Written in Red

A Novel of the Others

By: Anne Bishop

Narrated by: Alexandra Harris

Length: 18 hrs and 33 mins

Publisher's summary

No one creates realms like New York Times best-selling author Anne Bishop. Now in a thrilling new fantasy series, enter a world inhabited by the Others, unearthly entities - vampires and shape-shifters among them - who rule the Earth and whose prey are humans.

As a cassandra sangue, or blood prophet, Meg Corbyn can see the future when her skin is cut - a gift that feels more like a curse. Meg's Controller keeps her enslaved so he can have full access to her visions. But when she escapes, the only safe place Meg can hide is at the Lakeside Courtyard - a business district operated by the Others.

Shape-shifter Simon Wolfgard is reluctant to hire the stranger who inquires about the Human Liaison job. First, he senses she's keeping a secret, and second, she doesn't smell like human prey. Yet a stronger instinct propels him to give Meg the job. And when he learns the truth about Meg and that she's wanted by the government, he'll have to decide if she's worth the fight between humans and the Others that will surely follow.

©2013 Anne Bishop (P)2013 Penguin Audio

Critic reviews

"Amazing...A compelling story set in a seamlessly crafted universe.” (Fresh Fiction)

“A stunningly original yarn, deeply imagined, beautifully articulated, and set forth in clean, limpid, sensual prose.” (Kirkus Reviews)

“Bishop has a way of making your heart wrench with joy and pain within a breath.” (Fantasy Book Critic)

interesting story, meh narration

liked the story but the narration was very monotone. male characters especially we're almost interchangeable in their portrayal.

howling good read!

I really felt I was in another world, when that characters and their rules of life, were slowly spun out to us. But humans will be humans! This was one story I was sad to turn off at the end of weekly commute. I sometimes thought the details of their lives was too much, but it really painted the picture of this other world. Good story to the end!

the narration is done very well! . I'm a new fan !

great narration and interesting story . I will be buying other books by the same narrator

Better than I could of ever expected!

I wasnt so sure about picking this at first but I found it to be quite awesome! The story line was Fantastic and kept me wanting to hear more. I even found myself laughing out loud at certain parts that where truly funny. I very much enjoyed this story and will most definitely listen too it again!

Glad I found a great new series!

Great story and great characters. Hopefully more of them will get fleshed out over the rest of the series :)

Wonderous, amazing and completely different world

The writer have invented a completely different world. One that humankind is not the dominant species but is second in line and is considered more as meat...
She combined several fantasy creatures to create a terrifying (from humankind perspective) world while adding her exciting special creatures to the list.
While saying this, she also manages to give hope for mankind in this brave new world.
I loved this book as well as its characters.
The only bad thing I have to say about this book is the narrator who don't breath at the breaks in the book and it could be confusing.

Great Read

This is a very well written world that I instantly fell in love with. Highly recommended!

Great storyline

This is a pretty long book (actually I listened to the audio which was 14 hours). It took a bit for me to get into the story. I'm not sure if it is how the author wrote it or the narrator, but there are times where it becomes hard to distinguish which point of view you are listening too. There are a lot of point of views too. FMC, werewolves, vampires, detectives, enemies, the controller, etc. I have to admit though, about 1/2-2/3rds through, i was hooked and couldn't put it down!

Good book

This would have been 5 stars but I felt like the end was a little bit rushed like they wanted to close it up quickly.

A different take on shape shifters.

I really enjoyed this book. Slow to start but after the first few chapters I was hooked. I am a fan. Looking forward to the next book in this series.