All her life Lily Malkin has been plagued by nightmares she can never quite remember. Nightmares that haunt her with glimpses of past lives and past betrayals.
And lately, the nightmaresand the memorieshave gotten worse. A shadowy figure that destroyed her once before is closing in.
The Night Serpent's grisly, ritualistic cat killings bring Special Agent Jon T. Patrick to town. But it's Lilythe intriguing "Cat Whisperer" brought in to help solve the casewho makes him want to stay. Their passion is electric
and dangerous. Because Jon isn't the only one watching Lily. And as the Night Serpent begins his final strike, the stakes are raised for a battle to the death.
Anna Leonard is the nom d’paranormal for fantasy/horror writer Laura Anne Gilman, who grew up wondering why none of the characters in her favorite Gothic novels ever seemed to know a damn thing about ghosts, vampires, or how to run in high heels. “Anna” lives in New York City, where either nothing or everything is paranormal….
Both can be reached via www.sff.net/people/lauraanne.gilman or http://cosanostradamus.blogspot.com.