Tiger is a "dechet," the last of the lab-made weapons,
which were thought to have been destroyed
after the war that changed the world forever. Alone with
only the ghosts around her, Tiger stays
hidden, but when she rescues a little girl and a ranger she
finds herself involved though not happy
about it. When she learns children have been abducted in
broad daylight, it is something she must
investigate. Until recently they only had to fear the
darkness, but now if evil can come to the CITY
OF LIGHT there is no safe place to hide.
CITY OF LIGHT might start a little slowly, but in no time
you will realize you are unable to set
this book aside. I have read many of Keri Arthur's books
and love the types of twists she offers and
the sometimes dark settings. There is a lot of action and a
number of very scary places, which are
part of normal life for Tiger in this post-apocalyptic
world.
Tiger, our unusually named heroine, I found likable,
totally kick-butt, with a sensitive side you
see when you realize she is surrounded by the ghosts of two
children (Cat and Bear), who she was
unable to save when their secret base was destroyed. I did
not think too much of a number of the
secondary characters, some were interesting even
intriguing, but others such as Jonas, the ranger,
and Nuri, the healer, are not so likable. But since this is
book one of Ms. Arthur's new An
Outcast series I guess I can wait and see if they can
redeem themselves or if I will want them
gone.
As a word or two of warning, I will add that if you are
expecting another Riley Jenson, which
had a lot of naked beings and sex involved, you will be
disappointed. Though once Tiger gets into
the investigation she finds a surprise and the heat index
of this book does skyrocket, I didn't find
it to the Jenson extent. You will need to read CITY OF
LIGHT to find out what the secret is, and you
will understand why I will be looking for the next offering
of this series.
The first in an all-new futuristic fantasy series from
Keri Arthur—the New York Times bestselling
author of the Souls of Fire novels.
When the bombs that stopped the species war tore holes in
the veil between this world and the next, they
allowed entry to the Others—demons, wraiths, and death
spirits who turned the shadows into their hunting
grounds. Now, a hundred years later, humans and shifters
alike live in artificially lit cities designed to keep
the darkness at bay....
As a déchet—a breed of humanoid super-soldiers almost
eradicated by the war—Tiger has spent her life in hiding.
But when she risks her life to save a little girl on the
outskirts of Central City, she discovers that the
child is one of many abducted in broad daylight by a
wraith-like being—an impossibility with dangerous
implications for everyone on earth.
Because if the light is no longer enough to protect them,
nowhere is safe...
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