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Soul Taken
384 pages
A chilling contemporary fantasy where a grounded shapeshifter navigates fragile supernatural alliances and eerie disappearances to protect the vulnerable.
What it feels like
Reading this book feels like stepping into a shadowy, high-stakes world where the mundane and the monstrous collide. The narrative moves at a brisk, urgent pace, driven by a chilling mystery that threatens to shatter fragile supernatural alliances. There is a gritty, blue-collar groundedness to the protagonist's perspective, balancing the eerie, mythic dread of soul-reaping legends with the practical realities of protecting a community. The mood is tense and atmospheric, steeped in the anxiety of locked-room disappearances and the looming threat of an unseen predator. It is an emotionally resonant experience about the heavy burden of offering sanctuary to the powerless. This will delight readers who crave contemporary fantasy anchored by capable heroines, dark suspense, and intricate supernatural politics.
- Mood
- chilling
- tense
- eerie
- shadowy
- Tone
- suspenseful
- wry
- urgent
- gritty
- Pace
- brisk
- Themes
- fragile alliances · protecting the vulnerable · facing deep fears · the burden of sanctuary
- The writing
- Accessible and suspenseful, grounding dark supernatural mythology in a gritty, practical contemporary reality.
- The arc
- Moves from a reluctant, practical obligation to a chilling confrontation with deep-seated fears and mythic dread.
- Who it's for
- Readers who love contemporary urban fantasy featuring capable, blue-collar heroines navigating complex supernatural politics and eerie mysteries.
Content notes
- stalking
- kidnapping
- supernatural peril
About the book
Mercy Thompson, car mechanic and shapeshifter, must face her greatest fears in this chilling entry in the No. series.
The vampire Wulfe is missing. Since he's deadly, possibly insane, and his current idea of 'fun' is stalking Mercy, some may see it as no great loss. But when he disappears, the Tri-Cities pack is blamed. The mistress of the vampire seethe informs Mercy that the pack must produce Wulfe to prove their innocence, or the loose alliance between the local vampires and werewolves is over.
So Mercy goes out to find her stalker - and discovers more than just Wulfe have disappeared. Someone is taking people from locked rooms, from the aisles of stores and even from crowded parties. And these are not just ordinary people but supernatural beings. Until Wulfe vanished, all of them were powerless loners, many of whom quietly moved to the Tri-Cities in the hope that the safety promised by Mercy and Adam's pack would extend to them as well.
Who is taking them? As Mercy investigates, she learns of the legend of the Harvester, who travels by less-trodden paths and reaps the souls that are ripe with a great black scythe...
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