Enter the world of the Others in the first novel in New York Times bestselling author Anne Bishop’s thrilling fantasy series: a place where unearthly entities—vampires and shape-shifters among them—rule the Earth and prey on the human race.
As a cassandra sangue, or blood prophet, Meg Corbyn can see the future when her skin is cut—a gift that feels more like a curse. Meg’s Controller keeps her enslaved so he can have full access to her visions. But when she escapes, the only safe place Meg can hide is at the Lakeside Courtyard—a business district operated by the Others.
Shape-shifter Simon Wolfgard is reluctant to hire the stranger who inquires about the Human Liaison job. First, he senses she’s keeping a secret, and second, she doesn’t smell like human prey. Yet a stronger instinct propels him to give Meg the job. And when he learns the truth about Meg and that she’s wanted by the government, he’ll have to decide if she’s worth the fight between humans and the Others that will surely follow.
I did enjoy this one, a story of a world like ours where humans aren't the top of the food chain, but Others are. Casually keeping humans around because they have some uses, still most Others barely tolerate humans. Into the world of Simon Wolfgard, in charge of a Courtyard, a place operated by Others that Humans can come to, he meets Meg Corbyn, who interests him and wants to work as human liason, well it's a job, her "owners" can't take her from the courtyard, it's out of their jurisdiction. There's also a human policeman starting, a man who is trying to be fair to all sides but keeps bumping into the fact that to many of the others he's just meat.
In the background there's also something causing humans to go beserk and Simon's nephew is almost catatonic from experiencing his mother's death.
I like the world and want more. Nowish.
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