Norwood, Maisha Violet: Sabine’s daughter one of three triplets. Healer, carries the soul of Hope, Mia’s dead daughter.
O’Connor, Fergus: Irish ghost, best friends with Kevin Murphy and associate of PEEPs.
Popov, Lazar: One legged veteran hired on as a farm manager for the Martins.
Popov, Magda: Lazar Popov’s mother.
Quivers, Shane (Shivers): Sixty-year old POW, possessed by Abigor, army friend of John Ryan. Appeared first in The Long Game.
Reynolds, Quentin: Mia’s half-uncle, son of her grandmother Fredericka and a fallen angel, Nephilim.
Roumain, Judge: Judge of Purgatory.
Ryan, John: Sheriff of Big Bear Lake. On leave fighting the Cynosura.
Santos, Father (Paolo): Roman Catholic priest, exorcist, mind reader, and leader of a professional group of paranormal investigators.
Sariel: Archangel, Mia’s guardian angel.
Shem, Gerald: Associate of Father Santos, businessman who trades in favors, Beverly Cooper’s paramour.
Stavros, Luke: Son of Audrey and Orion. First angel born.
Stavros, Orion: Birdman, scribe, researcher, field medic, Mia’s grandfather, Angelo Michaels’s friend, and Audrey’s husband. Father of Luke.
Sticks: Heroic demon from New Orleans. Mia mistakenly was engaged to him for a short time.
Toh, Tonya: Bounty hunter. Works for the Council of Women, collecting bad ghosts and demons.
Varden: Part of Angelo’s birdman guard, brother of Victor, killed in the battle of the witch trees.
Victor: Angelo’s birdman General, brother of the fallen Varden. On leave fighting Cynosura.
Villeneuve: Gerald Shem’s assistant.
Violine: Roumain’s earthly wife. She was a demon inhabiting The Old House when Mia killed her. Mia brought Violine to Roumain.
Wayne, Wyatt: Demon, also known as Altair.
Wesley, Dr. Bernard: Director of the Culture Department of Chicago’s Field Museum, friend of Father Santos, Mia’s godfather, and married to Ralph Mendelssohn.
White, Bertha (Bea): Former landlady of Mia’s. Lottery winner and homeowner of the Gifford house. Backer of Wall treasure hunt.
Yann: Hacker friend of Mia’s who died when demons attacked their hideout. (Restitution)
Terms:
Attrpeur-âme: A catcher of souls.
Between, The: A dimension between what the human eye can see and navigate.
Big Bear Lake Cemetery: Graveyard that was built on unconsecrated ground. Evil tends to thrive there, fueled by the corrupted ground.
Council of Women: A group of spirits and living women who govern ghosts.
Cynosura: A cult of wealthy people who operate under the guise of bringing enlightenment to all but, in reality, want to enslave all for the benefit of furthering their agendas.
Dark Vault: Vault where information, relics, and entities of Dark Magic are contained.
Dark World: An unescapable prison for spirits who interfere physically with the living. They wander alone for an eternity, never coming in contact with anything else.
Di inferi: demons controlled by Dis Pater. They guard pauper graves.
Earcom: Communication device worn inside the ear while investigating.
EMF: Electromagnetic field.
Flitch: A demonic parasite that slowly takes over the mind of his host, causing the host to act contrary to their natural makeup.
Gray Lady: Female birdwoman whose vocation is healing.
GSD or Ghost Ship Dimension: The between but over water.
Locked-in Syndrome: a medical condition, usually resulting from a stroke that damages part of the brainstem, in which the body and most of the facial muscles are paralyzed but consciousness remains, and the ability to perform certain eye movements is preserved.
Mind Palace: A way your mind stores memories. The consciousness invents a place that you’re familiar with. It’s basically how it separates thoughts and stores memories. Each person’s is different.
Other: Paranormal contract negotiators and enforcers.
OOB: Out of body. State of bilocation.
Pocket dimension: An engineered place between dimensions, first mentioned in A Rose by Any Other Name.
Red shirt: Last PEEP hired. In homage to Star Trek’s red-shirted crewmen and women who were the first sacrificed.
Alexie Aaron
After traveling the world, Alexie Aaron, a Midwestern native, returned to her roots where she’s been haunting for years. She now lives at the top of the mitt with her husband and family.
Her popular Haunted Series was born from her memories of fleeting shapes rushing around doorways, an heirloom chair that rocked itself, cold feelings of mysterious dread, and warm feelings from the traces of loved ones long gone. From the Haunted Series, another series was born. The Cid Garrett P.I. series, which takes the reader on a more conventional paranormal adventure.
Alexie also writes the Cin Fin-Lathen Mysteries. These mysteries, set in England and south Florida, combine action and intrigue with a liberal dose of humor.
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