What Hides in the Darkness (The Light Trilogy, Book One)
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Publisher Description
Marienne is different from how she used to be. After she recovered from the car wreck that nearly killed her, she withdrew from the life she was leading—not just because her family was destroyed and her friendships broken, but also because she started noticing some very disturbing things about the world around her. These days, along with keeping to herself, she simply endures the horrific monsters she sometimes sees in the places of seemingly normal men. She doesn’t know what to do, so she does nothing.
Gabe has been Light for eight years. He’s accustomed to the unique lifestyle centered on destroying the creatures of darkness that infiltrate the human world to wreak havoc on it. As a Gatherer, his job is to find new Light people and introduce them to their new way of existing, but the routine and relatively quiet life he’s been leading for so long is interrupted when he encounters Marienne. She’s distinctive, and of all the bizarre things he’s seen in his life, her unexpected appearance is the one that shocks him the most.
But these two strangers are on the brink of something much bigger than simply changing each other’s lives. The scale balancing good against evil can only stay steady for so long before it tips toward darkness, and that upset is just around the corner. And Marienne, Gabe, and everyone they know—Light or not—will be swept up in the fight to right it.
**The Light Trilogy contains adult content.**
PUBLISHERS WEEKLY
With a twist on Buffy the Vampire Slayer, Cottrell's debut introduces readers to members of the Light, a group of humans who fight monsters. Marienne was traumatized by the car accident that claimed the lives of her parents. Since her near-death experience, she has been able to see that some people are actually evil creatures in disguise. When Mari sees warrior Gabe battling monsters, she steps in to help him. Gabe takes Mari under his wing, and with his associates, Beatrix and Wes, they begin training Mari to learn the survival skills necessary for Light members to combat the creatures they call Hellions. The romance between Mari and Gabe is subtle and often thwarted by the unwanted presence of Rafe, Mari's cheating ex-boyfriend. The hint of romance is overshadowed by the focus on hunting and killing Hellions, which may hold greater appeal for fantasy fans than romance lovers, but Gabe and Mari's efforts to keep the world safe propel the novel forward to the cliffhanger ending that sets up the rest of the trilogy. (BookLife)
