Set shortly after Cast in Shadow, the humans of Elantra trust the telepathic Tha’alani even less than they did before. Concerned by increased violence to the Tha’alani, the emperor orders the royal playwright to write a play designed to make the humans more comfortable with them. Having more experience than anyone else with the Tha’alani, Kaylin ( Read more... )

After her adventures in court in Cast in Courtlight Kaylin Neya is happy to settle back into her patrols and more mundane crimes, and is almost thrilled when her latest assignment is investigating what seems to be a rather average theft. This, however, leads her to discovering a possible missing child, something that strikes very close to home for ( Read more... )

This is the second book in Michelle Sagara’s (aka Michelle West) Chronicles of Elantra series. While the Sun Sword series she writes as Michelle West is epic fantasy focusing on women and with cultures based on a broad variety of cultures, Elantra is more urban fantasy in a high fantasy setting.

Our heroine, Kaylin, is a Hawk-the equivalent of a ( Read more... )

Seven years ago, Kaylin Neya fled the streets of Nightshade to escape a killer who was after children who had strange markings appear on their skin, markings that had appeared on Kaylin's own arms.  Now she's a young officer of the Hawk caste, and when children started disappearing again, she, along with Tiamaris, a member of the Dragon caste, and ( Read more... )