Written in Red
core novel 2013 The Others
Record
| First published | 2013 |
|---|---|
| Original language |  EN |
| Work type | novel |
| Canon status | core |
| Reader rating | 4.25 (65,715 ratings, collected 2026-08-24) |
| Page count | 433 |
| First-edition ISBN | 9780451417909 |
Synopsis
Meg Corbyn is a cassandra sangue, or blood prophet, who can foresee glimpses of the future whenever her skin is deliberately cut, a rare and highly exploited gift. After escaping the Controller who kept her enslaved for years to profit from her visions, she takes refuge at the Lakeside Courtyard, a business district run by the Others, powerful shape-shifting beings who dominate Earth and tolerate humans only within careful limits. Shape-shifter Simon Wolfgard reluctantly hires her as an office worker, unaware at first that she is a fugitive being actively hunted by the human government, and Meg must learn to survive among beings who see humans mainly as prey while hiding the truth of who, and what, she really is.
Where it sits
- Universe: The Others
- Series: The Others core; position 1 of 5 in the series' recorded order
- Author: Anne Bishop
Notes
- From the series record (The Others): Main 5-novel sequence following Meg Corbyn and the shapeshifting terra indigene of Lakeside Courtyard.
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 The Others: position 1 of 5: next Murder of Crows (2014)
Sources
- Anne Bishop, official site: Novels of Dark Fantasy (The Others)
- Amazon listing: Written in Red (Roc, 2013)
- https://www.annebishop.com/b.written.red.html
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