Hellbent

Zusatztext Praise for Cherie Priest’s Bloodshot   “Witty! fast-paced! and fabulous . . . a vastly entertaining read!”—Jeaniene Frost! New York Times bestselling author   “Catapults the kick-ass urban fantasy heroine into the realm of the truly bad-ass.”—Nicole Peeler! author of Tempest's Legacy   “Refreshing and addictive.”— Kirkus Reviews Informationen zum Autor Cherie Priest is the author of more than a dozen novels, including the award-winning Clockwork Century series ( Boneshaker , Dreadnought , Clementine ), the Cheshire Red books ( Bloodshot , Hellbent ), and The Borden Dispatches ( Maplecroft , Chapelwood ). Klappentext BAD TO THE BONE Vampire thief Raylene Pendle doesn't need more complications in her life. Her Seattle home is already overrun by a band of misfits! including Ian Stott! a blind vampire! and Adrian deJesus! an ex-Navy SEAL/drag queen. But Raylene still can't resist an old pal's request: seek out and steal a bizarre set of artifacts. Also on the hunt is a brilliant but certifiably crazy sorceress determined to stomp anyone who gets in her way. But Raylene's biggest problem is that the death of Ian's vaunted patriarch appears to have made him the next target of some blood-sucking sociopaths. Now Raylene must snatch up the potent relics! solve a murder! and keep Ian safe-all while fending off a psychotic sorceress. But at least she won't be alone. A girl could do a lot worse for a partner than an ass-kicking drag queen-right? 1 It sounded like a good idea at the time, which is probably going to be on my tombstone--along with a catty footnote about poor impulse control. But when Horace Bishop called me, practically breathless with delight and greed, telling me he was in Portland so we should get together and have a drink or something, I said okay, even though I probably should've said "I'd sooner wear plaid." I don't wear plaid. Ever. I don't wear orange, either--not that there's anything inherently wrong with it. Really, it's more of a coloring thing. I'm a solid winter--blue-black hair and so fair I'm practically translucent; it comes with being undead. Orange always makes me look like I'm having liver problems, so I skip it--just like deep down I suspected I ought to skip that date with Horace, but what was I going to do? He already knew where I lived (roughly), and he already knew my price scale (more or less), and he was practically my agent. Or my pimp. Anyway, Horace was vibrating--talking so fast I could hardly understand him. And what was he doing on the West Coast? He promised to tell me in person, and since he was flying back to New York from the Seattle-Tacoma airport, it wasn't terribly far out of his way to bounce into town for a conspiratorial adult beverage. I waited for him at a bar on Capitol Hill. I don't live in that neighborhood anymore, but that's the point. He knows I live in Seattle, but the less specific his knowledge is, the happier I am. The truth is, I kind of trust him. I mean, if I were wounded and bloody and practically dying in New York City and I had no place else to go, I could probably fling myself onto his couch and generally assume that he wouldn't stake me in my sleep. After all, I've earned him a metric assload of money over the years. And money has to mean something, doesn't it? Yes, I totally laughed a little, just now. I know good and well he might sell me out for the next best offer that presented itself, but I'd like to think he'd hesitate. Just for a second or two, if for no other reason than the fact that I'm very, very good at my job--and that I'm excessively vindictive. Even if he could reliably replace me, he couldn't assume I wouldn't track him down later and peel his toenails off. Maybe I'd better give you some context for this contentious relati...

Product details

• Authors: Cherie Priest
• Publisher: Random House USA
• Languages: English
• Product format: Paperback / Softback
• Released: 06.09.2011
• EAN: 9780345520623
• ISBN: 978-0-345-52062-3
• No. of pages: 352
• Dimensions: 137 mm x 209 mm x 19 mm
• Series: Cheshire Red Reports; Cheshire Red Reports
• Subject: Fiction > Science fiction, fantasy