Ilya Sanguinati—attorney; leader of the Sanguinati around Lake Silence
Karol Sanguinati—fosterling
Kira Sanguinati—fosterling
Lara Sanguinati—fosterling
Natasha Sanguinati—CPA; Ilya’s mate
Nicolai Sanguinati—lived in Bennett
Nyx Sanguinati—lives in the Lakeside Courtyard
Stavros Sanguinati—leader of the Sanguinati in Talulah Falls; a problem solver
Tolya Sanguinati—leader of the Sanguinati in Bennett
Viktor Sanguinati—fosterling
Vladimir Sanguinati—lives in the Lakeside Courtyard; runs the bookstore with Simon Wolfgard
Sproingers
Water—an Elemental
Winter—an Elemental
Simon Wolfgard—leader of the Lakeside Courtyard; runs the bookstore with Vlad Sanguinati
ACKNOWLEDGMENTS
My thanks to Blair Boone for continuing to be my first reader and for providing encouragement and feedback in the story’s roughest stage; to Debra Dixon for being second reader; to Doranna Durgin for maintaining the Web site; to Adrienne Roehrich for running the official fan page and Ashley Laxton for running the Anne Bishop Fans and Anne Bishop Fans—Spoiler Group pages on Facebook; to Jennifer Crow for luring me into the nonfiction section of bookstores and showing me all sorts of other possibilities to explore; to Anne Sowards and Jennifer Jackson for the feedback that helps me write a better story; to all the publicity and marketing folks at PRH who help get the book into readers’ hands; and to Pat Feidner for always being supportive and encouraging.
A special thanks to all the friends who offered to let me use their names for characters in the Others’ world. You know who you are.
ABOUT THE AUTHOR
New York Times bestselling author Anne Bishop is a winner of the William L. Crawford Memorial Fantasy Award, presented by the International Association for the Fantastic in the Arts, for The Black Jewels Trilogy. She is also the author of the Ephemera series, the Tir Alainn trilogy, the Novels of the Others, and the World of the Others novels—including Wild Country and Lake Silence. She lives in upstate New York.