| Holly Cathers's world shatters when her parents are killed in a rafting accident. She is wrenched from her home in San Francisco and sent to Seattle to live with her aunt, Marie-Claire, and her twin cousins, Amanda and Nicole. But sorrow and grief soon give way to bewildered fascination as one by one, strange incidents begin to occur. Such as the fact that any desire Holly whispers to her cat seems to come true. Or the fact that a beloved friend is injured after a freak attack from a vicious falcon. Or the fact of an undeniably magnetic and familiar attraction to a boy Holly barely knows. Holly, Amanda, and Nicole are about to be launched into a dark legacy of secrets, alliances, and machinations, where ancient magics yield dangerous results, where possession is common place, and reincarnation is taken for granted-and the three girls must take on roles in an intergenerational feud the likes of which they could never have imagined.... |
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| Pages: 361 ISBN # 0-7434-2696-7 Design by Ann Sullivan |
| Cast of Characters Holly Cathers- Just loses her parents in a rafting accident and must go to live with her aunt in Seattle Jeraud Deveraux- A warlock who finds himself in love with Holly Michael Robert Deveraux- Jer’s father who wants to kill all the Cahors Elias Alain Deveraux- Jer’s older brother who is seeing Nicole, Eli is also power hungry Isabeau Cahors- Married Jean Deveraux, was killed by Jean Catherine Cahors- Isabeau’s mother. She arranged the marriage to Jean so that Isabeau would have a son and they could know what the source of the Black Fire was. Jean Deveraux- Son of Laurent de Deveraux (Duke) only married Isabeau to unite the covens and have a powerful male child, but ended up felling in love with her. Marie-Claire Cathers-Anderson- Hollys aunt, married to Richard. She is having an affair with Michael Deveraux Richard Anderson- Holly’s uncle, had cut all contact with Holly’s mom years ago. Amanda Anderson- Holly’s cousin Nicole Anderson- Holly’s cousin, is secretly seeing Eli Deveraux behind her parents backs. Kari Hardwicke- In love with Jer, she is getting her PhD in Folklore, she wants to know all about Magic. Kialish- Best friend of Jer’s, lover to Eddie Dan- Father of Kialish, member of the Raven Clan, is a Shaman Eddie- Best friend of Jer, lover to Kialish Tommy Nagai- Best friend of Amanda, he secretly likes Amanda Tante Cecile- Friend of Amanda who knows about Magic Silvana Beaufrere- Friend of Amanda who knows about Magic Sasha Deveraux- Jer and Eli’s mother, she left Michael years ago. Daniel Cathers- Holly’s father, he is killed in a rafting accident Elise Cathers- Holly’s mother, she is killed in a rafting accident Barbara Davis-Chin- Holly’s mothers best friend and holly’s best friend’s mother. She asks holly to live with her after the accident, then she comes down sick almost as if she is spelled. Tina Chin- Holly’s best friend, she is killed in the rafting accident Ryan- River guide who is killed in the rafting accident Robert- Catherine Cahors dead husbands brother, he marries Catherine Cahors Pandion- A hawk who is the Cahors familiar Sir William Moore- Head of the Supreme Coven Horned God- The devil himself Fantasme- Falcon who is the Deveraux’s familiar James- Sir Williams son, Michael Deveraux has a secret alliance to him Freya- Amanda’s cat Hecate- Nicole’s cat Bast- Holly’s cat, is deaf, named after the Egyptian Goddess of cats Luc Deveraux- married to Marie, was killed during the Religious wars Marie Cahors- married to Luc, while trying to save Luc she hid a knife on her and luc killed her with it. Catherine de Medici- Queen, Catherine killed many of the Deveraux trying to get the source of the Black Fire. Catherines daughter married the leader of the Huguenots then the next day Catherine had the Protestant Huguenot wedding guest slaughtered. Laurent de Deveraux (Duc)- Dead for nearly 7 generations, he is helping Michael try to kill all the Cahors/Cathers Mr. Boronski- Chemistry teacher Nona Zeidel- Drama teacher who Nicole uses some magic on to get the lead part in the play Maria Gutierrez- Was trying out for Juliet but thanks to Nicole didn’t get the part Circle Lady- Some one that is talking to Kari on the computer through instant messages. Jer thinks it may be his mother Cockerel- Jeans favorite war horse |