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Plot introduction
2 Plot summary
3 Characters in A Caress of Twilight
3.As niece to Andais, The Queen of Air and Darkness, she is a royal of the Unseelie Court.While her aunt tried to kill her as a child, she has since offered her the title as crown princess as the Court needs more heirs.Plot summary
A Caress of Twilight begins a few months after the events of A Kiss of Shadows.Merry has resumed working for the Grey Detective Agency and several of the Sidhe have also joined the payroll.The price of the cure and an alliance is a weekly drink of Merry's blood by a surrogate to be chosen by Niceven.During Merry's first night in bed with Doyle, they are interrupted by Andais who reveals that the Nameless has been freed.They had stripped themselves of everything too awful for them to be permitted to stay in the United States, and from it had been formed the Nameless.However, this is not before they have a chance to suspect that supernatural forces are at work.It is suspected that the lives had been sucked from the murder victims by the ghosts of dead gods.This culminates in a conversation between Merry and Taranis himself.Major characters
A Caress of Twilight features the following major characters.Queen of Air and Darkness, Merry's aunt, the sister of Essus, and mother of Cel.He is prejudiced against Seelie Court due to his poor treatment at court, the other nobles being jealous of Frost remaining in power due to his power in the minds of the humans.His powers include the subtle ability to have everyone like him.Extremely unpolitical, naive and idealistic, he is the voice of childhood reasoning for Merry.Unfortunately, letting go of those ideals is allowing Merry to survive.Raven and Spy for Andais in Merry's home.Raven, former God of Death and film noir buff.Owner of the Grey Detective Agency, Trowe.Formerly the goddess Conchenn and exile from the Seelie Court.King of Light and Illusion.Human bodyguard and partner in Kane and Hart.Human husband of Maeve Reed who is dying.Partner in Kane and Hart, and twin brother of Jordan.Faerie politics, both within the Unseelie Court and between the Seelie and Unseelie Courts.All text is available under the terms of the GNU Free Documentation License.IF she can stay alive long enough to claim it.Unlike most of her kind, Merry is part human and all too mortal, as her cousin and arch rival knows only too well.Then, in her adoptive home, in the City of Angels, people start dying in mysterious, frightening ways.It seems chaos awaits, threatening the very existence of the place known as Faerie is in grave danger and Merry finds herself facing an ancient evil that threatens the very fabric of her world.Plot summary
A Caress of Twilight begins a few months after the events of A Kiss of
Shadows.It is December, and Merry and the Sidhe warriors she has chosen as her lovers have returned to
Los Angeles, California.Merry has resumed working for the Grey Detective
Agency and several of the Sidhe have also joined the payroll.Maeve asks Merry to perform a fertility rite that will permit her to have a child by her dying human husband.Kiss of Shadows, has
yet to heal, despite the usually phenomenal healing abilities of a sidhe warrior.The price of the cure and an alliance is a weekly drink of Merry's blood by a surrogate to be chosen
by Niceven.During Merry's first night in bed with Doyle, they are interrupted by Andais who reveals that the Nameless has been freed.However, their presence is challenged by
others of the police force and they are thrown off site.However, this is not before they have a chance to suspect that
supernatural forces are at work.It is suspected that the lives had been sucked from the murder victims by the ghosts of dead
gods.Nothing is said to the police, however, as the only known person to work such a spell was a sidhe and, if it were
discovered, that fact could result in all sidhe being banished from the country.This culminates in a conversation between Merry and Taranis himself.Finally, the Nameless attacks Maeve Reed's home.The result of the destruction of the Nameless is the release
of the magics which formed it; these magics transfer themselves to the victors, who begin to exhibit unforeseen side effects.Characters in A Caress of Twilight
Major characters
A Caress of Twilight features the following major characters.Queen of Air and Darkness, Merry's aunt, the sister of Essus, and mother of Cel.Ruler of the male guard, The Ravens, she is a sadist and is widely believed to be
insane.Hound (Gabriel Ratchet, et al.Raven, The Killing Frost, second in command.He is prejudiced against Seelie Court due to his poor
treatment at court, the other nobles being jealous of Frost remaining in power due to his power in the minds of the humans.The youngest of the Ravens and Merry's best friend.Unfortunately, letting go of those ideals is allowing Merry to survive.Raven and Spy for Andais in Merry's home.Raven, former God of Death and film noir buff.Formerly the goddess Conchenn and exile from the Seelie Court.Human husband of Maeve Reed who is dying.Human employed by Maeve Reed.Partner in Kane and Hart, and twin brother of Jordan.The death toll in A Caress of Twilight includes:
Major themes
The need for Merry to become pregnant by one of her Guards.The increase in powers of both Merry and her men.Rhys tries to persuade Merry to sing We're Off to See the Wizard
from The Wizard of Oz when they head outside to join Maeve Reed by
the pool.Rhys' love of Film noir and Humphrey Bogart is
mentioned on several occasions.Post a question or answer questions about "A Caress of Twilight" at WikiAnswers.It uses material from the Wikipedia article "A Caress of Twilight".More InfoAdd Answers to the IE7 Toolbar Search Box!How do you caress a girl?Find out how you can get a good night's sleep.Do you have the answers?How does a phone transmit sound?She must even deal with Maeve Reed.Could it have been the nameless?He seemed to think about that, and then shook his head.Also available as a
paperback.After eluding relentless assassination attempts by Prince Cel, her cousin and rival for the Faerie crown, Meredith Gentry, Los Angeles private eye, has a whole new set of problems.To become queen, she must bear a child before Cel can father one of his own.Visit her official Web site at www.Caress of Twilight
Laurell K.Hamilton is the author of two New York Times Best Seller series that mix mystery, fantasy, magic,
horror and romance.Her Vampire Hunter novels from Ace books, featuring necromancer and crime investigator
Anita Blake, began with Guilty Pleasures and continues with Incubus Dreams.Her other is about Fey princess, Merry Gentry, who is also a private investigator and began with Kiss of Shadows.His true colour was that crimson that sunsets
can have, as if the entire sky is filled with neon blood.Meredith Gentry, also known as Princess
Meredith of the Unseelie Sidhe.All of the main players from the first novel are back, with the exception of prince Cel,
who is away being tortured for months on end as punishment for earlier indiscretions.The other major plot elements concern a series of mysterious mass murders, and the desperate desire of an outcast
former Seelie goddess to conceive by her dying human consort.The Nameless has been set free, and tasked to kill the former goddess,
who is now a literally ageless Hollywood sex symbol, Maeve Reed.Taranis is the Seelie counterpart to Queen Andais, and every bit as unhinged.If absolute
power corrupts absolutely, imagine what it does if not limited by the passage of years.He may be small, but his glamour can cause Meredith
to experience fabulous orgasms while he drinks her blood.So does Galen,
the Green Knight, whose wedding tackle is restored as part of a bargain.Just like the first book, A Caress of Twilight is written in an easy to read, first person narrative
style, and packed with characters that ooze potential.Annoyingly, this potential remains largely untapped due
to the central character spending so much time in bed.Quite often, it read more like a Nancy Friday female
fantasy, than a fantasy novel about homicidal faerie folk.Equally lacking is the tremendous
threat posed by The Nameless, which suffers due to its early abandonment, until such time as it's needed for
the badly telegraphed conclusion.One element which is given fitting prominence, and stands head and shoulders
above other facets because of it, is the introduction of and revelations concerning Taranis, the King of Light
and Illusion.In reality, he's an English bloke who lives on an island, reading,
writing and throwing chips to the seagulls.Drop by his web site at www.
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