Beyond the Darkness (2011) (edit title/settings)

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• Petra Aruda: Offspring; Eric's older sister; Has healing abilities & extraordinary hearing; Is tall and beautiful with long, straight blonde hair and blue eyes; 24 years old; Her "Rogue" tattoo is on the back of her neck
• Cheveyo Kee: Offspring; Lucas' half brother; Communicates with Petra telepathically; Can see one day into the future & get into others' dreams; Can morph into a black jaguar; Has wavy, dark brown hair that falls just past his shoulders and blue-gray eyes; Is tall and lean but muscular with wide, strong shoulders; 27 years old
• Eric Aruda: Rogue Ultra Offspring; Fonda's boyfriend; Petra's younger brother; Amy's half brother; Pyrokinetic and can remote-view; Has a very big and muscular build; Has blond hair and icy blue eyes
• Fonda Raine: "Tawny" - Ultra Offspring; Eric's girlfriend; Was a government trained assassin; Can astral project, locate & freeze time; 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
• Amy Shane: Ultra Offspring; Lucas' pregnant girlfriend; Eric's half sister; Can see people's glows (auras) & can speak to the dead; Has green eyes
• Lucas Vanderwyck: Ultra Offspring; Amy's boyfriend; Cheveyo's half brother; Artist; Can foresee the future & get into other's dreams; Eric's best friend, like a brother to him; Has blue-gray eyes
• Rand Brandenburg: Offspring; Zoe's husband; Able to see ten seconds ahead in the future
• Zoe Stoker: Offspring; Rand's wife; Has red hair; Tattoo artist
• Nicholas Braden: Offspring; Olivia's fiancé; Can locate and remote view
• Olivia Demarest: "Olivia Darkwell" - "Livvie" - Nicholas' fiancée; Gerard Darkwell's daughter
• Pope: Mysterious stranger who helps the Offspring; Is six-foot-five, with a shaved head and dramatic, defined features and light violet-blue eyes; Can teletransport and sense human's feelings; Is from a parallel dimension; Was a highly regarded officer for the Collaborate
• Sharla: A woman from the Women's Center for Independence
• Greg Swenson: Petra's date; Has blond hair and bright blue eyes
• Suza: Cheveyo's cleaning lady; An empath; Has long black hair and deep blue eyes; Owns a clothing boutique
• Wayne Kee: Callorian; Cheveyo's father; Was able to morph into any animal; Deceased
• Cody Summers: A dark-haired boy with blue-gray eyes; 9 years old
• Darcy Summers: Cody's mother
• Paula Summers: Darcy's sister; Cody's aunt; Has lanky blonde hair
• Vince Blackhawk: One of the best leathersmiths in the world
• Yurek: Was a mercenary but is now working for the Collaborate; Can manipulate the energy of his appearance; Can mimic anyone he's been near as well as absorb and mimic their powers
• Baal: A Glouk; An ugly dog that's bigger than a wolf but bulkier with glowing red eyes; A lean and wiry man with ragged, coarse hair and brown eyes
• Gerard Darkwell: Was the head of the CIA's "Blue Eyes" project; Deceased
• Steele: Assassin that worked for Gerard Darkwell
• Gaston: Callorian; Yurek's superior
• Truxton: Callorian; Shine; Yurek's friend, the only person he considers family
• Elgin: Callorian; A highly placed Shine

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• Annapolis, Maryland
• The Tomb: Bomb shelter where the Rogues hide out
• Arizona
• The Tank: Cheveyo's Toy Hauler RV
• Cleo's Café: Seafood restaurant in downtown Annapolis
• Women's Center for Independence
• Margarita's Restaurant: Mexican restaurant
• Baltimore School of Massage
• Surfacia: A parallel dimension
• Sonoran Desert
• Washington, D.C.
• Key West, Florida
• The Cozy Pines Campground
• Sedona, Arizona
• Orayvi, Arizona: In Third Mesa
• Third Mesa: Hopi village
• Flagstaff, Arizona
• New York City
• San Francisco Peaks: A volcanic mountain range located in north central Arizona, just north of Flagstaff
• Mount Humphreys
• Kyoto, Japan
• Nijo Castle
• Mount Zion National Park
• Las Vegas, Nevada
• Utah
• Big Maria Mountains
• Vulture Mountains
• Chocolate Mountains
• Hooters
• Baltimore, Maryland
• Phoenix, Arizona
• Grammercy Elementary School
• Toto

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• Collaborate: "C" - A panel of leaders from a parallel dimension who resemble a powerful United Nations.
• Hopi Indians

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• Offspring: Children of a mysterious experiment gone awry
• Ultra Offspring: Offspring born of two participants who got "Blue Moon"; More powerful than other Offspring; More susceptible to going crazy
• Callorian: "Otherling" - Species from another dimension
• SCANE: A laser that probes your brain to extract your memories and knowledge. Unfortunately, the beam burns the tissues as it does so. This is like a lobotomy.
• Scarlett: An outlaw
• Shine: An agent for the Collaborate
• Extractor: A Shine sent to retrieve a Scarlett
• Geo Wave: An almost electric sense Callorian's get from each other
• Essence: The essence of a Callorian
• Finestra: A portal
• Glouk: An odd life-form from Surfacia
• Amber Tunnel: In Surfacia, a chamber lined with amber and infused with psychic healing energy. It heals major wounds in twenty-four hours.

Series & Lists edit see section history

Preceded by Burning Darkness, and followed by Darkness Becomes Her.

Preceded by Burning Darkness, and followed by The Darkness Within.

Authors & Contributors edit see section history

1. Jaime Rush (Author)

First Edition edit see section history

Classification edit see section history

• Library of Congress: Add the Library of Congress Classification.
• Dewey: 813

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Subjects edit see section history

• Books › Science Fiction & Fantasy
• Books › Literature & Fiction

Links to Supplemental Material edit see section history

• Jaime Rush: Bookshelf in series order

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