the same kind of magic which is hard to control.
- Blake: A Liberi. Eros descendant. He can make anyone fall into his sexual desire.
- Maggie: A Liberi. She is the only female of Anderson's group and she is physically stronger than the guys. Descendant of Zeus.
- Jack: A Liberi. He likes to trick people. Descendant of Loki.
- Logan: A Liberi. Part of Anderson's group.
- Leo: A Liberi. Part of Anderson's group.
- Emma: The long lost wife of Anderson. A Liberi. She was kidnapped by Konstantine years ago.
- Peter: A mortal attempting to become a Liberi and a servant of the Olympians.
- Jim: Nikki's biological baby brother. No one knows his actual whereabouts.
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“''Zeus's line may be powerful, but even Zeus was helpless against Eros.”
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“''Unless you'd like me to take you into the men's room and fuck you till you scream for mercy. you'd better go tell Konstantin that this one is ours.''”
Blake
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There’s a difference between knowing that there’s ugliness in this world and being subjected to that ugliness yourself.
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Liberi Deorum, which means ‘children of the gods’
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“Mine represents Zeus,” she said. “I’ve never seen one like yours before, but Anderson says it’s Artemis.
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all their children and descendants—could steal their immortality by killing them.”
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“Emmitt was from Hades’ line. Jamaal’s a descendant of Kali,
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“Zeus’s line may be powerful, but even Zeus was helpless against Eros. Unless you’d like me to take you into the men’s room and fuck you till you scream for mercy, you’d better go tell Konstantin that this one is ours. Understand?”
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they believed themselves to be descended of gods and therefore immortal.
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“You also met Logan, right?” She didn’t wait for my answer. “He’s Tyr.”
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If Anderson was the good cop, and Blake was the bad cop, Jamaal was the complete psycho cop.
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I’ve never been much into all that woo-woo stuff, but either I was having the longest, weirdest dream in the history of mankind, or something decidedly woowoo was going on.
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Organizations edit
First Sentence edit
My entire world shattered on a cold, rainy, miserable night in early December.
Table of Contents edit
Chapter 1 - Chapter 28
Series & Lists edit
This is book 1 of 2 in Nikki Glass. (standard series)
Followed by Deadly Descendant.
Authors & Contributors edit
- Jenna Black (Author)
First Edition edit
Original Language: English
Publisher: Simon & Schuster
Country: USA
Publication Date: April 26, 2011
ISBN: 978-1451606799
Page Count: 352
Publisher: Simon & Schuster
Country: USA
Publication Date: April 26, 2011
ISBN: 978-1451606799
Page Count: 352
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- Library of Congress: Add the Library of Congress Classification.
- Dewey: 813
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