Hunting Ground (2009) (edit title/settings)

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• Anna Latham Cornick: Wife of Charles Cornick, Anna is an Omega werewolf.
• Charles Cornick: Youngest son of Bran. Charles is his father's enforcer and an Alpha werewolf. Handles the finances of the pack
• Bran Cornick: the Marrok, leader of all werewolves in North America.
• Samuel Cornick: Charles's brother, a doctor.
• Dana Shea: A fae, one of the Gray Lords; she will keep the meeting under control. Known as 'La Belle Dame Sans Merci'.
• Angus Hopper: Alpha of the Emerald City pack.
• Arthur Madden: Alpha of the Great Britain pack, the British equivalent of the Marrok. Believes he is the reincarnation of King Arthur.
• Sunny Madden: Arthur's mate. A human. Real name Eleanor.
• Jean Chastel: Alpha werewolf of France. Actually referred to as "the Beast of Gévaudan" .
• Nimue: Lady of the Lake, of Arthurian legend.
• Ivan: a vampire.
• Krissy: a vampire.
• Ian Garner: werewolf of the Emerald City pack.
• Michel Girard: one of the French werewolves.
• Sergio del Fino: One of the Spanish werewolves.
• Hussan Ibn Hussan: One of the Spanish werewolves. Asil's son
• Pedro Herrera: One of the Spanish werewolves.
• Asil: a very old werewolf of the Aspen Creek pack, also know as the Moor.
• Tom Franklin: the second of the Emerald City pack. Mated to Moira, a white witch
• Moira: Tom's mate, witch of the Emerald City pack. Blind
• Heinrich Postinger: aka Ric; a werewolf, the Italian’s Omega.
• Isaac: Ric's Alpha.
• Alan Choo: Werewolf in the Emerald City Pack. Medic.
• Jerry: Troll
• Robert: New wolf in the Aspen Creek Pack. Sent to Bran because he lacked control

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• “It was raining again, but Jody had been raised in Eugene, where it only rained once a year- from January to December.”

• “He called me 'He Who Must Run Into Trees,'" Charles explained, and in a spirit of honesty, a need for his mate to know who he was, he continued, "or sometimes 'Running Eagle.'" "'Running Eagle'?" Anna puzzled it over, frowning at him. "What's wrong with that?" "Too stupid to fly," murmured his father with a little smile.”

  Charles Cornick, Anna Latham Cornick, and Bran Cornick

• “If you touch me Charles will hunt you down and eat your marrow while you're still alive to scream.”

  Anna to Chastel

• “He laughed. “Look. I am not long a wolf, but I observe. My mentor at the university to you—he says I am a genius. I will give you his number, and he will tell you so.” He paused, and he grinned a little self-consciously. “Of course he will also tell you I died tragically in a skiing accident. Anyway, it means this: you should listen to me”

• “She hadn’t reached even a quarter of a century yet, they hadn’t been mated a full month—and she was already arranging them all to suit herself. Brother Wolf was pleased with the mate he’d found for them.”

  Charles

• “Women are the bloodthirsty sex,” said Ric sadly. “We get the reputation, but it is only because the women stand behind us, and say, ‘Kill it. Squish it.’”

  Ric

• “The joy of phone calls with sharp-eared werewolves was that all phone calls ended up being conference calls whether he wanted them to or not. At least Charles didn’t have to repeat everything anyone said.”

  Charles

• “True-named, and you didn’t follow orders?” “ For God Almighty himself, Bran. I got my first look at the shivering little thing that is your daughter-in-law quaking in her boots in an auditorium filled with predators and thought your son had found a wererabbit.”

  Bran and Angus

• “Well, hello,” he murmured to Anna’s wolf. “Werewolves,” he informed her solemnly, “are warm-blooded. Very warmblooded. We don’t get cold and stick frigid toes and fingers into places cold things shouldn’t go.”

  Charles to Anna

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• “He called me ‘He Who Must Run into Trees,’ ” Charles explained, and in a spirit of honesty, a need for his mate to know who he was, he continued, “or sometimes ‘Running Eagle.’ ” “ ‘Running Eagle’?” Anna puzzled it over, frowning at him. “What’s wrong with that?” “Too stupid to fly,”

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Setting & Locations edit see section history

• Seattle, Washington

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Series & Lists edit see section history

Preceded by Cry Wolf, and followed by Fair Game.

Authors & Contributors edit see section history

1. Patricia Briggs (Author)

Other Contributors:

1. Daniel Dos Santos (artist) (Cover Artist)

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• Library of Congress: CPB Box no. 3107 vol. 5
• Dewey: 813.6

Notes for Parents edit see section history

Some sexual situations but nothing explicit. Some violence, too, but nothing super-gory.

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• Books › Science Fiction & Fantasy › Authors, A-Z › ( B ) › Briggs, Patricia
• Books › Science Fiction & Fantasy › Fantasy › Contemporary

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