Blood Line, by Lynn Ward Michael and Sonny's lives intertwine

Michael and Sonny's lives intertwine with unassuming but curious Lieutenant Jessica Silver

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taking villages one at a time

from her estranged father to her live-in boyfriend to the veterinarian who is more concerned with his career than with the animals' lives

takes on American fabulism with a cast of unexpected heroines in the narratives of life and loss—women whose hearts fall out at public malls

Blood Line, by Lynn Ward Michael and Sonny's lives intertwineLauren Pell is chief of security for the Terran station on Krhyllan, a planet wracked by ancient feuds and hatreds. When the king's young son Deran is attacked by the savage Blood Painter assassins, the feared Blood Painters, Lauren fights, schemes, defieswhatever it takes to rescue the him. Convinced she failed to save the life of her own child, she will save this one, even if revealing some secrets endangers Krhyllan itself. New.