Book 17: Cry Wolf

Cry Wolf by Patricia Briggs is the first full length novel in the Alpha and Omega series which expands the world created in the Mercy Thompson series.  The actual start of the series is a short story called "Alpha and Omega" which is found in the Shifting Shadows collection of short stories.  Anna packs up and heads to Montana with the wounded Charles to start a new life as his mate.  Their time to get acquainted and mate is cut short by an attack on a park ranger by an unknown werewolf.  Charles and Anna hike out into the snow covered wilderness to find the rogue and discover a powerful black witch that has come hunting one of their pack members and has the ability to control the wolves through their pack bond.  Together they must find a way to save themselves and protect their pack.

This is one of my favorite series that I am currently rereading.  A definite read for Mercy Thompson fans and anyone else who loves a good werewolf romance.

Book 16: Marked in Flesh

With war on the horizon, Simon and the Others at Lakeside begin making preparations and continue trying to figure out the answer of how much human to keep.  Megan receives several sets of tarot type cards and begins exploring using the cards in lieu of cutting. The Humans First and Last movement launches a new series of attacks against the buffalo herds that the wolf packs in central Thasia hunt for food.  Supplied with weapons from Cel Romano, the attack and kill wolfguard packs in several locations leaving their carcasses in piles.  The leaders of Cel Romano launch an attack to expand their territory, and everyone with any sense at all waits fearfully for the response by the Others of the wild country who are Namid's teeth and claws.

Another excellent book in the Others series.

Book 15: Vision in Silver

Vision in Silver by Anne Bishop is the third book in her successful Others series.  The blood prophets have been freed but find that they are ill-adapted to surviving in the human world.  The Intuit villages that took in some of the girls are horrified as they commit suicide.  Simon orders Meg and her human pack to write a blood prophets 101 book to help the remaining girls survive in the real world.  After a new vision from Meg, the Others begin looking for a new group of cassandra sangue, those who were formerly part of the breeding program and are being abandoned along the side of the road.  Meanwhile, the Humans First and Last movement continues to gain momentum and tensions escalate.  Lizzie arrives unexpectedly in Lakeside after her mother is murdered at the train station.  After several attacks around Thasia, the Others that live in the wild country declare a breach of trust by the humans and task Simon with determining how much human is necessary.

Great addition to a great series.  Another must read book.