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Clouds are brewing over Cadogan House, and recently turned vampire Merit can't tell if this is the darkness before the dawn or the calm before the storm. With the city itself in turmoil over paranormals and the state threatening to pass a paranormal registration act, times haven't been this... read more
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Characters edit
- Merit: Former grad student, now Sentinel of the Cadogan House, one of several local vampire groups
- Mallory Delancey Carmichael: Merit's a best friend; a sorceress in training
- Catcher Bell: Mallory's live-in boyfriend; a sorcerer
- Ethan Sullivan: Former master of the Cadogan House; Merit's maker
- Jonah: Captain of the guards in Grey House. Member of the RG
- Kelley: A former Cadogan House guard now in charge of the House's entire guard corps
- Malik Washington: Current Master of Cadogan House
- Franklin Theodore Cabot: The receiver of Cadogan House appointed by the Greenwich Presidium
- Seth Tate: Former mayor of Chicago, now in prison.
- Diane Kowalczyk: Current mayor of Chicago
- Juliet: A Cadogan house guard
- McKetrick: An anti-vampire military type
- Aaliyah: Malik's wife; a writer
- Luc: Current House Second, former captain of the guards
- Lindsey: A Cadogan House guard. Merits House BFF
- Celina Desaulniers: Former master of Navarre House. Brought Vampires into public. Killed Ethan former master of Cadogan House.
- Simon: The sorcerer Mallory apprenticed with
- Chuck Merit: Ombudsman; Merit's grandfather
- Jeff Christopher: Shifter; works for Merit's grandfather
- Marjorie: Admin who works for Merit's grandfather at the Ombud
- Alanna: A redheaded river nymph
- Melaina: A river nymph
- Lorelei: A lake siren
- Charlotte: Merit's older sister
- Olivia: Charlotte's daughter
- Major Corkburger: Charlotte's husband
- Robert: Merit's brother
- Helen: Cadogan House den mother
- Margot: Cadogan House head chef
- Claudia: The fairy queen
- Victor Garcia: Current master of Cabot House
- Detective Jacobs: Works on the CPD; knows Merit's grandfather
- Katherine: A Cadogan House Novitiate who is also a singer
- Morgan Greer: Master of Navarre House
- Scott Grey: Master of Grey House
- Noah: De facto leader of Chicago's Rogue vampires
- Ian: Lorelei's husband
- Rosa: Lorelei's housekeeper
- Darius West: Head of the Greenwich Presidium
- Fallon: Jeff's girlfriend, a shifter
Quotes edit
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““For you,” he said. I scanned the titles; they were, unfortunately, more books of vampire politics. He’d already given me lots of books on vampire politics, which seemed to barely scratch the surface of the number of books actually written on vampire politics. We were a political bunch, and we apparently liked to ruminate on that particular obsession.”
Merit -
““You have to stop this,” he said into the silence. “I don’t know how.” “Then you must find someone who does.””
Ethan and Merit
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“Take that back to the GP, Mr. Cabot. And should the urge arise, feel free to tell them to fuck off.”
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And so it began, I thought, the first wave of a revolution against oppression, fought with corn syrup and chocolate.
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“A little learning is a dangerous thing; drink deep, or taste not the Pierian spring. . . .” —Alexander Pope
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“Just be careful that you don’t go too far or fall too fast.” Words to live by.
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Jonah and Catcher shared one of those manly, “It’s nice to meet you, but I’m going to barely acknowledge your existence with a small nod because that’s the manly thing to do” gestures.
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“There is more to the universe, Horatio, than what you can see or believe to be true.”
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Organizations edit
- The Red Guard: A secret organization dedicated to providing oversight to the American vampire Houses and the Greenwich Presidium.
- Greenwich Presidium: The council that rules the European vampire Houses.
- Union of Amalgamated Sorcerers and Spellcasters (aka "the Order"): A group consisting of and regulating sorcerers.
First Sentence edit
The wind was cool, the fall night crisp.
Table of Contents edit
Epigraph
Chapter 1 - Gravitationally Challenged
Chapter 2 - Bittersweet Dreams
Chapter 3 - Dead in the Water
Chapter 4 - Chicago Giveth; Chicago Taketh Away
Chapter 5 - Paper Towers
Chapter 6 - No Man (or Woman) is an Island
Chapter 7 - Paradigm Shift(er)
Chapter 8 - Little Miss Sunshine
Chapter 9 - The Fairy Tale
Chapter 10 - The Mad Hatter's Tea Party
Chapter 11 - Dear John
Chapter 12 - Happiness is a Warm Gun
Chapter 13 - The Best Part of Waking Up...is Type A in Your Cup
Chapter 14 - Mayoral Privilege
Chapter 15 - Black Bird
Chapter 16 - A House Divided
Chapter 17 - I Feel the Earth Move
Chapter 18 - Which Witch is Which?
Chapter 19 - Phoenix Rising
Epilogue
Series & Lists edit
This is book 5 of 9 in Chicagoland Vampires. (standard series)
Preceded by Hard Bitten, and followed by Biting Cold.
Authors & Contributors edit
- Chloe Neill (Author)
First Edition edit
Original Language: English
Publisher: New American Library
Country: USA
Publication Date: November 1, 2011
ISBN: 978-0451234865
Page Count: 368
Publisher: New American Library
Country: USA
Publication Date: November 1, 2011
ISBN: 978-0451234865
Page Count: 368
Classification edit
- Library of Congress: PS3614.E4432 D75 2011
- Dewey: 813.6
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Links to Supplemental Material edit
- Chloe Neill: Author's website
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