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Kim Tavistock, undercover in Berlin as the wife of a British diplomat, uncovers a massive conspiracy that could change the course of the war - and shes the only one in position to stop it in the electrifying conclusion to the Dark Talents series. . November, 1936. Kim Tavistock is in Berlin on her first Continental mission for SIS, the British intelligence service. Her cover: a sham marriage to a handsome, ambitious British consul. Kim makes the diplomatic party circuit with him, hobnobbing with Nazi officials, hoping for a spill that will unlock a secret operation called Monarch. Berlin is a glittering city celebrating Germanys resurgence, but Nazi brutality darkens the lives of many. When Kim befriends Hannah Linz, a member of the Jewish resistance, she sets in motion events that will bring her into the center of a vast conspiracy. Forging an alliance with Hannah and her partisans, Kim discovers the alarming purpose of Monarch: the creation of a company of enforcers with augmented Talents and strange appetites. Called the Progeny, they have begun to compel citizen obedience with physical and spiritual terror. Soon Kim is swept up in a race to stop the coming deployment of the Progeny into Europe. Aligned against her are forces she could never have foreseen, including the very intelligence service she loves; a Russian woman, the queen of all Talents, who fled the Bolsheviks in 1917; and the ruthless SS officer whose dominance and rare charisma may lead to Kims downfall. To stop Monarch and the subversion of Europe, she must do more than use her Talent, wits, and courage. She must step into the abyss of unbounded power, even to the point of annihilation. Does the human race have limits? Kim does not want to know the answer. But it is coming.
About the Author
I've always wanted to write fiction. One of my first creative efforts in school was a series of newsletters written by someone in Macbeth's castle whose job it was to report on the doings of the king. The articles were dark and bloody and really great fun. I've been writing ever since. The work can be dark and bloody, for sure. (At least the fiction.) After 15 published novels, I recently finished a trilogy, The Dark Talents novels, beginning with AT THE TABLE OF WOLVES. The series features a woman who deals with dark Talents, Nazi conspiracies, and espionage in 1936 England. The series has been optioned for film. I was inspired to write this series by the stories of the many women spies, radio operators and resistance fighters in the world wars. Other fantasy novels include QUEEN OF THE DEEP and A THOUSAND PERFECT THINGS. My science fiction novels include THE SEEDS OF TIME, MAXIMUM ICE and a story collection, DYSTOPIA: SEVEN DARK AND HOPEFUL TALES. I'm a founding member of Write on the River (Wenatchee, WA) , and teach online there and for the Rambo Academy of Wayward Writers as well as at PNWA, Write on the Sound (Edmonds WA) and other conferences. I love the writing life. It's full of ups and downs, for sure, but there is always the story Right Now. It's the best life I can imagine, and I'm grateful to have it. More at my website, www.kaykenyon.com.
