Late in the novel, one of the otherworlders uses the term varcolai (aka shifters) in a conversation with Harlow. Painter finally to defines some of the otherworldly terms she uses, but in at least one case, she makes a gaffe. Harlow is mostly absent during the earlier chapters, but once she finally becomes free of Ava Mae, she joins up with Auggie and his lieutenants to stop the witches. The action-oriented story moves back and forth among the characters as each one moves ahead with his or her plans, some of which succeed and some of which are thwarted - all quite predictably. In order to throw suspicion elsewhere, Giselle frames Augustine for the crime, which puts him into the hands of the senator's sadistic mercenaries several times during the story. As it turns out, the senator is correct in her suspicions because Robbie is one of the souls collected by Giselle to feed her chaos spell. Pellimento is certain that the kidnappers were othernaturals, and she is out for blood. senator, Irene Pellimento, whose son Robbie disappears in New Orleans. The central plot centers on a bigoted U.S. The former college English teacher can often be found on twitter Facebook at where she loves to interact with her readers and on her blog, http: //kristenpainter.> Olivia Goodwin is still stuck on the Fae Plain, although she trying to learn how to use mirror travel so that she can move between realms. She currently writes award-winning urban fantasy for Orbit Books. Kristen Painter likes to balance her obsessions with shoes and cats by making the lives of her characters miserable and surprising her readers with interesting twists.
The fate of the city rests on them - and their fae blood that can no longer be denied.īook one in the brand new, action-packed urban fantasy Crescent City series, from award winning, House of Comarre author Kristen Painter About the Author But when the bloodsuckers return, the fragile peace in New Orleans begins to crumble.Ĭarefree playboy Augustine, and Harlow, a woman searching for answers about her absent father, are dragged into the war. But what no vampire knows is that this City of Eternal Night actually exists.įor centuries, the fae have protected the city from vampire infestation. Every vampire has heard rumor of the mythical place where their kind can daywalk.
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