Black As My Soul: STROKE OF MIDNIGHT

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December 2, 2004

STROKE OF MIDNIGHT - Coming April 12, 2005

This just in:

I am Meredith Gentry, P.I., solving cases in Los Angeles, far from the peril and deception of my real home—because I am also Princess Meredith, heir to the darkest throne fairie has to offer. The Unseelie court infuses me with its power. But at what price does such magic come? How much of my human side will I have to give up, and how much of the sinister side of fairie will I have to embrace? To sit on a throne that has been ruled by bloodshed and violence for centuries, I might have to become that which I dread the most.

Enemies watch my every move. My cousin Cel strives to have me killed even now, from his prison cell. My uncle Taranis, the King of Light and Illusion, ruler of the bright Seelie court, makes no attempt to hide his deep desire to destroy or conqueror the Unseelie court—just as my aunt Andais, the Queen of Air and Darkness, would do to his court . . . if she could. The two courts have been enemies for centuries, but suddenly Taranis has invited me and my guards—the Queen's own Ravens—to the realm of the Seelie for a ball. Never before have the bright ones allowed so many of the Unseelie nobility inside their shining sanctuary, and the surprising invitation throws my mind into confusion. What does the glittering throng want with me and my men?

Before I risk the treachery of the Seelie Court, I want my allies firmly at my back. I will embrace Sholto, The Lord of that Which Lies Between, in all his alien beauty. I will risk the Goblin King's court, and my guards and I will show them that violence and sex are as popular among the sidhe as they are among the goblin kind. I will go to the beds of men I do not know, and do not trust, in a bid for political and military might. Passions undreamt of await me—and as my enemies gather, the future of both courts of fairie begins to unravel.

[+] Posted by Sinner, who was transgressing at the time (December 2, 2004 9:50 PM) by helping evil. [+]