The world is no longer a safe place, something Tiger knows all too well. She's determined to rescue more of the missing children, even when the trail leads to a well-guarded pharmaceutical company. Can Tiger infiltrate the company, rescue the children, and escape with her own life?
WINTER HALO is the second book in the Outcast series and picks up right where the first book ended. You definitely need some familiarity with the events that occurred in CITY OF LIGHT to fully appreciate and understand WINTER HALO. Keri Arthur is continuing to expand her world and the various relationships established, while progressing the ongoing thread involving the dark conspiracy of the rifts.
Tiger is a dΓ©chet, a genetically engineered soldier who has a gift for sexually enticing her targets and then mining their memories for the secrets she needs to uncover. Typically, I'd avoid this kind of plot device but Keri Arthur uses Tiger's skills artfully, showing us the dark side of the war that decimated Tiger's world. Besides... I can't help but love Cat and Bear as their relationship with Tiger is a heartwarming glimpse in this hardened world.
The world building in WINTER HALO and the Outcast series continues to amaze me. Keri Arthur does a marvelous job at showing us just how dark and desolate this world is. However, the darkness of the world is lightened by the grit and determination of the characters.
WINTER HALO gives us a deeper appreciation of the characters as we begin to see the things that haunt them in this dark world. Keri Arthur is a master at blending together superb world building and phenomenal character development, and WINTER HALO exemplifies this skill. I can't wait to see what happens next in the Outcast series!
From the New York Times bestselling author of the
Souls of Fire novels comes the second in the futuristic
fantasy series that will make you want to keep the lights
on...
When the bombs that stopped the species war tore holes
in the veil between worlds, they allowed entry to the
Others. Now, a hundred years later, humans and shifters
alike live in artificially lit cities designed to keep the
darkness at bay....
The humanoid supersoldiers known as the dΓ©chet were almost
eradicated by the war. Ever since, Tiger has tried to live
her life in peace in hiding. But in the wake of her
discovery that Central Cityβs children are being kidnapped
and experimented on, Tigerβs conscience wonβt let her look
the other way.
The key to saving them lies within the walls of a
pharmaceutical company called Winter Halo. But as she learns
more about the facility, Tigerβs mission is derailed by a
complication: Winter Haloβs female security guards are being
systematically attacked by an unknown force.
Now Tiger must summon all her gifts to stop those
responsible for both atrocitiesβno matter the cost to herself...
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