Allegiance of Honor by Nalini Singh

Allegiance of Honor (Psy/Changeling, #15)

by Nalini Singh

The “unparalleled romantic adventure”* of Nalini Singh’s New York Times bestselling series continues as a new dawn begins for the Psy-Changeling world…
 
A staggering transformation has put the Psy, humans, and changelings at a crossroads. The Trinity Accord promises a new era of cooperation between disparate races and groups. It is a beacon of hope held together by many hands: old enemies, new allies, wary loners.
 
But a century of distrust and suspicion can’t be so easily forgotten, and it threatens to shatter Trinity from within at any moment. As rival members vie for dominance, chaos and evil gather in the shadows and a kidnapped woman’s cry for help washes up in San Francisco, while the Consortium turns its murderous gaze toward a child who is the embodiment of change, of love, of piercing hope: a child who is both Psy…and changeling.
 
To find the lost and protect the vulnerable—and to save Trinity—no one can stand alone. This is a time of loyalty across divisions, of bonds woven into the heart and the soul, of heroes known and unknown standing back to back and holding the line. But is an allegiance of honor even possible with traitors lurking in their midst?
 
*Publishers Weekly on Shards of Hope

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This story was an absolute treat for Psy-Changeling fans. Nalini Singh strikes a perfect balance in Allegiance of Honor for her ensemble psy-changeling cast.

Silence has fallen and the time of the Trinity Accord has begun. Members of the Changelings, the Psy and the Human Alliance are all coming together under Trinity to make the world a better place for everyone. It is the first step towards creating a United Earth Federation where all of the creatures on this planet will work together. The world of the Psy-Changeling series is taking a turn towards peace so it is only appropriate that as factions work together for the first time in over 100 years, that all of the characters who have been presented to date (both novels and novellas) take time to make their presence known once again.

This is a true ensemble book and no couple is featured more predominantly, there are several topics which are focused on during this novel. Several factions have signed the Trinity Accord which was put together by the arrow, Aden, wherein all the members agree to work together to keep communication open between the different groups and which begins to set up working and business relationships between the groups. The Consortium has not gone away nor have we been able do determine who is the hidden leader of this group.

One of the biggest concerns is little Naya, the first psy-changeling child to be born. There are those who want to destroy her for the change she represents and those who want to grab her to control her and her powerful father.

The Es have done a lot to help heal the psy-net but it is still fragmenting and Kaleb, Ivy and Sascha are doing what they can to try to figure out why this continues to unravel and if it can still be saved.

The biggest excitement of the novel is -- THE PUPCUBS ARE COMING! THE PUPCUBS ARE COMING!!! We have been waiting many a novel to find out how many pupcubs Riley and Mercy are having, the sex and most importantly are they pups or cubs or something in between?

The Human Alliance, Snow Dancer, Dark River, and the arrows all work together to help Black Sea try find a missing changeling.

Several other mysteries and issues will be brought up again, including Father Xavior's search for his Nina, and several matters will finally find a satisfying conclusion.

THOUGHTS:
This series is far from over but this novel gave us a chance to tie up loose ends and also gave us a pivot point to change the focus of the series.

I liked how the last portion of the novel was a party set between Snow Dancer and Dark River to welcome the pupcubs into both packs. This party also included special guests who have become important allies to the pack such a Sahara and Kaleb, the Arrows and some of the Human Alliance and Forgotten members. It showed a real blending of the different groups as well as pointing out how far the series has come from where all the parties started in Slave to Sensation.

A very moving scene for me which shows the difference and changes to this world was when the leaders of the Rat changelings arrived at the party. The two leaders arrived first, fearing that the invitation to the party was just subterfuge to get them into neutral territory and wipe out the rats. Even though there was a truce between DarkRiver and the rats and they were allies of sorts, predatory changelings usually don't like others in their territory and the rats didn't all arrive together for fear of the double cross. When they finally realized that there was an actual party and they were being welcomed by both packs, the second in command breaks into tears over the fact this his daughter would be growing up in a world where there truly could be peace among the races.

This was a wonderful group effort and it definitely was not an ending of the series but only an ending of an arc. I am looking forward to seeing what comes next.

Received an ARC from the publisher in exchange for an honest review.

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