Breaking Silence
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Publisher Description
NEW ENTRY IN THE SERRATED EDGE SERIES FROM NEW YORK TIMES BEST-SELLING AUTHOR MERCEDES LACKEY AND CODY MARTIN.
When Staci was first shunted off to the backwater town of Silence, Maine to live with her alcoholic mother, she thought her life was over. Silence had none of the amenities a typical teen in the twenty-first century considered essential: no cell service and barely any internet connectivity. But Staci soon learned that Silence was more than a town left behind by progress. The first family of Silence, the Blackthorns, liked the town that way. The Blackthorns were dark elves who fed off the misery of the residence of Silence.
But now, all that's changing for the better. With the help of Staci and her friends, the Blackthorns have been all but defeated. Industry is returning to Silence, and Staci's mom is improving with each passing day. There's even a cute new busboy at the diner.
But evil dies hard. And Staci, now a mage-in-training, senses that the Blackthorns have not yet given up the. The soul of Silence is on the line, and it is up to Staci and her friends to fight back against the encroaching darkness.
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Serrated Edge Series
Born to Run (#1) by Mercedes Lackey and Larry Dixon
Wheels of Fire (#2) by Mercedes Lackey and Mark Shepherd
When the Bough Breaks (#3) by Mercedes Lackey and Holly Lisle
Chrome Circle (#4) by Mercedes Lackey and Larry Dixon
Stoned Souls (#5) by Mercedes Lackey
Elvendude (#6) by Mark Shepherd
Spiritride (#7) by Mark Shepherd
Lazerwarz (#8) by Mark Shepherd
Silence (#9) by Mercedes Lackey and Cody Martin
The Chrome Borne (omni contains Born to Run and Chrome Circle) by Mercedes Lackey and Larry Dixon
The Other World (omni contains When the Bough Breaks and Wheels of Fire) by Mercedes Lackey, Mark Shepherd and Holly Lisle
Mercedes Lackey is the New York Times best-selling author of the Bardic Voices series and the Serrated Edge series (both Baen), the Heralds of Valdemar series, and many more. She's the coauthor of the contemporary meta-hero SF series The Secret World Chronicle. Among her popular Baen titles are The Fire Rose, The Lark and the Wren, and also The Shadow of the Lion and Burdens of the Dead with Eric Flint and Dave Freer. She lives in Oklahoma.
Cody Martin is a coauthor with Mercedes Lackey of five other books in the metahero saga The Secret World Chronicle, including entries Invasion, World Divided, Revolution, Collision, and Avalanche. He is also the coauthor of the previous entry in The Serrated Edge series, Silence. He is an avid gamer, but spends his extra time chained to a computer, writing. Originally from Scottsdale, Arizona, he currently resides in Florida.
PUBLISHERS WEEKLY
Lackey and Martin s competent tenth novel in the Serrated Edge series (after Silence) sees the village of Silence, Maine, adjusting to life in the aftermath of the defeat of the parasitic Blackthornes, an elven clan that fed on the misery of the village's human occupants. Young human mage Staci and her ragtag group of friends are training with bookshop owner and warrior-mage Timothy Carter when representatives from the elven clans of Silversun and Fairgrove arrive to take ownership of the Blackthornes' properties, claiming to want to "foster economic recovery" in the community. The renewed elven presence isn't the only oddity in Silence, as aggressive monstrous creatures, from revenants to werewolves, crop up throughout town. The elves are wary of a mounting residual evil and form a begrudging alliance with Staci and her friends to combat it. Despite the complexities of this alliance, frequent platitudes from Staci too easily dispel what could otherwise be nuanced interpersonal politics. Readers will need to be familiar with earlier installments to understand much of the goings-on, but the wide assortment of fantastical foes adds variety and drama to the narrative. Returning fans will appreciate this solid series entry.
Customer Reviews
The reason I’m about to read the series
Well written, fast paced, and builds up character development even more adeptly than the previous novel where the characters are introduced.
Starting the first pages of this book in-store made me buy it, and then (upon realizing it is the second) purchase Silence online. Now I have to start the whole series and am excited!