Poison Tree

The rich stew of the author's creations--SingleEarth, vampires, shapeshifters, Tristes, the Bruja Guilds--are at full boil here in the story of two 20-ish young women trying to out run their very different pasts, and figure out where they fit in and who they might become. Each has landed in a more "normal" place, and each wonders if, like a tattoo that can't be covered up, they can ever really fit into "normal." From the Hardcover edition. Alysia has quickly moved to a position of responsibility in SingleEarth, working as among shapeshifters and witches who fight against vampires, but she is hiding secret alliances that could put her fellow mediators at risk.