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Description edit
Their desire destroys her defenses.
Their love gives him a reason to live.
Three years of wandering the post-apocalyptic wasteland has stripped Dr. Chris Welsh of humanity and hope. He’s a dangerous man now, full of dark energy and yen for violence. A harrowing loss drove him from... read more
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Characters edit
- Chris Welsh: has a Ph.D. in research zoology
- Rosa Cortez: Le Jefa, leader of Valle de Bravos
- Jameson: Tilly's husband
- Tilly: young pregnant woman, able to call lizards
- Falco: Rosa's driver, has the hots for her as well as her position as leader
- Rio: young bravo (too young to shave), first to join Rosa
- Singer: sews for settlement people, sister to Brick, Lem lusts after her
- Viv: runs the taberna (tavern); weathered little woman in her late forties, Chinese features
- Lem: first scene with him is him being punished by Rosa with a whipping for his unwanted advances toward Singer; always trying to get more alcohol
- Peltz: leader of a violent band of dust pirates, getting too ambitious & treading on Rosa’s territory
- Manuel: lookout for Rosa
- Wicker: handles the general store and all their goods; too old to fight, used to have his own business; arrived with three goats, which now provide milk
- Bee: eccentric beekeeper who lives in adobe house with her bees & insects; anywhere from forty-five to sixty, with grey hair and heavy glasses. The townspeople barter for honey with her. Never speaks, until …she has “visions.”
- Ingrid: tall blond woman; Rosa asks her to step in and run the place if anything should happen to her
- Mica: one of the women
- Abigail: one of the women
Setting & Locations edit
First Sentence edit
"We move in ten. Jameson, you run the count."
Table of Contents edit
Chapters 1 - 41
Epilogue
Series & Lists edit
This is book 2 of 3 in Dark Age Dawning. (standard series)
Authors & Contributors edit
- Ellen Connor (Author)
First Edition edit
Original Language: English
Publisher: Berkley Trade
Country: USA
Publication Date: September 6, 2011
ISBN: 978-0425242995
Page Count: 352
Publisher: Berkley Trade
Country: USA
Publication Date: September 6, 2011
ISBN: 978-0425242995
Page Count: 352
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- Library of Congress: Add the Library of Congress Classification.
- Dewey: 813.6
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