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Description edit
Brenna, a she-wolf, was abducted by a serial killer-and returned a monster. The only person who can help her is Judd, a telekinetic and PsyNet defector. But the passion burning between them could push them both over the edge of sanity.
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Summary edit
Nalini Singh explores new heights of sensuality, returning to the world of the Psy -- where two people who know evil intimately must unlock the good within their icy hearts...
As an Arrow, an elite soldier in the Psy Council ranks, Judd Lauren was forced to do terrible things in the name... read more (warning: may contain spoilers)
Characters edit
- Brenna Kincaid: "Brenna Shane Kincaid" - A member of the SnowDancer pack.
- Judd Lauren: Tk-Cell, Tp- Psy; Former Arrow
- Riley Kincaid: Brenna's brother; Lieutenant in the SnowDancer pack
- Andrew Kincaid: "Drew" - Brenna's brother; High ranking soldier
- Hawke Snow: Alpha SnowDancer wolf pack
- Lucas Hunter: Alpha of the DarkRiver leopard pack; Mate to Sascha Duncan, an E-Psy
- Sascha Duncan: Cardinal E-Psy defector; Mate to Lucas Hunter, alpha of DarkRiver
- Lara: SnowDancer healer
- Vaughn D'Angelo: Sentinel in DarRiver pack; Faith's mate
- Faith NightStar: F-Psy; Vaughn's mate
- Indigo Riviere: high ranking soldier, SnowDancer pack
- D'Arn: High-ranking soldier in the SnowDancer pack; Sing-Liu's mate
- Sing-Liu: High-ranking soldier in the SnowDancer pack; D'Arn's human mate
- Lucy: SnowDancer pack; Brenna's friend
- Elias: Wolf soldier in the SnowDancer pack
- Dieter: Wolf soldier in the SnowDancer pack
- Greg: Wolf soldier in the SnowDancer pack
- Kaleb Krychek: Psy council member
- Nikita Duncan: Psy council member; Sascha's mother
- Timothy: Young wolf in the SnowDancer pack
- Tai: Young wolf in the SnowDancer pack
- Sienna Lauren: Judd's niece
- Marlee Lauren: Judd's niece
- Toby Lauren: Judd's nephew
- Ashaya Aleine: M-Psy, 9.9 gradient; Head scientist on the Protocol I project
- Walker Lauren: Judd's brother
- Xavier Perez: Priest in the Second Reformation Church
- Tendaji Adelaja: Naeem's twin; First graduate of the Silence protocol
- Naeem Adelaja: Tendaji's twin; First graduate of the Silence protocol
- Ghost: Unknown person leading a revolution within the Psy race
- Santano Enrique: Powerful, sociopathic Psy who kidnapped and tortured Brenna
- Shoshanna Scott: Psy Councilor; wife of Henry Scott; public face of the Psys
- Dorian Christensen: DarkRiver leopard Changeling; cannot shift into his panther form
- Kevin: Changeling; hyena shifter
- Tatiana Rika-Smythe: member of the Psy Council
- Nathan Ryder: aka Nate. DarkRiver panther Changeling; mated to Tamsyn
- Tamsyn Ryder: aka Tammy. DarkRiver panther Changeling; wife of Nate
- Marshall: most senior member of the Psy Council
- Parrish: Changeling; pack leader of the hyenas
- Ben: young wolf Changeling; member of SnowDancer wolf pack
- Henry Scott: member of the Psy Council; married to Shoshanna Scott
- Kristine: mother of Sienna and sister of Walker and Judd; deceased
Quotes edit
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“Remember, fire melts ice.”
Faith to Brenna -
“For there to be light, there must be darkness.”
Faith NightStar -
“We are an abomination, a plague that will kill our people from within. Silence must never take root, must never infiltrate the PsyNet. Forgive us.”
Tendaji and Naeem Adelaja -
“You're walking funny," Lucy said, a shit-eating grin on her face. "You're just jealous." <Brenna>"Yes, I am. Goddamn but your man is hot. And he smiles at you! I've seen him do it, even if no one believes me.”
Lucy to Brenna -
“―Ashamed to be seen with a Psy?―You know, she said, scowl gathering, ―I think Indigo‘s right about the size of men‘s brains.”
Judd and Brenna
Setting & Locations edit
First Sentence edit
Mercury was a cult.
Glossary edit
- Dissonance: psychic backlash, use of pain to coerce compliance
- Jax: a drug designed for the Psy Arrow. In minute doses it intensifies and enhances strength and endurance of natural Psy abilities. Too much will cause insanity and death. Causes devastating effects in changelings leaving them trapped in mid-shift.
- Ruby Crush: called Rush, a drug developed by a changeling and adapted to their physiology.
- Static: the buzz of background noise, millions of whispering Psy minds, produced during stimulation to test the theory behind Protocol I.
Series & Lists edit
This is book 3 of 21 in Psy-Changelings. (standard series)
Preceded by Visions of Heat, and followed by Mine to Possess.
This is book 55 of 145 in Whitcoulls Top 100 (2011). (authoritative list)
This is book 6 of 18 in Psy-Changelings: Chronological Order. (standard series)
Preceded by Visions of Heat, and followed by The Magical Christmas Cat.
Authors & Contributors edit
- Nalini Singh (Author)
Other Contributors:
- Phil Heffernan (Cover Artist)
- George Long (Designer)
First Edition edit
Original Language: English
Publisher: Berkley
Country: USA
Publication Date: September 4, 2007
ISBN: 978-0-425-21842-6
Page Count: 352
Publisher: Berkley
Country: USA
Publication Date: September 4, 2007
ISBN: 978-0-425-21842-6
Page Count: 352
Awards edit
- CAPA Award (2007: Paranormal Romance, Winner)
Classification edit
- Library of Congress: CPB Box no. 2896 vol. 17
- Dewey: 813.6
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Links to Supplemental Material edit
- Nalini Singh: Author's Website
- Nalini Singh: Psy-Changelings: Chronological Order
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