Written In Red

Anne Bishop

Mar 2013 · A Novel of the Others Book 1 · Sold by Penguin

About this ebook

Enter the world of the Others in the first novel in New York Times bestselling author Anne Bishop’s thrilling fantasy series: a place where unearthly entities—vampires and shape-shifters among them—rule the Earth and prey on the human race.

As a cassandra sangue, or blood prophet, Meg Corbyn can see the future when her skin is cut—a gift that feels more like a curse. Meg’s Controller keeps her enslaved so he can have full access to her visions. But when she escapes, the only safe place Meg can hide is at the Lakeside Courtyard—a business district operated by the Others.

Shape-shifter Simon Wolfgard is reluctant to hire the stranger who inquires about the Human Liaison job. First, he senses she’s keeping a secret, and second, she doesn’t smell like human prey. Yet a stronger instinct propels him to give Meg the job. And when he learns the truth about Meg and that she’s wanted by the government, he’ll have to decide if she’s worth the fight between humans and the Others that will surely follow.

Ratings and reviews

Wow, just wow! Anne Bishop has taken American history and turned it inside out to create a whole new world. She's created a race of terra indigene who lived in America before the settlers. They are beasts/monsters who hold a human form for the sake of the actual humans they must live beside. The clash of cultures was brilliantly written, showing the true struggle for the two different sides to understand each other. There was comedy, action, mystery, everything!

couldn't put this book down amazing storytelling really want to read more but as a disabled pensioner nearly 8 pounds for a book is out of the question still have put her on my favourite list and hope one day the books will go down wish there was a site where a reduction or monthly payment plan could make thease books more accessible for people on a very limited income this book took me to a place where I could forget that I'm stuck in bed and I could belong in her magical world please read this book it's fantastic fantasy at it's best x

Beings that shift fluidly from animal to human and back allow humans into their public areas to better understand them. Humans conniving and manipulating to take control of those that own the land and water needed to survive.

About the author

New York Times bestselling author Anne Bishop is a winner of the William L. Crawford Memorial Fantasy Award, presented by the International Association for the Fantastic in the Arts, for The Black Jewels Trilogy. She is also the author of the Ephemera series, the Tir Alainn trilogy, and the Novels of the Others—including Etched in Bone, Marked in Flesh, Vision in Silver, Murder of Crows, and Written in Red. She lives in upstate New York.