Tangle of Need (2012)
(Book 11 in the Psy-Changelings series)
A novel by Nalini Singh
CAST OF CHARACTERS
In alphabetical order by first name
Aden Arrow, Telepath (Tp)
Adria Morgan SD Senior Soldier
Alexei SD Lieutenant
Alice Eldridge Human scientist, in coma after a century in cryonic suspension
Amara Aleine Psy member of DR, former Council scientist, twin of Ashaya, mentally unstable
Anthony Kyriakus Psy Councilor, father of Faith
Ashaya Aleine Psy member of DR, former Council scientist, mated to Dorian, twin of Amara
Ava SD, maternal female, mother of Ben
Bastien DR, brother of Mercy
Bowen Security Chief, Human Alliance
Brenna Kincaid SD, tech, mated to Judd, sister of Andrew and Riley
Cooper SD Lieutenant, mated to Grace
Council (or Psy Council) The ruling Council of the Psy race
Dalton SD Librarian
Drew Kincaid (full name: Andrew) SD Soldier, mated to Indigo, brother of Riley and Brenna
Elias SD Senior Soldier, mated to Yuki, father of Sakura
Evangeline (Evie) Riviere SD, sister of Indigo, daughter of Tarah and Abel
Faith NightStar Psy member of DR, gift of Foresight (F), mated to Vaughn, daughter of Anthony
Felix SD, horticultural expert, submissive
Garrick Former alpha of SnowDancer, killed when the Psy psychically broke and programmed several of SnowDancer’s dominants to attack their own pack
Ghost Psy rebel
Hawke SD Alpha, mated to Sienna
Henry Scott Psy Councilor (presumed dead), leader of Pure Psy, husband of Shoshanna
Indigo Riviere SD Lieutenant, mated to Drew, sister of Evangeline
Jem (real name: Garnet) SD Lieutenant
Judd Lauren Psy member of SD, Lieutenant, mated to Brenna, uncle of Sienna, Toby, and Marlee
Kaleb Krychek Psy Councilor
Kenji SD Lieutenant
Kieran Human member of SD, Senior Soldier
Kit DR Novice Soldier
Lara SD Healer, mated to Walker Lauren
Lucas Hunter DR Alpha, mated to Sascha, father of Naya
Lucy SD, nurse, assistant to Lara
Maria SD Novice Soldier
Matthias SD Lieutenant
Max Shannon Human, Security chief for Nikita Duncan
Mercy Smith DR Sentinel, mated to Riley
Ming LeBon Psy Councilor
Nathan (Nate) Ryder DR Senior Sentinel, mated to Tamsyn, father of Roman and Julian
Nell SD Maternal dominant
Nikita Duncan Psy Councilor, mother of Sascha
Pierce SD Senior Soldier, based in Europe
Riaz Delgado SD Lieutenant
Riley Kincaid SD Lieutenant, mated to Mercy, brother of Drew and Brenna
Sam Human member of SD, Soldier
Sascha Duncan Psy member of DR, cardinal Empath (E), mated to Lucas, mother of Naya, daughter of Nikita
Shawnelle (Shawnie) SD juvenile
Shoshanna Scott Psy Councilor, wife of Henry
Sienna Lauren Psy member of SD, mated to Hawke, sister of Toby, niece of Judd and Walker
Tamsyn (Tammy) Ryder DR Healer, mated to Nathan, mother of Roman and Julian
Tatiana Rika-Smythe Psy Councilor
Tomás SD Lieutenant
Vasic Arrow, Teleporter (Tk-V)
Walker Lauren Psy member of SD, mated to Lara, father of Marlee, uncle of Sienna and Toby
WindHaven Falcons Allied to SnowDancer and DarkRiver
Eclipse
THE PSYNET IS a place of incomparable power and stark beauty, the millions of minds in the psychic network starbursts in the inky black. For the majority of Psy, it is their lifeline, as vital as air.
To disconnect from the Net is to die.
But as autumn whispers on the horizon in the year 2081, it is the Net itself that is dying. Stagnant rivers of rot snake ever deeper into the center, and it is a rot that twists and corrodes, damaging sense and reason to leave only unthinking menace behind.
If the Psy do not find a solution to this cancerous growth, the rot could soon begin to seep into the minds of those uplinked to the Net.
Or perhaps … it already has.
Chapter 1
RIAZ CAUGHT A flash of midnight hair and a long-legged stride and called out, “Indigo!” However, he realized his mistake the instant he turned the corner. “Adria.”
Eyes of deepest blue-violet met his, the frost in them threatening to give him hypothermia. “Indigo’s in her
