Fire Touched is the ninth book in the Mercy Thompson Series and the twenty-second book written by Patricia Briggs . It is preceded by Night Broken and followed by Silence Fallen and set in the fourth year of the series. It was published March 8, 2016.
Summary[]
Fire Touched begins with Mercy waking up in the middle of the night with a sense of impending doom. Her husband Adam wakes up soon after and after putting walking stick on the dresser she goes to survey the security of their house. He quickly returns with the all clear while the walking stick has already returned to Mercys' side. They put it back on the dresser and go to sleep.
In the morning Mercy is in the kitchen going through catalogs for her garage which is being rebuilt after it collapsed after a Guayota|Volcano God attacked it in Night Broken. With her are fellow pack member and a pack-bonded Tibicena (Joel Arocha) and his dog Cookie while Adam is upstairs in a pack money managing meeting with Joels' wife Lucia, his second Darryl, and the pack submissive Zack Drummond. Mercys' stepdaughter’s friend Izzy arrives with her mother
Soon enough, the pack must deal with a rampaging troll on the Cable Bridge, a few escapees seeking refuge from Underhill’s powerful fae, a painful decision from the Marok Bran Cornick, and The Widow Queen, a sidhe fae.
“The Widow Queen,” he said. “Neuth. She has other names. The Black Queen.” “A fairy queen?” I asked. I’d met one of them. But Zee shook his head. “No. She’s sidhe fae —a Gray Lord. She likes to play with the humans, though, causing misery —which she can feed upon. (Fire Touched)
Characters in Order of Appearance[]
- Mercy Thompson
- Adam Hauptman
- Joel Arocha and his wife Lucia Arocha and their dog Cookie
- Izzy
- Izzy's Mother
- Medea
- Darryl Zao
- Zack Drummond
- Jesse Hauptman
- Nick
- Tony Montenegro
- Clay Willis
- Jarnvid - a troll, Old Jarnvid, “one of the most violent trolls in history”
- J.C.
- Nicole's Mother
- Nicole
- Tad Adelbertsmiter
- Aiden
- Siebold Adelbertsmiter
- Warren Smith
- Ben Shaw
- Scott
- Sherwood Post
- Mary Jo
- Paul
- Alec
- Kyle Brooks
- George
- Auriele Zao
- Honey
- Bran Cornick
- Charles Cornick
- Goblin
- Thomas Hao
- Margaret Flanagan
- Christy Hauptman
- Uncle Mike
- Alistair Beauclaire
- Nemane
- Goreu
- Neuth- a Gray Lord sidhe fae, ”The Widow Queen”
- Orlaith
- Edythe
- Hotel Emploee
- Baba Yaga
- Marley
- Ed Thorson
- Pastor White
- Josh Harper
- Sprite Lord
- Fideal
- Caterpillar Girl
- The Unseen
- Nemanes' Guards