Soul Taken
core novel 2022 Mercy Thompson / Alpha and Omega
Record
| First published | 2022 |
|---|---|
| Original language |  EN |
| Work type | novel |
| Canon status | core |
| Reader rating | 4.43 (29,406 ratings, collected 2026-08-27) |
| Page count | 389 |
| First-edition ISBN | 9780440001614 |
| Internal chronology | 13 |
Synopsis
Soul Taken continues the Mercy Thompson series when the unpredictable vampire Wulfe, an old and unsettling acquaintance of Mercy's, goes missing under circumstances that immediately raise concern. As Mercy begins investigating his disappearance, she uncovers a string of other vanishings connected in ways that are not immediately obvious, suggesting a pattern larger than a single missing vampire. Her search eventually leads her to old stories about a mysterious figure known as the Harvester, said to collect souls in ways that blur the line between myth and immediate threat. Piecing together local legend with what she observes in the present, Mercy tries to determine whether the Harvester is behind the disappearances or whether something else is at work. As she gets closer to the truth, she draws on her ties across the vampire, werewolf, and fae communities to make sense of a threat that seems to be growing bolder.
Where it sits
- Universe: Mercy Thompson / Alpha and Omega
- Series: Mercy Thompson core; position 13 of 14 in the series' recorded order
- Author: Patricia Briggs
Notes
- From the series record (Mercy Thompson): Urban-fantasy sequence starring shapeshifter Mercy Thompson in the Tri-Cities area of Washington State.
Neighbouring works
Publication order and internal chronology are tracked as two separate orderings and are never conflated: a book's place in one says nothing about its place in the other.
- Publication order, within the series Mercy Thompson: position 13 of 14: previous Smoke Bitten (2020) · next Winter Lost (2024)
- Internal chronology, within Mercy Thompson / Alpha and Omega: position 19 of 20: previous Smoke Bitten (2020) · next Winter Lost (2024)
Sources
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