Product Description

Cassandra Palmer may be the world's chief clairvoyant, but she's still magically bound to a master vampire. Only an ancient book called the Codex Merlini possesses the incantation to free Cassie-but harnessing its limitless power could endanger the world...

Product Details

• Amazon Sales Rank: #3319 in Books
• Published on: 2008-04-01
• Number of items: 1
• Binding: Paperback
• 400 pages

From Publishers Weekly
Returning from Touch the Dark and Claimed by Shadow, Cassie Palmer has finally become Pythia, the supernatural community's all-knowing oracle. She's struggling with her new powers (such as shifting back and forth through time) and is stuck between good and evil factions of the paranormal community. Her main concern, though, is to figure out how to reverse a pesky spell that threatens her independence: the geis, once placed on her for protection, is now trying to bind her to the handsome master vampire, Mircea, with results detrimental to them both. The only solution is to find the fabled book that has the counterspell—find it in space and in time. Cassie—in her struggles between her passionate need for independence, her burgeoning feelings for Mircea and her conflicts with her new role as Pythia—is a well-rounded character, and the intensity and complexity of the plot puts her through her paces physically, emotionally and psychically. (Apr.)
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Review
“Returning from Touch the Dark and Claimed by Shadow, Cassie Palmer has finally become Pythia, the supernatural community’s all-knowing oracle. She’s struggling with her new powers (such as shifting back and forth through time) and is stuck between good and evil factions of the paranormal community. Her main concern, though, is to figure out how to reverse a pesky spell that threatens her independence: the geis, once placed on her for protection, is now trying to bind her to the handsome master vampire, Mircea, with results detrimental to them both. The only solution is to find the fabled book that has the counterspell—find it in space and time. Cassie—in her struggles between her passionate need for independence, her burgeoning feelings for Mircea and her conflicts with her new role as Pythia—is a well-rounded character, and the intensity and complexity of the plot puts her through her paces physically, emotionally and psychically.”
--Publishers Weekly

"Karen Chance will enthrall you with her world of vampires, mages, and a fair maiden tough enough to kick their butts."
-USA Today bestselling author Rebecca York

"A great writer of supernatural fantasy that is on a par with the works of Kim Harrison, Charlaine Harris, and Kelley Armstong."
-Midwest Book Review

Customer Reviews

Read This!!
If you haven't started reading this series yet, what the heck is stopping you??!! This has been the one of the best, most original and cohesive series in the last few years. Each of the three installments has delivered excellent story for the money and shows plenty of future promise. It reminds me of the early Anita Blake and Dark Hunter series before they lost the spark of ingenuity that lured in their first and most avid readers.

Chance's series has everything from vampires, the mob, ghosts, fairies, mages, magical tattoos, and famous historical personages all set amidst Vegas's seedy casinos. Trust me, try it and you'll ask for another!

nice addition
Cassie is the next Pythia, leading clairvoyant, who has more groups and people out to kill her than you could keep count of. Luckily, she also has some pretty kick-a** friends to back her up. Her primary goal in this novel is to retrieve the Codex, which contains a spell that will hopefully break the geis that connects her to a very powerful master vampire. Not that she doesn't care for said vampire, it's just that she would prefer to not see him go insane by it. Unfortunately, the Codex also contains another very powerful spell that many groups would like to get their hands on and other groups would prefer NO ONE gets their hands on. Cassie's not sure who she can trust anymore and it is a race through time as well as against time to find, retrieve, and battle for the Codex.

Very action packed. Fans will like to know that many mysteries are solved in this one. Especially background information on both John Pritkin as well as Mircea. Mircea--yum! This one is a definite recommended read.

Best in Urban Fantasy Fiction
I love this series! In my opinion, it's the best in the genre. This book was action packed and exciting from the first word to the last, with a sparkling wit and a great plotline. I think my favorite thing in Chance's world are the characters. Books to me rise or fall on whether or not I connect with the characters, and hers just seem so real. This book gave a LOT of backstory on some of my faves, which made me very happy, and introduced some fun new ones as well. I especially liked Radella, the warrior Fae with attitude. The series just continues to build momentum, and I'm glad I'm along for the ride!