Petunia 'Pete' Caldecott has never expected life to be
easy,
but now that she is raising her daughter Lily with her love
Jack her priorities have shifted from simple survival to
hoping the world her daughter lives in will have just a
little less shite than it currently dishes out.
She and Jack make a basic living solving unnatural problems
that crawl the streets of London, problems caused by the
Black, problems the vast majority of people refuse to see.
Still, when a bit of black magic or a wraith that won't
stay
truly dead impacts the lives of the normally oblivious,
Pete and Jack are the ones called.
That relatively stable life is an illusion, though. Jack's
time is ticking down, he cheated death and damnation once
but the Morrigan waits in the wings to draw him to her
service. Pete is a rare Weir, with powers she barely
understands but those rare powers seem to be in high demand
to the upper echelons of those who manipulate the Dark.
Representatives of one such group present Pete with an
invitation she cannot refuse to the tenth full gathering of
the Prometheus Club. Like most things in the world of
magic,
the invitation is a veil to what the Club truly wants, and
in the vulnerable person of Lily, Pete's child, they have a
threat that ensures their desires will be met. Jack and
Pete
are pulled into an incursion into the world beyond the
known
threats, plunging them into parts of Jack's past he never
speaks of, amid harsh reminders of those Pete could not
save.
In SOUL TRADE, the fifth in Caitlin Kittredge's Black
London
series she brings us back to the Black, the dark and seamy,
eerie and horrifying side of England that is almost an
additional character. Unlike the other books the majority
of
the action takes place outside of London in the bucolic
countryside adding to the ominous and threatening tone of
the book.
Kittredge has a gift for drawing us into horror slowly and
seductively without using shock tactics. As you turn the
pages you become engulfed in the world Pete inhabits,
somehow heightening the sense of danger and fully engaging
you in the journey.
The Black London series contains dark tales filled
with
Pete's battles against almost impossible odds. There are
seldom clear and true 'happy-ever-afters' but at least some
of the battles are won and Kittredge always provides us a
solid resolution. They are among the best dark Urban
Fantasy
has to offer.
The crow-mage Jack Winter returns—to crash a secret
gathering of ghost hunters, soul stealers, and other
uninvited guests, both dead and alive…
Normally, Pete Caldecott stays far away from magical secret
societies. But ever since her partner and boyfriend Jack
Winter stopped a primordial demon from ripping into our
world, every ghost, demon, and mage in London has been wide
awake—and hungry. And the magical society in question
needs their help putting things right.
SOUL TRADE It all begins with an invitation.
Five pale figures surround Pete in the cemetery to
“cordially” invite her to a gathering of the Prometheus
Club. Pete’s never heard of them, but Jack has—and he’s not
thrilled about it. Especially the part that says, “Attend
or die.” The Prometheans wouldn’t come to London unless
something big’s about to go down. So Pete and Jack decide to
play it safe and make nice with the club—even if that means
facing down an army of demons in the process. But now
that they’ve joined the group, they’re about to discover
that membership comes at a cost…and has apocalyptic
consequences.
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