The Columbia Basin pack is called out to help when a monstrous troll begins taking apart one of the bridges across the Columbia River near the Tri-Cities and smashing up cars and their passengers. Newest pack member, Joel, a fiery Tibicena, joins the werewolves in finally containing the monster. This seems certain to be a challenge from the exiled Fae, and Mercy brazenly responds , making the pack a highly visible--and vulnerable-- target. This focuses previous mutterings of dissatisfaction within the pack against Mercy and brings Adam's leadership into question. When Zee and Tad mysteriously reappear a day later after several weeks' unexplained absence, with an apparently young boy in tow, the tension really ramps up, for the boy, Aiden, who has been kept as a prisoner/ playmate in a fae nether world for decades, has come to the pack seeking sanctuary from the Grey Lords of the Fae. As always, there is non-stop action, cohesive and well-developed characters, and a well-thought-out alternative world presented here. There is also a bit of humor in a pissing match between the juvenile appearing asylum seeker and Adam's daughter, Jesse.
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