Seanan McGuire’s New York Times-bestselling and Hugo Award-nominated InCryptid series continues with the fifteenth book following the Price family, cryptozoologists who study and protect the creatures living in secret all around us.
Sarah Zellaby is a Johrlac, a member of a species of psychic ambush predators colloquially referred to as “cuckoos.” Eight years ago, she survived the difficult, painful process of becoming a cuckoo queen…although not without costs. In the wake of her transformation, the man she loved was entirely erased from his own mind, forcing her to reconstruct him from the memories of the people who kneMissy Takes Command: Book XVII
After more than a year as executive officer for her Special Forces unit, Missy is chosen to replace her commander when he is promoted and leaves for his next assignment. She must now take on more responsibility while continuing to lead her team members on top-secret missions.
Her responsibilities as a businesswoman in Moscow also increase making her role as a supernatural spy even more demanding. Fortunately, the SOD Group is able to support her as she continues to meet with high level leaders in the Russian regime.
Can she manage to return home to her husband Mike and her werewolf pack almost every month for a day or two? That’s becoming more and more of a challenge but with some help from the Fabulous Fates, she’s hoping that might still be possible!w and loved him.
Sarah has been struggling to come to terms with her actions ever since. But there's no one else on the planet with the power to hold her accountable—until the Johrlac authorities show up. It’s time for her to stand trial for what she's done, something which can only happen on Johrlar, home world of her species, where the population is controlled by a system of unyielding hiveminds and crime is punishable by erasure.
With Sarah’s life on the line, her family will need to find a way to cross dimensional borders and survive a hostile, telepathic world in order to get her back—before the Sarah they know ceases to exist.
But no matter what happens, actions have consequences... and Sarah Zellaby is about to learn that lesson the hard way.
Chaos, noun:
1. The inherent unpredictability in the behavior of a complex natural system.
Chaos theory, noun:
1. A branch of mathematical and physical theory that deals with the nature and consequences of chaos and chaotic systems.
2. The study of unpredictable systems.
3. See also “impossible math.”
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