Book Preview CAST OF CHARACTERS THE QUEENS Queen Mirabella, the great elemental Queen Arsinoe, the Bear Queen Queen Katharine the Undead, the Queen Crowned THE CROWN THE BLACK COUNCIL Genevieve Arron, a poisoner Pietyr Renard, a poisoner Antonin Arron, a poisoner Lucian Arron, a poisoner Paola Vend, a poisoner Renata Hargrove, giftless Bree Westwood, an … Read more
Book Preview CAST OF CHARACTERS INDRID DOWN Capital City, Home of Queen Katharine THE ARRONS Natalia Arron Matriarch of the Arron family. Head of the Black Council. Genevieve Arron Younger sister to Natalia Antonin Arron Younger brother to Natalia Pietyr Renard Natalia’s nephew by her brother Christophe ROLANTH Home of Queen Mirabella THE WESTWOODS Sara … Read more
Book Preview Guide Cover Contents Chapter 1 ii iii iv ix ix v vi vii viii viii x 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 11 12 13 14 15 16 17 18 19 20 21 22 23 24 25 26 27 28 29 30 31 32 33 34 35 36 37 … Read more
Book Preview Guide Cover Contents Chapter 1 iii iv vi vii xi 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 11 12 13 14 15 16 17 18 19 20 21 22 23 24 25 26 27 28 29 30 31 32 33 34 35 36 37 38 39 40 41 42 43 … Read more
Book Preview PROLOGUE: THE BLACK COTTAGE The day of the birth of the queens who would come to be known as Mirabella, Arsinoe, and Katharine was still, unremarkable, and without omens. There was no great wind to howl the arrival of an elemental queen. No bloody fish kill against the rocks to signal the coming … Read more
Book Preview PROLOGUE:THE BLACK COTTAGE The day of the birth of the queens who would come to be known as Mirabella, Arsinoe, and Katharine was still, unremarkable, and without omens. There was no great wind to howl the arrival of an elemental queen. No bloody fish kill against the rocks to signal the coming of … Read more
Book Preview PROLOGUE On a warm summer day, Queen Mirabella sat on the front steps of the Black Cottage at Midwife Willa’s feet, having her hair braided. Her little sisters—Queen Arsinoe, younger by mere minutes, and Queen Katharine, younger by a full half hour—played together in the yard. “It is a good thing that black … Read more
Book Preview Prologue: Vi and Hailey Part One: Welcome to New Sunnydale High Chapter One: In Every Generation Chapter Two: The Life, the Legend, the Slayer Chapter Three: So It Wasn’t an Astronaut Chapter Four: New Sunnydale, Like the Old Sunnydale Chapter Five: Slayer Powers, Activate! Chapter Six: The Guardian of the Hellmouth… Residue Chapter … Read more
Book Preview IN THE SUMMER of 1958, the murders that would come to be known as the “Bloodless Murders” or the “Dracula Murders” swept through the Midwest, beginning in Nebraska and sawing through Iowa and Wisconsin before turning back to my hometown of Black Deer Falls, Minnesota. Before it was over, the murders would claim … Read more