Seduced, betrayed, captured, enslaved. M'cal has been a
fool and now he's paying a steep price for his
indiscretion. A Merman, snared and compelled to do the
bidding of a witch, M'cal is a soul stealer, taking the
souls of the innocent and trusting. And all for the witch
who has marked him as hers. M'cal fights her, he struggles,
he tries to refuse. His torment only amuses and excites
her. Now he's been given a new name in a new hunt -- Kitala
Bell. He obeys and begins to search for Kitala, for he's
bound, and there is nothing to do in the end but obey.
A concert musician, Kitala is one with her music. She's
skilled, famous, loved...and a little lonely. She also bears
a terrible burden. Kit is able to see the future, but only
violence and death. So, for her own protection and sanity,
she keeps herself a little apart from the rest of humanity.
Kit finds herself in an impossible situation. She's being
hunted by a man she can't help but be attracted to, for
reasons she can't comprehend; a man she trusts beyond all
understanding, even when he himself warns her off.
The witch sees Kit's power and knows it for what it is. She
understands Kit's gift and wants it for herself. So she
sends M'cal to steal it and bring it to her. What she can't
foresee is that Kit and M'cal will form a bond so powerful
that everything the sorceress has worked for is in danger
of being undone. And that is something she simply cannot
allow. She will do everything in her power, include
destroying Kit and M'cal, to ensure that nothing prevents
her plan from unfolding.
Marjorie M. Liu is one of the best paranormal
romance writers around today. Her characters and stories
are always worth investing my precious and limited time on.
She has never disappointed me yet.
Against her will, Kitala Bell foresees the future. Now her
own future is in peril. From the ocean’s depths rises an
impossible blend of fantasy and danger, a creature whose
voice is seduction incarnate, whose song can manipulate
lives the way that Kitala herself manipulates the strings
of her violin…even to the point of breaking. He is a
prince of the sea, an enigma — a captive stretched to the
limit of his endurance by a woman intent on using him for
the purest evil. And when survival requires he and Kitala
form a closer partnership than either has ever known, the
price of their bond will threaten not just their lives,
but the essence of their very souls.
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