This series always strikes me as dark and fluffy, which really ought to be an oxymoron, and somehow isn’t. Occasionally the eARC comes out just slightly post-publication, which just seems back-asswards. Three is more common, and sometimes it’s less than one. Is that normal? Either way, I agree there must be some kind of digitally transferable narcotic in the font, because I cannot stop reading these books….and yet I can never come up with a reason to like them. Something about this world and these people drags me in every single time.Ĭass: I’m stunned an ARC was available so early.

I can’t resist them, and once I start, I can’t put them down until I’ve finished. Whatever else is in this series, it’s definitely reading crack. I got the eARC from Netgalley five months pre-publication, and simply couldn’t wait until I read it. Marlene: As I write this, it’s early October. But Meg knows the dangers, for she has seen in the cards how it will all end-with her standing beside a grave With the humans on guard against one of their own, tensions rise, drawing the attention of the Elders, who are curious about the effect such an insignificant predator can have on a pack.

But all their efforts are threatened when Lieutenant Montgomery’s shady brother arrives, looking for a free ride and easy pickings. And the people within them now know to fear the no-man’s-land beyond their borders-and the darkness…Īs some communities struggle to rebuild, Lakeside Courtyard has emerged relatively unscathed, though Simon Wolfgard, its wolf shifter leader, and blood prophet Meg Corbyn must work with the human pack to maintain the fragile peace. New York Times bestselling author Anne Bishop returns to her world of the Others, as humans struggle to survive in the shadow of shapeshifters and vampires far more powerful than themselves…Īfter a human uprising was brutally put down by the Elders-a primitive and lethal form of the Others-the few cities left under human control are far-flung. Purchasing Info: Author's Website, Publisher's Website, Amazon, Barnes & Noble, Kobo, Etched in Bone (The Others, #5) by Anne Bishop

Etched in bone by anne bishop