Later, while Silver is still recovering from the poison, Valentin and Silver’s grandmother, Ena, agree that Silver should stay with StoneWater for some time while Ena puts all her efforts into finding Silver’s poisoner.

Silver collapses in the middle of their conversation, and Valentin’s quick responses in catching her and calling for help save her life. In spite of her many refusals to go out with him, he keeps turning up - which is how he happens to be at her apartment the morning Silver is poisoned. Valentin is the Alpha of Moscow’s bear clan, StoneWater, and he’s been poking at Silver since the day they met. Most Tp-A Psy die at a young age as the noise overwhelms them, but Silence has protected Silver up until now, when Valentin Nikolaev barges into her life. At the same time, her abilities as an audio telepath (Tp-A) link audio input and emotion in her brain in such a way that the more emotion she experiences, the more she hears. The Mercants are known for taking care of their own, so while she grew up in Silence (the emotion dampening protocol that protects psychic minds), she has more experience with familial bonds than most other Psy. As a Mercant, Silver belongs to one of the most powerful Psy families in the world. Silver is a Psy unlike any other we’ve ever read about.

Although based in Moscow, Silver and her team train others to respond to disasters all over the world through this new network made up of emergency response teams. Silver Mercant has an active role in this, as she is now head of the worldwide Emergency Network, or EmNet. It is the same Psy-Changeling world as in the Psy-Changeling series but takes place after the introduction of the Trinity Accord, which binds all the races to work together in a new way. This story takes place in the Psy-Changeling Trinity series. Singh’s world building and character building (across two series, no less!) I expect nothing less than a DIK book from this author. Few authors who have a backlist as long as hers would get such unequivocal praise from me, but after years of enjoying Ms. Every time I read a new book by Nalini Singh, I think she’s reached her peak.

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