It opens a lot of possibilities but also places limitations on plot. That ability to be instantly connected to someone else, no matter where they are. There are cell phones, which really change a story, I've found. Since it's set in modern times everything seems a bit more gritty. I love Allie Therin's Magic in Manhattan series and spinoff, and this preview promises a similar setup of mystery and empaths, only set in present day Seattle rather than 1920s New York and London. 'Readers will be yearning for more the minute they finish the final page.' - Library Journal, starred review, on Starcrossed He immediately takes over the investigation, locking out both local PD and the FBI, but, strangely, keeps Reece by his side.Īs the two track an ever-growing trail of violence and destruction across Seattle, Reece must navigate a scared and angry city, an irritating attraction to his mysterious agent companion, and a rising fear that perhaps empaths like him aren’t all flight and no fight after all… Soon, Reece’s caller arrives: a shadowy government agent known as The Dead Man, who is rumored to deal exclusively in cases involving empathy. At an out-of-the-way Seattle marina, he discovers that three people have been butchered-including the author of the country’s strictest anti-empathy bill, which is just days from being passed into law. It’s the middle of the night when part-time police consultant and full-time empath Reece gets an anonymous call warning him that his detective sister needs his help. We hope you enjoy reading the first five chapters!Ī murder has Seattle on edge, and it falls to a pacifist empath-and a notorious empath hunter-to find the killer before it's too late

Carina Adores is excited to offer this special preview of Liar City by Allie Therin.