The black-ops government agency called Sigma broke Justin Delgado, trained his psionic talent and turned him into a killer. Then he escaped and joined the Society, an underground resistance movement of psions determined to use their talents to bring Sigma down. Competent, cold, and cruelly efficient, he's the best operative the Society has, a legend among the psions who fight a shadow war against an enemy that owns the courts, the press, and the police. Feared even by his own teammates, hunted by the government, and too damaged to feel anything but clinical rage, he is utterly alone-until he meets Rowan. When Rowan Price stumbles across Delgado's team in an abandoned house, he is assigned to make contact with her, bring her in, and keep her alive-because Rowan is one of the most powerful psychics the resistance has ever encountered. She possesses a talent that can heal shattered minds and broken bodies, or it can incite riots and revolution. If the government gets its hands on her, she could very well mean the downfall of the resistance, because nobody, not even Rowan, is quite sure how far her talents extend or how powerful she could eventually become. Twenty-four hours after she meets Delgado, her life is shattered and she's on the run from Sigma. If Sigma can't take her freedom, they'll settle for her life. She is simply too powerful to be left alone. The Society will welcome Rowan, if she can stay alive long enough to join them. Unfortunately, there's a traitor buried in the ranks of the resistance, ready to betray everything the Society has worked so hard to achieve. If the Society goes down, Rowan is at risk. God alone knows what Delgado will do to keep her safe, because Rowan is fast becoming the only thing in the world he cares about.
The Society
and over one million other books are available for Amazon Kindle.
Learn more
| |||||||||||||||
Book Description
Frequently Bought Together
Editorial Reviews
From the Inside Flap
The kitchen was a shambles. Delgado met the first Sig with a strike to the throat, the man folded down, his larynx crushed. The other man shot again, missed both times. By that time, Delgado cleared leather and popped him twice. The Sig crashed to the floor. Del was dimly aware of the crash as the front door gave. If it's a standard Sig team they're waiting for the points to get her out the front door. They must have I.D.ed the dad and the other woman through the window. If it wasn't for Henderson calling me we might already be caught. They think Rowan’s upstairs. That'll give me a few seconds to get her out of here.
He looked for Rowan. She had scrambled forward on her knees and was by the butcher-block table, holding her father's limp body. "No!" She probably thought she was screaming, but the only thing coming out was a choked whisper.
Delgado leaned down. His hand closed around her arm. "Move," he barked. "Come on, Rowan! You can't help them now."
The woman—Hilary—lay crumpled on the floor, her sleek dark head a mess of hamburger. The Major had taken one in the chest and lay unmoving in Rowan's arms. She shook him, frantically, still making that choked mewling noise that tore at Delgado's heart. "Come on!" he said. "They'll be coming down the stairs and sweeping the house next. Come on, Rowan!"
She looked up at him, her eyes red and brimming with tears. "What's happening?"
He hauled her up, trying to be gentle, and remembered she had bare feet. Can't afford to holster the gun, might have to drop another Sig if they have units waiting on the side. He bent and hefted her over his shoulder. "Sorry, Rowan," he said, and his boots crunched over broken glass. "Goddamn."
There was a shuddering impact upstairs, probably against a bedroom door. No time to calm her down. No time to do anything but get her out. Cold hit his skin in a wave, and his entire body felt full of electric prickles. Danger—and her. She wasn't screaming, but she was struggling ineffectually, beating at his back and trying to twist free.
"I'm sorry, Rowan," he said again, and moved faster.
Product Details
Would you like to update product info or give feedback on images?
|
More About the Author
Lilith Saintcrow lives in Vancouver, Washington, with her two children and assorted other strays. She has been writing since she was nine years old. Find her on the web at www.lilithsaintcrow.com.
Customer Reviews
|
Share your thoughts with other customers:
|
||||||||||||||||||||||
|
Most Helpful Customer Reviews
11 of 11 people found the following review helpful:
5.0 out of 5 stars
A keeper you can't put down,
This review is from: The Society (The Society Series, Book 1) (Paperback)
The Society is a keep-you-up-too-late book. I couldn't put it down until I finished it.
It's an urban fantasy, set in the real world, about people with inherent psychic powers. A covert arm of our government kidnaps these people and coerces them by drug addiction and torture to use their powers as formidable weapons. The heroine knows shes "different" but has denied it all her life. She lives a quiet life working as a psychiatric nurse and doesn't realize the existence of Sigma, the covert government black ops organization. But when she meets a man who wants to recruit her for an organization that opposes the secret government operation, The Society, danger threatens her former life and everything in it she cares about. The book ends on a cliffhanger. I was so into the story, I wanted more! I can't wait for the sequel. Saintcrow stands with the best as far as narrative drive, and her characters are real and often flawed.
8 of 9 people found the following review helpful:
5.0 out of 5 stars
Deserves more than 5 stars,
By
This review is from: The Society (The Society Series, Book 1) (Paperback)
This book blew me away! Rowan Price always thought of herself as a freak due to the feelings she'd get. One night coming home from her job as a nurse at a state mental hospital, she stops to investigate a light in a supposedly empty and haunted house. Instead of ghosts, she finds members of the Society who recognize her as an individual with incredible psionic talent. The Society decides to voluntarily recruit her in order to save her from Signma, a black ops government agency that forcibly recruits their members. Unfortunately, Sigma tries to kidnap her first and Society member Justin Delgado has to intervene. Justin was formerly a member of Sigma and knows how far they will go to keep those of psionic talent under their control; while in Sigma, he was tortured and addicted to the drug Zed. Justin trains Rowan but she begins to heal his heart. Sigma still wants Rowan, however, as she has powers beyond any previously tested. A trap is set and Justin is captured. The book ends with a cliffhanger and thankfully the next book in the series is already out so I can see what happens! Lilith Saintcrow has written a very powerful story that deserves far more than five stars. Highly recommended!
6 of 7 people found the following review helpful:
5.0 out of 5 stars
More people should be reading this author!,
By
This review is from: The Society (The Society Series, Book 1) (Paperback)
What is a psion? Do you feel things differently? Can you move things with your mind? Can you set things on fire just by thinking about it? If you can do anything like this then you are a psion and the government wants you! In fact they will pretty much do anything to get you. Kill your friends, family, and pretty much anyone that gets in the way.
Rowan Price knows that she is different. She feels the pain of it every day. She tries her best to live a normal life though and even becomes a nurse because she knows that somehow she can help people. A secret government organization known as Sigma wants her though. They are evil and want to train her to be one of their operatives. Their version of training is getting her hooked on drugs and combining that with electric shock therapy. The Society is Sigma's counterpart. They want to find psions and save them from Sigma; training them and giving them the choice for how they want to live their lives. Rowan is brought in to the Society by Justin Delgado, a former Sigma operative. The Society saved him and he wants to save Rowan. Read this book to find out how he does it. Their story is crazy, romantic, suspenseful and best of all it isn't over!
Share your thoughts with other customers: Create your own review
|
|
Inside This Book
(learn more)
First Sentence:
It was, as Rowan's best friend Hilary often said, a day of small mishaps turning into complete disasters. Read the first page Key Phrases - Capitalized Phrases (CAPs): (learn more)
Miss Price, Rowan Price, Jesus Christ, Good God, Henderson's Brigade, Agent Breaker, Colonel Anton, Four East, Major Price, Smyrna Avenue New!
Concordance | Text Stats Browse Sample Pages:
Front Cover | First Pages | Back Cover | Surprise Me!
It was, as Rowan's best friend Hilary often said, a day of small mishaps turning into complete disasters. Read the first page Key Phrases - Capitalized Phrases (CAPs): (learn more)
Miss Price, Rowan Price, Jesus Christ, Good God, Henderson's Brigade, Agent Breaker, Colonel Anton, Four East, Major Price, Smyrna Avenue New!
Concordance | Text Stats Browse Sample Pages:
Front Cover | First Pages | Back Cover | Surprise Me!
Citations (learn more)
This book cites 2
books:
- Dark Watcher (The Watcher Series, Book 1) by Lilith Saintcrow in Front Matter
- Fire Watcher (The Watcher Series, Book 3) by Lilith Saintcrow in Front Matter
What Other Items Do Customers Buy After Viewing This Item?
Tags Customers Associate with This Product(What's this?)Click on a tag to find related items, discussions, and people.
|
Customer Discussions
|
This product's forum
Active discussions in related forums
Search Customer Discussions
|
Related forums
|
