“PARANORMAL ROMANCE DOESN’T GET BETTER THAN THIS.”
—Love Vampires
PRAISE FOR THE GUILD HUNTER NOVELS OF NALINI SINGH
“Intense, vivid, and sexually charged.”
—Publishers Weekly (starred review)
“[A] heart-pounding, action-packed story line of love and loss; death and destruction; family and friends; intrigue and suspense.”
—The Reading Cafe
“It’s dark and edgy, and so atmospheric.”
—Book Chick City
“Mesmerizing . . . Fascinating world-building.”
—Bitten by Books
“The Guild Hunter series is not set in a peaceful world and Singh doesn’t pull any punches.”
—The Book Pushers
“[A] remarkable urban fantasy series.”
—RT Book Reviews (Top Pick)
“Completely awe-inspiring.”
—Fallen Angel Reviews
“Stunning, original, beautiful, intriguing, and mesmerizing.”
—Errant Dreams Reviews
“[Ms. Singh] has a knack for writing characters that are truly believable, and admirably strong and resilient.”
—Dark Faerie Tales
“One of the most immersive and consistently creative works in urban fantasy.”
—Grave Tells
“World-building that blew my socks off.”
—Meljean Brook, New York Times bestselling author
“A fabulous addition to the paranormal world.”
—Fresh Fiction
“[A] powerful, riveting novel. I found myself wholly absorbed.”
—Dear Author
“Dark, lush urban fantasy, steeped in violence and power.”
—HeroesandHeartbreakers
Berkley titles by Nalini Singh
Psy-Changeling Series
SLAVE TO SENSATION
VISIONS OF HEAT
CARESSED BY ICE
MINE TO POSSESS
HOSTAGE TO PLEASURE
BRANDED BY FIRE
BLAZE OF MEMORY
BONDS OF JUSTICE
PLAY OF PASSION
KISS OF SNOW
TANGLE OF NEED
HEART OF OBSIDIAN
SHIELD OF WINTER
SHARDS OF HOPE
Guild Hunter Series
ANGELS’ BLOOD
ARCHANGEL’S KISS
ARCHANGEL’S CONSORT
ARCHANGEL’S BLADE
ARCHANGEL’S STORM
ARCHANGEL’S LEGION
ARCHANGEL’S SHADOWS
ARCHANGEL’S ENIGMA
Anthologies
AN ENCHANTED SEASON
(with Maggie Shayne, Erin McCarthy, and Jean Johnson)
THE MAGICAL CHRISTMAS CAT
(with Lora Leigh, Erin McCarthy, and Linda Winstead Jones)
MUST LOVE HELLHOUNDS
(with Charlaine Harris, Ilona Andrews, and Meljean Brook)
BURNING UP
(with Angela Knight, Virginia Kantra, and Meljean Brook)
ANGELS OF DARKNESS
(with Ilona Andrews, Meljean Brook, and Sharon Shinn)
ANGELS’ FLIGHT
WILD INVITATION
Specials
ANGELS’ PAWN
ANGELS’ DANCE
TEXTURE OF INTIMACY
DECLARATION OF COURTSHIP
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ARCHANGEL’S ENIGMA
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PUBLISHING HISTORY
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Contents
Praise for the Guild Hunter novels of Nalini Singh
Berkley titles by Nalini Singh
Title Page
Prophecy
Chapter 1
Chapter 2
Chapter 3
Chapter 4
Chapter 5
Chapter 6
Chapter 7
Chapter 8
Chapter 9
Chapter 10
Chapter 11
Chapter 12
Chapter 13
Chapter 14
Chapter 15
Chapter 16
Chapter 17
Chapter 18
Chapter 19
Chapter 20
Chapter 21
Chapter 22
Chapter 23
Chapter 24
Chapter 25
Chapter 26
Chapter 27
Chapter 28
Chapter 29
Chapter 30
Chapter 31
Chapter 32
Chapter 33
Chapter 34
Chapter 35
Chapter 36
Chapter 37
Chapter 38
Chapter 39
Chapter 40
Chapter 41
Chapter 42
Chapter 43
Chapter 44
Chapter 45
Chapter 46
Chapter 47
Chapter 48
Chapter 49
Chapter 50
Chapter 51
Epilogue
Special Excerpt from Slave to Sensation
Prophecy
Zhou Lijuan stared into the large metal disk that hung on the far wall opposite her throne. It was a piece of art given to her by an admirer long, long ago. The admirer was lost in the mists of her millennia-old memory, but she’d kept the gift—there was something about the sleek shine of the disk, the way the carvings on the edges had been done with such delicacy, that spoke to her.
Even after thousands of years of having it in the throne room of her innermost stronghold, she found it fascinating. Perhaps because that disk reflected her as clearly as any mirror, and yet was not fragile. The metal disk might dent but it would never break. It had reflected her strength and ambition as a young archangel, wisdom and power as she grew older. Today, it showed her the ravages of war.
Many in the world still thought her dead and it suited her to allow them to believe such, so long as they kept their hands off her territory. Her generals were taking care of security, though she didn’t think even Michaela was arrogant enough to attempt an incursion. All feared her.
Good.
But for the fear to remain, they could not see the woman in the metal mirror. Not yet. That woman had hair of a familiar icy white; Zhou Lijuan had been born with hair as black as night, but the color had faded with the growth of her power, as if her strength had