{"id":5861,"date":"2016-05-15T20:33:27","date_gmt":"2016-05-16T00:33:27","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/klishis.com\/reading\/?p=5861"},"modified":"2026-03-22T10:39:29","modified_gmt":"2026-03-22T14:39:29","slug":"fair-game-3","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/klishis.com\/reading\/archives\/5861","title":{"rendered":"Fair Game"},"content":{"rendered":"

Fair Game<\/a><\/em> (2012) Patricia Briggs<\/a><\/p>\n

\"\"<\/a>The third Alpha & Omega book takes place several years between River Marked<\/em> and Frost Burned<\/em>. <\/p>\n

After the werewolves became known to the public, Charles’ job became much more difficult, since infractions that were previously allowed to slide, now carry a death sentence–a sentence that in many cases Charles has to carry out, when an Alpha can’t or won’t.<\/p>\n

Asil left Bran alone with his thoughts then, because if he stayed, Bran would argue with him. This way, Bran would have no one to argue with but himself. And Asil had always credited Bran with the ability to be persuasive.<\/p><\/blockquote>\n

To give Charles a break, Bran sends him to Boston in search of a serial killer who has been operating for decades, and has picked up werewolf victims.<\/p>\n

It is here that we meet Beauclaire (who makes an appearance in Night Broken<\/em>).<\/p>\n

\u201cIt is not wise to give something old and powerful something they care about. And I am very old.\u201d He looked at the FBI agents. \u201cEven, possibly, older than your father.<\/p><\/blockquote>\n

Although the events surrounding the serial killer are horrific, there is much to lighten the story.<\/p>\n

A jogger approached them and stopped, jogging in place. \u201cYour dog should be on a leash,\u201d he said in politely disapproving tones. \u201cIt\u2019s the rules. There are lots of kids here and a big dog like that might scare someone.\u201d <\/p>\n

\u201cWerewolf,\u201d said Anna blandly, just to see what he would do. He stopped jogging and looked, his jaw dropping. <\/p>\n

\u201cShit,\u201d he said. \u201cYou\u2019re kidding me.\u201d <\/p>\n

\u201cIt\u2019s a werewolf,\u201d said Leslie. <\/p>\n

\u201cIt\u2019s red. Aren\u2019t werewolves supposed to be black or gray?\u201d <\/p>\n

\u201cWerewolves can be whatever color,\u201d Anna told him. <\/p>\n

He bent down, stretching his legs and breathing deeply. \u201cIt\u2019s beautiful.\u201d<\/p><\/blockquote>\n

He bowed his head, working his hands; then he turned and started walking backward again, facing her. Anna followed, keeping a sharp eye out for things he might back into or over. She wondered if Isaac did this all the time\u2014 and, if so, how he avoided getting photos in the paper with captions like \u201cLocal Alpha Trips over Child\u201d or \u201cWolf Versus Street Sign, Street Sign Wins.\u201d<\/p><\/blockquote>\n

This book tells of the events that have bearing on later books in the Mercy series. You don’t have to know the details for the later books, but it is fascinating to see how the result came to pass.<\/p>\n

Published by Ace<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

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After the werewolves became known to the public, Charles’ job became much more difficult, since infractions that were previously allowed to slide, now carry a death sentence–a sentence that in many cases Charles has […]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"jetpack_post_was_ever_published":false,"_jetpack_newsletter_access":"","_jetpack_dont_email_post_to_subs":true,"_jetpack_newsletter_tier_id":0,"_jetpack_memberships_contains_paywalled_content":false,"_jetpack_memberships_contains_paid_content":false,"footnotes":"","jetpack_publicize_message":"","jetpack_publicize_feature_enabled":true,"jetpack_social_post_already_shared":true,"jetpack_social_options":{"image_generator_settings":{"template":"highway","default_image_id":0,"font":"","enabled":false},"version":2}},"categories":[2,48,291,41,16,934],"tags":[70,50,68,212,655,525],"class_list":["post-5861","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-fantasy","category-female","category-paper","category-reread","category-supernatural","category-trigger-warnings","tag-alpha-omega","tag-boinking","tag-patricia-briggs","tag-ptsd","tag-violence","tag-werewolves"],"jetpack_publicize_connections":[],"jetpack_featured_media_url":"","jetpack_sharing_enabled":true,"jetpack_shortlink":"https:\/\/wp.me\/piQkW-1wx","jetpack-related-posts":[{"id":6311,"url":"https:\/\/klishis.com\/reading\/archives\/6311","url_meta":{"origin":5861,"position":0},"title":"Fair Game","author":"Michelle","date":"December 28, 2016","format":false,"excerpt":"Fair Game (2012) Patricia Briggs The third Alpha & Omega book finds Charles overcome by increase in killings he needs to do now that the werewolves have come out in public. 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