Meredith Nic Essus, princess of faerie, also known as Merry Gentry, a Los Angeles private investigator, has lived a life steeped in royal intrigue, betrayal, and the duty to bear an heir in her quest for the throne. Ultimately, she turned her back on crown and court, choosing exile in the mortal world with her beloved Frost and Darkness.
But though she rejected the monarchy, she will not abandon her people. When a series of brutal murders targets the fey in Los Angeles—killings that mortals should not be capable of—Meredith and her guards are drawn into the investigation, even as suspicion falls on powerful figures like Gilda, the Fairy Godmother of Los Angeles, her rival for faerie allegiance in the city.
As if that weren’t enough, humans she once healed with magic begin performing miracles of their own, sparking fear and accusations of forbidden sorcery. Meredith hoped to leave behind the bloodshed and politics of faerie, but she soon learns that evil crosses all boundaries—and that even the immortal are not beyond its reach.
Author
Laurell K. Hamilton
Laurell K. Hamilton is the author of the #1 New York Times bestselling Anita Blake, Vampire Hunter series and the Merry Gentry, Fey Detective series. A Terrible Fall of Angels, the first book in an exciting new series, features Detective Zaniel Havelock in a world where angels and demons walk among us.With more than forty novels published, Laurell continues to create groundbreaking fiction inspired by her lifelong love of monster movies, ghost stories, mythology, folklore, and things that go bump in the night. Her love of the macabre, books in general, animals, and nature led her to degrees in English and biology. She is a nonpracticing biologist but uses her science background to add an extra level of realism to her fiction. She currently lives in St. Louis with her family, two spoiled Japanese chins, a house panther, and a house lion. In her free time, Laurell trains in Filipino martial arts with a specialization in blade work, and travels to scuba dive and bird-watch as often as she can.
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