Signs of the Zodiac

6 primary works

The Scent of Shadows

by Vicki Pettersson

Published 27 February 2007

The first book of a refreshing new urban fantasy series from ex-Las Vegas showgirl, Vicki Pettersson. For fans of the hit tv show Heroes. Two groups of superheroes - one light, one shadow - fight for control of sin city, Las Vegas.

When she was sixteen, Joanna Archer was brutally assaulted and left to die in the Nevada desert.

By rights, she should be dead.

Now a photographer by day, she prowls a different Las Vegas after sunset - a grim, secret Sin City where Light battles Shadow-seeking answers to whom or what she really is, and revenge for the horrors she was forced to endure.
But the nightmare is just beginning, for the shadows are hunting Joanna, and they want her for their own . . .

The Taste of Night

by Vicki Pettersson

Published 27 March 2007

Fans of Kim Harrison and Laurell K. Hamilton won't want to miss this action-packed supernatural sequel featuring a young woman who discovers she has the ability to detect evil and a perilous destiny as a member of the enigmatic Zodiac.

The Touch of Twilight

by Vicki Pettersson

Published 27 May 2008

Vicki Pettersson's third Zodiac novel - an urban fantasy series to delight fans of the hit tv show Heroes.

Joanna Archer has won the trust of the Light Zodiac, and issued a challenge to the Shadows, but in doing so has made herself and those she loves a target.

The shadows are stalking her human lover who believes Joanna to be dead. She is powerless to help him, for in doing so she will have to reveal her identity and put the entire city in peril.

City of Souls

by Vicki Pettersson

Published 30 June 2009

In Sin City, a little girl suffers from a strange and terrible malady. If she dies, the Light will die along with her. Warrior, avenger, Joanna Archer has survived countless otherworldly terrors-and has found her rightful place among the agents battling the all-pervasive evil of Shadow ...even as she struggles against the darkness within herself. A war is raging for Las Vegas-a city without a heart-one that catapults Joanna into a new world hidden from mortal sight. In this lethally seductive alternate dimension the lines blur between good and evil, love and hate, and here lies the last hope for the Light. But Joanna's price of admission is a piece of her own soul-and the odds of her escaping are slim ...to none.

Cheat the Grave

by Vicki Pettersson

Published 15 May 2010

"[A] very exciting series...it'll keep you up past your bedtime." -Charlaine Harris, New York Times bestselling author of the Sookie Stackhouse novels Return now to the battle between Shadow and Light being fought in the dark, unseen corners of "Sin City" Las Vegas. The fifth book in Vickie Petterson's New York Times bestselling Signs of the Zodiac series, Cheat the Grave follows newly mortal Joanna Archer on her most chilling adventure of all. Are you a True Blood aficionado? Do you like the sexy, supernatural visions of Kim Harrison, Laurell K. Hamilton, Kelley Armstrong, Charlaine Harris, Patricia Briggs, and Jeaniene Frost? Then give Vickie Petterson a try!

The Neon Graveyard

by Vicki Pettersson

Published 31 May 2011

At long last, the dramatic finale, as "New York Times" bestselling author Vicki Pettersson returns with her sixth explosive supernatural Zodiac novel of superheroes and dark adventure set behind the scenes of Sin City.