Vision in Silver

January 1, 2015

As tensions escalate between the terra indigene known as the Others and the humans who live among them, Simon Wolfgard and the Lakeside Courtyard search for a compromise that will allow peaceful coexistence. But a group called Humans First and Last are stirring up hostility toward the Others, and blood prophet Meg Corbyn is crucial to uncovering their plans before it is too late. VERDICT This is a strong example of a midseries-building book, showing the heightening of stress without a major change in the status quo. Bishop (Murder of Crows; Daughter of the Blood) marvelously invents a rich world that is a faint echo of our own but ruled by wild inhuman creatures tied to nature and pushed to violence by the greed of humans who refuse to understand that they are not in charge. The delicate character of Meg is a fulcrum, a special human whom the Others protect, and her damaged but determined will is the key to this terrific series.

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March 1, 2015
The third book in the Others, Bishop's urban-fantasy series, finds the uneasy peace between humans and the Terra Indigene threatened by a group of militant humans of the HFLHumans First and Last. Set in Thasia, an alternate North America and part of Bishop's world of Namid, the story finds Meg Corbyn, a Cassandra Sangue, or blood prophet, who can see visions of the future by cutting herself, adjusting to her life under the protection of the Terra Indigene. In her visions, she views danger for her fellow Cassandra Sangues, who are treated badly by humans and often kept as slaves. Simon Wolfgard, a werewolf and leader, vows to protect Meg and work with other humans against the threat of the HFL. Bishop's world building is first-rate, and she fills her stories with wonderful creatures across the urban-fantasy spectrumvampires, elementals, and a host of were-creatures. Fans of the series will be delighted with the ever-evolving relationship of Simon and Meg; those unfamiliar with the series would be better served by starting at the beginning with Written in Red (2013).(Reprinted with permission of Booklist, copyright 2015, American Library Association.)