In FORBIDDEN, Docia Waverly is walking to work one day and finds herself being knocked off a bridge and plunging into the river below. She survives, but she's no longer alone, a Bodywalker has joined her inside her body. At first she knows something is different and marks that up to the near death experience, but as she adjusts to the symbiotic being, she realizes a whole new, scary world has opened up to her.

Ramses, a member of the Politic of the Bodywalkers, is sent searching for Docia and he believes the twin soul inside her is the reincarnated Hatshepsut, wife of their king Menes. He must protect her from the Templars, enemies of the Politic led by priestess Odjit/Selena. The Templars believe they should be the rulers of the Bodywalkers and the Politic do not want them as rulers or see the subjugation of all humans. A civil war had been raging on and off for centuries. He's also having a very big problem with his duty and it is something that had never happened to him in all his years. He and his counterpart Vincent are fighting a startling attraction to Docia.

Jackson Waverly is Docia's brother and a cop and he is not having a very good time of late. First his canine partner Chico is killed and he has to accept that and get back on duty. Then they tell him that his sister and only surviving relative is dead only to find out she isn't, but after taking her home she disappears again with only a quick phone call. He and his friend Leo Alvarez are searching for her as are the Templars and it is a race to see who will get to her first.

Only Jacquelyn Frank could take legendary Egyptians, intermix them with evil Templars, add gargoyles and weave it all into an incredible new world that exists right in the middle of unknowing humans. The multiple characters could be confusing but each very clearly has their place and is important to the whole plot. The action doesn't stop until the last page and indeed the ending is explosive and completely unexpected. FORBIDDEN will leave the reader waiting impatiently to visit this world again.