Zusatztext There is no doubt that Mercy Thompson is one of urban fantasy's favorite heroines.Fresh Fiction A tightly woven story... Night Broken moves at a blistering pace! moving from action-packed scene to action-packed scene with Briggs's traditional strong writing and knack for dialogue.SF Site More Praise for the Mercy Thompson Novels I love these books.Charlaine Harris! #1 New York Times bestselling author An excellent read with plenty of twists and turnsIt left me wanting more.Kim Harrison! #1 New York Times bestselling author The best new urban fantasy series I've read in years.Kelley Armstrong! #1 New York Times bestselling author In the increasingly crowded field of kick-ass supernatural heroines! Mercy stands out as one of the best. Locus Action-packed and with more than a few satisfying emotional payoffs...Patricia Briggs at the top of her game.The Speculative Herald The characters are all realistic and vibrant. The Independent These are fantastic adventures! and Mercy reigns.SFRevu The world building is incredibly lush and subsuming...a fantastic urban fantasy adventure.Fresh Fiction Outstanding.Charles de Lint! Fantasy & Science Fiction Informationen zum Autor Patricia Briggs is the #1 New York Times bestselling author of the Mercy Thompson urban fantasy series and the Alpha and Omega novels. Klappentext #1 New York Times bestselling author Patricia Briggs's Mercy Thompson series has been hailed as "one of the best" (Library Journal). Now Mercy must deal with an unwanted guest-one that brings a danger unlike anything she's ever known. When her mate's ex-wife storms back into their lives, Mercy knows something isn't right. Christy has the furthest thing from good intentions-she wants Adam back, and she's willing to do whatever it takes to get him, including turning the pack against Mercy. Mercy isn't about to step down without a fight, but there's a more dangerous threat circling. As the bodies start piling up, she must put her personal troubles aside to face a creature with the power to tear her whole world apart. This excerpt is from an advance uncorrected proof. Copyright © 2014 by Hurog, Inc. 1 The phone rang while I was elbow-deep in sudsy dishwater. I'll get it, said my stepdaughter, Jesse, hastily dumping two glasses and a fork in my sink. A werewolf pack that eats together stays together, I thought, scrubbing stubborn egg off a plate. Sunday breakfasts weren't attended by the whole packsome of them had families just like regular people or jobs they worked on the Sabbath. The breakfasts weren't mandatory because that would have ruined the intent. Darryl, Adam's second, who usually prepared the meals, was a hellaciously good cook, and his food attracted anyone who could manage to come. The dishwasher was running, stuffed full and then some. I would have let the rest of the dishes wait until it was done, but Auriele, Darryl's mate, wouldn't hear of it. I didn't argue with her because I was one of the three people in the pack who outranked her, so she'd have to back down. That felt like cheating, and I never cheat. Unless it is against my enemies, whispered a soundless voice in my head that might have been mine but felt like Coyote's. The second reason for my compliance was more self-serving. Auriele and I were getting along, which made her the only one of the three female werewolves in the pack who was friendly with me at the moment. Auriele hadn't been happy having me as the Alpha's mate, eitherI was a coyote shapeshifter among wolves. She didn't think it was a good thing for pack morale. She also thought, correctly, that I brought trouble for the pack with me. She liked ...

ldquo;There is no doubt that Mercy Thompson is one of urban fantasy’s favorite heroines.”—Fresh Fiction
 
“A tightly woven story...Night Broken moves at a blistering pace, moving from action-packed scene to action-packed scene with Briggs’s traditional strong writing and knack for dialogue.”—SF Site

More Praise for the Mercy Thompson Novels

“I love these books.”—Charlaine Harris, #1 New York Times bestselling author

“An excellent read with plenty of twists and turns…It left me wanting more.”—Kim Harrison, #1 New York Times bestselling author

“The best new urban fantasy series I’ve read in years.”—Kelley Armstrong, #1 New York Times bestselling author

“In the increasingly crowded field of kick-ass supernatural heroines, Mercy stands out as one of the best.”—Locus

“Action-packed and with more than a few satisfying emotional payoffs...Patricia Briggs at the top of her game.”—The Speculative Herald

“The characters are all realistic and vibrant.”—The Independent

“These are fantastic adventures, and Mercy reigns.”—SFRevu

“The world building is incredibly lush and subsuming...a fantastic urban fantasy adventure.”—Fresh Fiction

“Outstanding.”—Charles de Lint, Fantasy & Science Fiction

Autorentext
Patricia Briggs is the #1 New York Times bestselling author of the Mercy Thompson urban fantasy series and the Alpha and Omega novels.

Klappentext

-one that brings a danger unlike anything she's ever known.

When her mate's ex-wife storms back into their lives, Mercy knows something isn't right. Christy has the furthest thing from good intentions-she wants Adam back, and she's willing to do whatever it takes to get him, including turning the pack against Mercy.

Mercy isn't about to step down without a fight, but there's a more dangerous threat circling. As the bodies start piling up, she must put her personal troubles aside to face a creature with the power to tear her whole world apart.

Zusammenfassung
#1 New York Times bestselling author Patricia Briggs’s Mercy Thompson series has been hailed as “one of the best” (Library Journal). Now Mercy must deal with an unwanted guest—one that brings a danger unlike anything she’s ever known.

When her mate’s ex-wife storms back into their lives, Mercy knows something isn’t right. Christy has the furthest thing from good intentions—she wants Adam back, and she’s willing to do whatever it takes to get him, including turning the pack against Mercy.

Mercy isn’t about to step down without a fight, but there’s a more dangerous threat circling. As the bodies start piling up, she must put her personal troubles aside to face a creature with the power to tear her whole world apart.

Leseprobe
*This excerpt is from an advance uncorrected proof.*   **Copyright © 2014  by Hurog, Inc. 

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The phone rang while I was elbow-deep in sudsy dishwater.

“I’ll get it,” said my stepdaughter, Jesse, hastily dumping two glasses and a fork in my sink.

A werewolf pack that eats together stays together, I thought, scrubbing stubborn egg off a plate. Sunday breakfasts weren’t attended by the whole pack—some of them had families just like regular people or jobs they worked on the Sabbath. The breakfasts weren’t mandatory because that would have ruined the intent. Darryl, Adam’s second, who usually prepared the meals, was a hellaciously good cook, and his food attracted anyone who could manage to come.

The dishwasher was running, stuffed full and then some. I would have let the rest of the dishes wait until it was done, but Auriele, Darryl’s mate, wouldn’t hear of it.

I didn’t argue with her because I was one of the three people in the pa…