Hunter

Publisher Marketing: They came after the Diseray. Some were terrors ripped from our collective imaginations, remnants of every mythology across the world. And some were like nothing anyone had ever dreamed up, even in their worst nightmares. Monsters. Long ago, the barriers between our world and the Otherworld were ripped open, and it s taken centuries to bring back civilization in the wake. Now, the luckiest Cits live in enclosed communities, behind walls that keep them safe from the hideous monsters fighting to break through. Others are not so lucky. To Joyeaux Charmand, who has been a Hunter in her tight-knit mountain community since she was a child, every Cit without magic deserves her protection from dangerous Othersiders. Then she is called to Apex City, where the best Hunters are kept to protect the most important people. Joy soon realizes that the city s powerful leaders care more about luring Cits into a false sense of security than protecting them. More and more monsters are getting through the barriers, and the close calls are becoming too frequent to ignore. Yet the Cits have no sense of how much danger they re in to them, Joy and her corps of fellow Hunters are just action stars they watch on TV. When an act of sabotage against Joy takes an unbearable toll, Joy uncovers a terrifying conspiracy. There is something much worse than the usual monsters infiltrating Apex. And it may be too late to stop them." Review Citations: Publishers Weekly 07/13/2015 (EAN 9781484707845, Hardcover) Kirkus Reviews 07/15/2015 (EAN 9781484707845, Hardcover) - *Starred Review Romantic Times 09/01/2015 pg. 38 (EAN 9781484707845, Hardcover) Contributor Bio:  Lackey, Mercedes Mercedes Lackey is the author of the bestselling Valdemar series, the Obsidian Trilogy ("The Outstretched Shadow", "To Light a Candle", and "When Darkness Falls"), the Enduring Flame trilogy ("The Phoenix Unchained", "The Phoenix Endangered", and "The Phoenix Transformed"), and the "Tales of the Five Hundred Kingdoms". She has written many other books, including "Trio of Sorcery", "Phoenyx and Ashes", "Sacred Ground", "The Firebird", "The Fairy Godmother", and "Alta". Lackey is the co-author, with Andre Norton, of the Halfblood Chronicles, including "Elvenborn". Mercedes Lackey was born in Chicago and graduated from Purdue University. She has worked as an artist's model, a computer programmer, and for American Airlines, and has written lyrics and recorded more than fifty songs. She lives in Oklahoma.