From New York Times bestseller and science-fiction and fantasy
mistress of adventure Mercedes Lackey, together with a team of topnotch
collaborators, comes Book Two in The Secret World Chronicle, a
pulse-pounding saga of superpowers--and the very human men and women who
must learn to wield them without losing themselves in the process.
After an Earth-scarring apocalyptic battle, the meta-humans have turned
back a massive invasion of super-science powered Nazi war machines--and
have at least driven whoever is in ultimate control of them to pause and
regroup. Now meta-hero organizations Echo and sometime Russian ally CCCP
must go on the offense and battle back. Task one: to hunt down the
secret puppet masters behind the Nazi robot invasion, the Thule Society.
To do so, the heroes of Echo, led by Bulwark and Red Djinni, face the
guardians of a hidden trove of Nazi armor. Meanwhile, a sadistic genius
super villain arises who is determined to defeat both heroes and
Thulians alike--a villain who just may have the wealth and cunning to
pull it off. It's "go time" once again for the meta-heroes, including
fire-bender John Murdock, techno-witch Vicki Nagy, healer Belladona
Blue, super-quick Mercurye, chameleon Red Djinni--and for their ghostly
ally, The Seraphym. Somehow, they must unite in the fight against the
evil and slavery that is fast descending upon the entire universe!
