The Scent Of Shadows

The NYT & USA Today Bestselling Urban Fantasy “Signs of the Zodiac” Series Joanna Archer's life was forever shattered at sixteen when she was savagely assaulted and left for dead in the unforgiving Nevada desert. By all accounts, she should be dead. Now, by day, Joanna masquerades as a photographer in the glittering facade of Las Vegas. But when darkness descends, she prowls a more sinister Sin City, seeking answers … and revenge. Yet in a city where the struggle between Light and Shadow remains eternal, Joanna's nightmare is just beginning ... for those in the Shadows have been looking for the girl who got away, and this time they want her for their own …

The NYT & USA Today Bestselling "Signs of the Zodiac" Urban Fantasy SeriesJoanna Archer's life was forever shattered at sixteen when she was savagely assaulted and left for dead in the unforgiving Nevada desert.By all accounts, she should be dead. Now, by day, Joanna masquerades as a photographer in the glittering facade of Las Vegas. But when darkness descends, she prowls a more sinister Sin City, seeing answers ... and revenge.Yet in a city where the struggle between Light and Shadow remains eternal, Joanna's nightmare is just beginning ... for those in the Shadows have been looking for the girl who got away, and this time they want her for their own. ***"From the one-damn-thing-after-another school of unputdownable books, The Scent of Shadows rockets into the air and explodes like fireworks, with nonstop bursts of action and imagination." - Diana Gabaldon ***The Scent of Shadows is the first book in the Signs of the Zodiac series.

When she was sixteen, Joanna Archer was brutally assaulted and left to die in the Nevada desert. By rights, she should be dead. Now a photographer by day, she prowls a different Las Vegas after sunset—a grim, secret Sin City where Light battles Shadow—seeking answers to whom or what she really is . . . and revenge for the horrors she was forced to endure. But the nightmare is just beginning—for the demons are hunting Joanna, and the powerful shadows want her for their own . . .

Equal parts Light and Shadow, Joanna Archer must fulfill a destiny she never wanted. Once a photographer and heiress to a casino fortune, she is now dedicated to the cause of good . . . but susceptible to the seductions of evil. A deadly virus is descending on Las Vegas—a terrifying plague unleashed by the powerful overlord of Zodiac's dark side: Joanna's father. Chaos and panic grip Sin City as agents of Light fall prey to the terrifying epidemic. Death reigns supreme—and Joanna stands at dead center of an epic and terrible war long foretold, the last hope of a damned world. But first she must somehow conquer the malevolence that grows all around her . . . and within.

Book 4 in the NYT & USA Today Bestselling “Signs of the Zodiac” series. In Sin City, a little girl suffers from a mysterious and terrible malady. If she dies, the Light will perish alongside her. Warrior, avenger, superhero, Joanna Archer has survived countless otherworldly horrors, and discovered her rightful role among the agents battling the pervasive evil of Shadow . . . even while struggling against the darkness lurking within. Yet a war is raging for the heart of an increasingly dangerous Las Vegas, catapulting Joanna into a lethally seductive world hidden from mortal sights. As the lines between good and evil continue to blur, Joanna must soon decide how much of herself she’s willing to risk to save one child … because preserving the Light will require a piece of her own soul, and the odds of her escaping any world are soon slim … to none.

On the surface she's a sexy, sophisticated socialite, at home among the beautiful people of the Las Vegas upper crust. But Joanna Archer inhabits another world: a place ordinary humans cannot see . . . a dangerous dimension where an eternal battle rages between the agents of Light and Shadow. And Joanna is both. Stalked by an enigmatic doppelganger from a preternatural realm, Joanna can feel the Light failing—which is propelling her toward a terrifying confrontation with the ultimate master of evil, the dark lord of Shadow: her father. Vegas is all about winning big . . . or losing everything. To save her friends, her future, her worlds, Joanna Archer must gamble it all by fully embracing the darkness inside her.

“Pettersson’s paranormal world is as original as it is compelling.” —Kelley Armstrong “With a kick-ass heroine and characters who blur the line between good and evil, [Pettersson] will have readers panting for more.” —Charlaine Harris, bestselling author of the Sookie Stackhouse novels Explore the dark supernatural underside of Sin City in The Neon Graveyard—the dramatic conclusion to the dark and terrific New York Times bestselling urban fantasy series by Vicki Pettersson. The sixth and final Sign of the Zodiac, The Neon Graveyard plunges heroine Joanna Archer—heiress, prophesied savior, and former soldier for the Light—into the ultimate battle for the soul of Las Vegas, a secret war for our world that is being waged in the shadows. Fans of Kim Harrison (who calls Pettersson, “a voice that needs to be heard”), Charlaine Harris, Laurell K. Hamilton, Patricia Briggs, and Jeaniene Frost will definitely not want to miss this explosive last confrontation between the forces of Light and Shadow.

"Humanity has established a SETI library on the moon to decipher and interpret the many messages from alien societies we have discovered. The most intriguing messages are from complete artificial intelligences. Ruth, a beginner Librarian, must talk to alien minds who have aggressive agendas of their own. She opens doors into strangeness beyond imagination and in her quest for understanding nearly gets killed doing it"--