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Indigo
Investigative reporter Nora Hesper spends her nights cloaked in shadows. As Indigo, she's become an urban myth, a brutal vigilante who can forge darkness into weapons and travel across the city by slipping from one patch of shadow to another. Her primary focus both as Nora and as Indigo has become a murderous criminal cult called the Children of Phonos. Children are being murdered in New York, and Nora is determined to make it stop, even if that means Indigo must eliminate every member. But in the aftermath of a bloody battle, a dying cultist makes claims that cause Indigo to question her own origin and memories.
Nora's parents were killed when she was nineteen years old. She took the life insurance money and went off to explore the world, leading to her becoming a student of meditation and strange magic in a mountaintop monastery in Nepal...a history that many would realize sounds suspiciously like the origins of several comic book characters. As Nora starts to pick apart her memory, it begins to unravel. Her parents are dead, but the rest is a series of lies. Where did she get the power inside her?
In a brilliant collaboration by New York Times and critically acclaimed coauthors Charlaine Harris, Christopher Golden, Kelley Armstrong, Jonathan Maberry, Kat Richardson, Seanan McGuire, Tim Lebbon, Cherie Priest, James Moore, and Mark Morris join forces to bring you a crime-solving novel like you've never read before.
Nora's parents were killed when she was nineteen years old. She took the life insurance money and went off to explore the world, leading to her becoming a student of meditation and strange magic in a mountaintop monastery in Nepal...a history that many would realize sounds suspiciously like the origins of several comic book characters. As Nora starts to pick apart her memory, it begins to unravel. Her parents are dead, but the rest is a series of lies. Where did she get the power inside her?
In a brilliant collaboration by New York Times and critically acclaimed coauthors Charlaine Harris, Christopher Golden, Kelley Armstrong, Jonathan Maberry, Kat Richardson, Seanan McGuire, Tim Lebbon, Cherie Priest, James Moore, and Mark Morris join forces to bring you a crime-solving novel like you've never read before.
343 pages, Hardcover
First published June 20, 2017
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Charlaine Harris
321 books36.5k followersCharlaine Harris has been a published writer for over forty years. Her first two books were standalones, followed by a long sabbatical when she was having children. Then she began the Aurora Teagarden book, mysteries featuring a short librarian (eventually adapted for Hallmark movies). The darker Lily Bard books came next, about a house cleaner with a dark past and considerable fighting skills.
Tired of abiding by the mystery rules, Harris wrote a novel about a telepathic barmaid that took at least two years to sell. When the book was published, it turned into a best seller, and DEAD UNTIL DARK and the subsequent Sookie books were adapted in Alan Ball's "True Blood" series. At the same time, Harris began the Harper Connelly books. Harper can find the bones of the dead and see their last minute.
When those two series wound to a close, the next three books were about a mysterious town in Texas, called Midnight.
A change in publisher and editor led to Harris's novels about a female gunslinger in an alternate America, Lizbeth Rose. The Gunnie Rose books concluded with the sixth novel.
She's thinking about what to write next.
Tired of abiding by the mystery rules, Harris wrote a novel about a telepathic barmaid that took at least two years to sell. When the book was published, it turned into a best seller, and DEAD UNTIL DARK and the subsequent Sookie books were adapted in Alan Ball's "True Blood" series. At the same time, Harris began the Harper Connelly books. Harper can find the bones of the dead and see their last minute.
When those two series wound to a close, the next three books were about a mysterious town in Texas, called Midnight.
A change in publisher and editor led to Harris's novels about a female gunslinger in an alternate America, Lizbeth Rose. The Gunnie Rose books concluded with the sixth novel.
She's thinking about what to write next.
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June 7, 2017
What an amazing collaboration of some of my favorite authors! How did all these imaginations come together to compile such an original urban fantasy tale.
I say urban fantasy and the retailer's buy links say anthology, mystery, suspense and thriller. I think all of those work except anthology, this is a collaboration but it is one singular story and not a collection of literary works as I assumed the term anthology implied. Now you see my excitement and surprise on how masterfully it was put together. Lets not forget the fantasy side. INDIGIO leans heavily on the occult and paranormal/magical side of things, so to me this is a really amazing urban fantasy read.
I have to admit, I wasn't really sure where this was going and it did take awhile for me to find my invested in the story. But once invested, I was surprised and elated by the many twists and turns as well as the nail biting suspense that these authors have created.
If you're a fan of any of these authors, if you love a great urban fantasy read, check out INDIGO.
I received this ARC copy of Indigo from St. Martin's Press. This is my honest and voluntary review. This book is set for publication June 20, 2017.
My Rating: 4 stars
Written by: Charlaine Harris (Author), Christopher Golden (Author), Jonathan Maberry (Author), Kelley Armstrong (Author), Kat Richardson (Author), Seanan McGuire (Author), Tim Lebbon (Author), Cherie Priest (Author), James A. Moore (Author), Mark Morris (Author), Eva Diaz (Illustrator)
Hardcover: 352 pages
Publisher: St. Martin's Press
Publication date: June 20, 2017
ISBN-10: 1250076781
ISBN-13: 978-1250076786
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I say urban fantasy and the retailer's buy links say anthology, mystery, suspense and thriller. I think all of those work except anthology, this is a collaboration but it is one singular story and not a collection of literary works as I assumed the term anthology implied. Now you see my excitement and surprise on how masterfully it was put together. Lets not forget the fantasy side. INDIGIO leans heavily on the occult and paranormal/magical side of things, so to me this is a really amazing urban fantasy read.
I have to admit, I wasn't really sure where this was going and it did take awhile for me to find my invested in the story. But once invested, I was surprised and elated by the many twists and turns as well as the nail biting suspense that these authors have created.
If you're a fan of any of these authors, if you love a great urban fantasy read, check out INDIGO.
I received this ARC copy of Indigo from St. Martin's Press. This is my honest and voluntary review. This book is set for publication June 20, 2017.
My Rating: 4 stars
Written by: Charlaine Harris (Author), Christopher Golden (Author), Jonathan Maberry (Author), Kelley Armstrong (Author), Kat Richardson (Author), Seanan McGuire (Author), Tim Lebbon (Author), Cherie Priest (Author), James A. Moore (Author), Mark Morris (Author), Eva Diaz (Illustrator)
Hardcover: 352 pages
Publisher: St. Martin's Press
Publication date: June 20, 2017
ISBN-10: 1250076781
ISBN-13: 978-1250076786
Itunes: https://itunes.apple.com/us/book/indi...
Amazon: https://www.amazon.com/Indigo-Novel-C...
Barnes & Noble: https://www.barnesandnoble.com/w/indi...
Reviewed for:
http://tometender.blogspot.com
June 9, 2017
By day Nora Hesper is a jounalist following the story of missing children that have turned up murdered in the community. By night however Nora becomes Indigo, a brutal vigilante that is taking on the murderous criminal cult called the Children of Phonos responsible for the children's deaths.
Indigo has a darkness about her slipping from one shadow to another and forging the darkness into weapons to help her in her missions. Nora has memories of her parents deaths and traveling afterwords where she studied meditation and strange magic in a monastery in Nepal after which Indigo became a part of her life. Now however Nora is questioning her memories and just where the darkness in Indigo was formed.
Indigo is a collaboration between ten very well known authors, Charlaine Harris, Christopher Golden, Kelley Armstrong, Jonathan Maberry, Kat Richardson, Seanan McGuire, Tim Lebbon, Cherie Priest, James Moore, and Mark Morris. How, where, when and why these ten chose to write this story together I really didn't know but having read and enjoyed some of their books I had to pick this one up and check it out for myself.
Not being a huge fan of a superhero type of story I was hoping that I would actually like this one despite the authors involved in creating it and I'm glad the story was one that while due to personal preferences I wouldn't quite give five stars too I still liked reading this one. I was expecting a vigilante/superhero story but Indigo's is a bit darker than that with a supernatural element added to it which I appreciated. In the end I'd give this one 3.5 stars and recommend it to those fans of the urban fantasy genre.
I received an advance copy from the publisher via NetGalley.
For more reviews please visit https://carriesbookreviews.wordpress....
Indigo has a darkness about her slipping from one shadow to another and forging the darkness into weapons to help her in her missions. Nora has memories of her parents deaths and traveling afterwords where she studied meditation and strange magic in a monastery in Nepal after which Indigo became a part of her life. Now however Nora is questioning her memories and just where the darkness in Indigo was formed.
Indigo is a collaboration between ten very well known authors, Charlaine Harris, Christopher Golden, Kelley Armstrong, Jonathan Maberry, Kat Richardson, Seanan McGuire, Tim Lebbon, Cherie Priest, James Moore, and Mark Morris. How, where, when and why these ten chose to write this story together I really didn't know but having read and enjoyed some of their books I had to pick this one up and check it out for myself.
Not being a huge fan of a superhero type of story I was hoping that I would actually like this one despite the authors involved in creating it and I'm glad the story was one that while due to personal preferences I wouldn't quite give five stars too I still liked reading this one. I was expecting a vigilante/superhero story but Indigo's is a bit darker than that with a supernatural element added to it which I appreciated. In the end I'd give this one 3.5 stars and recommend it to those fans of the urban fantasy genre.
I received an advance copy from the publisher via NetGalley.
For more reviews please visit https://carriesbookreviews.wordpress....
August 7, 2017
This just felt really disjointed to me. The beginning really didn't do a good job of setting up the story for me. There were some great chapters and some that were really slow. All in all, I felt like the actual writing style of so many authors was just too different to really pull this one together. Felt like the pieces didn't mesh as well and each giving such a different voice to the character. it would have been awesome to have this book told more like through a different view point that each author was in control of since that would make more sense for the different styles.
February 16, 2018
INDIGO is a book about reporter Nora Hester who has a secret identity as Indigo. Indigo is a vigilante that uses shadows to travel and fight evil by making weapons out of shadows. She primarily fights the members of Children of Phonos. When children are being killed in New York, Nora is sure that the cult is behind the killings and as Indigo she launches a brutal attack on them. But Nora is starting to fall apart, she isn't sure about her identity anymore. Are her memories really her own? Where did she get her powers from? She decided to try to figure out who she really is...
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June 20, 2017DNF: Stopped at 50%/ Not rating
You would think with an all star writing cast like this, that this book would be amazing. Sadly, trying to read a book written by numerous authors ended up being a disjointed messy read.
At first, I was intrigued and drawn into the story. The book starts with Nora, an average, investigative reporter who lives in a run down apartment with three cats she claims to hate. Nora is in the middle of investigating a rash of child murders. Then the reader is clued into Nora's secret life. She has an alter ego, a super hero identity. She is also Indigo, a mysterious crime fighter, who is able to slip in and out of shadows unobserved. She wields the darkness like a cloak and a weapon. This was the cool part of the story. I loved the whole super hero/ alter ego identity, and I was intrigued by Indigo's powers.
However, the further I read, the more disjointed the story became. It isn't easy to pick up where the authors transition and the story is taken over by someone else, but the reader can pick up on the subtle differences. There were parts of the story where I was completely immersed and loving what I read, and then there were portions where it became jumbled, confusing and it didn't flow seamlessly. There were even some slight mistakes, i.e. Indigo swoops in and tries to save one of the kidnapped kids, only to get there too late, but then later in the story, there is a mention that she saved the kid, and further in, the child is dead again. Then there are other parts that don't fit.
I started disengaging because of the confusion and I didn't like that at times I was skimming, I am guessing it was because certain authors' writing styles appealed to me more than others. Again, there is no indication as to who is writing what part of the story.
I also didn't like the dark tone of the story, involved a cult who sacrificed children in ritualistic ceremonies to demons. Creepy and unsettling!
I finally gave up around the half way mark because I was not paying attention to what I was reading, and I didn't like the disjointed and confusing feel to the story. Even though the story had a great premise, I think this is a case of too many cooks ruining the batter.
Perhaps others will find this a better fit. I was really hoping for something fantastic as I enjoy many of the authors books who are involved. Sadly, this experiment was a bit of a flop.
Hopefully, my next read will be better. Anyone else tackled this one? Thoughts?
You would think with an all star writing cast like this, that this book would be amazing. Sadly, trying to read a book written by numerous authors ended up being a disjointed messy read.
At first, I was intrigued and drawn into the story. The book starts with Nora, an average, investigative reporter who lives in a run down apartment with three cats she claims to hate. Nora is in the middle of investigating a rash of child murders. Then the reader is clued into Nora's secret life. She has an alter ego, a super hero identity. She is also Indigo, a mysterious crime fighter, who is able to slip in and out of shadows unobserved. She wields the darkness like a cloak and a weapon. This was the cool part of the story. I loved the whole super hero/ alter ego identity, and I was intrigued by Indigo's powers.
However, the further I read, the more disjointed the story became. It isn't easy to pick up where the authors transition and the story is taken over by someone else, but the reader can pick up on the subtle differences. There were parts of the story where I was completely immersed and loving what I read, and then there were portions where it became jumbled, confusing and it didn't flow seamlessly. There were even some slight mistakes, i.e. Indigo swoops in and tries to save one of the kidnapped kids, only to get there too late, but then later in the story, there is a mention that she saved the kid, and further in, the child is dead again. Then there are other parts that don't fit.
I started disengaging because of the confusion and I didn't like that at times I was skimming, I am guessing it was because certain authors' writing styles appealed to me more than others. Again, there is no indication as to who is writing what part of the story.
I also didn't like the dark tone of the story, involved a cult who sacrificed children in ritualistic ceremonies to demons. Creepy and unsettling!
I finally gave up around the half way mark because I was not paying attention to what I was reading, and I didn't like the disjointed and confusing feel to the story. Even though the story had a great premise, I think this is a case of too many cooks ruining the batter.
Perhaps others will find this a better fit. I was really hoping for something fantastic as I enjoy many of the authors books who are involved. Sadly, this experiment was a bit of a flop.
Hopefully, my next read will be better. Anyone else tackled this one? Thoughts?
July 9, 2017
I was excited to read this book that was written by so many authors I liked. Sadly it didn't work for me. I sort of liked Nora at first. Her going around town and trying to find out who was killing kids was interesting, as was her talking about her demon cats. What didn't work for me was how Nora seemed to have a second identity, Indigo. I could deal with that, but after Nora was Indigo she seemed to feel guilty, that was odd for me. As was how Nora couldn't remember her own past. After a while I realized I didn't care, this one just wasn't for me.
May 1, 2019
Audiobook
2-1/2 stars. This is why a one story book with multiple authors don't work. The main character not only was schizophrenic in her demeanor but she also had multiple personalities that she would deny out of one side of her mouth, and then acknowledge with the other. This doesn't include the . And the narrator added to the schizophrenic characterization by occasionally yelling out invective and asides. A little disconcerting. So as you can see I didn't really care for the book.
2-1/2 stars. This is why a one story book with multiple authors don't work. The main character not only was schizophrenic in her demeanor but she also had multiple personalities that she would deny out of one side of her mouth, and then acknowledge with the other. This doesn't include the . And the narrator added to the schizophrenic characterization by occasionally yelling out invective and asides. A little disconcerting. So as you can see I didn't really care for the book.
July 13, 2017
Maybe 1.5 stars? The only thing I liked about this book was the premise, which is very disappointing since I really enjoy three of the authors, Charlaine Harris, Kelley Armstrong, and Jonathan Maberry. But this novel was a mess, and I can only assume it's because of the amount of authors. For one thing we have literally no time to understand Nora's life, personal or as the vigilante Indigo, before she starts questioning what is and isn't real which gives readers no frame of reference to decide for ourselves. This is only underscored by Indigo's literal comic book origins, Nora's childhood love of comic books led to her origin being pulled from their pages, but readers have no knowledge of her comic book love until it's told to us after it's revealed that her origin is false. Characters and groups also came and went with such speed and lack of description that it was really hard to remember who was good and who was bad. That's not even getting into Nora herself who is full of contradictions, she's only worried about saving children, but unless I misunderstood something (possible given how confusing the narrative could be) she completely forgot about two missing children and I guess left them for dead. There were also her cats which she "lovingly" called the Assholes, who lived in constant fear due to her alter ego and were neglected at various points in the novel. Their existence was pointless and only went to further show what a mess this novel is. The thing that most undermined Nora's stance as a good and righteous character was the fact that upon finding out her best friend was a sort of shadow puppet she had created for company she didn't hesitate to obliterate her without much of a good reason in the text. I found myself counting down the final fifty or so pages, because at that point I had come too far to quit. I'm very disappointed with this book.
August 29, 2017
It's very rare for me to abandon a book. I'm 41 and I can count on one hand the number of times I have done so. And I really wanted to like Indigo; the premise sounded so good! A woman who can move through shadows, pull them around her and use the darkness as a weapon? Not the usual paranormal power. Sadly, 60 pages in and I had had enough.
I've read books by multiple authors before, though never more than three. And here is a glaring reason why it's not a good idea. This wasn't just a matter of too many cooks spoiling the pot. This is a game of round robin and only ONE of the authors apparently knows what the story is supposed to be. The rest were just adding filler. If I had to read one more time how "the shadows were calling to" Nora, I might have screamed. Her memories are untrusworthy. We know because it gets repeated every chapter. Nora doesn't like/is scared of being Indigo. We know because it gets repeated every chapter. Nora is a reporter. We know because it gets repeated every chapter. Each time the book changed authors, he or she had to recap the basics. It got to the point where I just didn't care any more because Nora never moved beyond a one-dimensional character, and the plot doesn't progress either.
Overall, I cannot recommend this book, especially to fans of any of the authors because their individual voices are completely lost. This would have been much better as an anthology where, after the character is introduced by one author, each other author wrote their own story about Indigo. I really wish I had waited on reviews before ordering this.
I've read books by multiple authors before, though never more than three. And here is a glaring reason why it's not a good idea. This wasn't just a matter of too many cooks spoiling the pot. This is a game of round robin and only ONE of the authors apparently knows what the story is supposed to be. The rest were just adding filler. If I had to read one more time how "the shadows were calling to" Nora, I might have screamed. Her memories are untrusworthy. We know because it gets repeated every chapter. Nora doesn't like/is scared of being Indigo. We know because it gets repeated every chapter. Nora is a reporter. We know because it gets repeated every chapter. Each time the book changed authors, he or she had to recap the basics. It got to the point where I just didn't care any more because Nora never moved beyond a one-dimensional character, and the plot doesn't progress either.
Overall, I cannot recommend this book, especially to fans of any of the authors because their individual voices are completely lost. This would have been much better as an anthology where, after the character is introduced by one author, each other author wrote their own story about Indigo. I really wish I had waited on reviews before ordering this.
June 10, 2017
Too many cooks spoil the broth, and too many authors shatter a storyline. I really wanted to like this book - Charlaine Harris is my girl - but it's going in my DNF pile at 65%. This is a collaboration of ten writers (ten!!) and every one of them has written about twelve pages of fight scenes. Seriously, it seems like every chapter starts with a fight scene, followed by another fight scene, followed by an internal fight scene with the demon, followed by a small progression in the plot. When the plot does progress, it seems forced. Two stars because I could never give Charlaine a one. Perhaps I will eventually pick it back up to finish, but this point I have lost interest and I have a stack of summer novels waiting.
Thanks to Netgalley for the ARC in exchange for an honest review.
Thanks to Netgalley for the ARC in exchange for an honest review.
December 12, 2017
I liked the cult element, and the "mind creates false memories to protect itself from past trauma" element. Those would be awesome in a psychological thriller. But those elements couldn't save this urban fantasy. Very understandable why so many DNFd. Which is disappointing, because I enjoy the novels of Kelley Armstrong, Kat Richardson, Seanan McGuire, and Cherie Priest.
July 14, 2017
Disappointing crap. Characters I don't care about swearing and endlessly fighting.
October 16, 2017
I so wanted to love Indigo, a collaborative novel co-authored by some ten authors, among whom I gleefully counted three of my favorites (i.e., Charlaine Harris, Kat Richardson, and Seanan McGuire). Unfortunately, due to what I can only refer to as "continuity errors," I can go no higher than a 2 1/2-star rating for this book.
Quick synopsis: Nora Hesper is an investigative journalist for the NYChronicle by day and crime-fighting superhero Indigo, who moves among the shadows across the city, wielding all forms of martial arts ninja-style against assorted baddies. The current case claiming much of Nora/Indigo's time involves a series of ritualistic murders of adolescents. With the assistance of her BFF and upstairs neighbor, Shelby, and former boyfriend but downgraded to FwB, Sam (also a journalist at the NYChronicle, Nora hopes to get things sorted. Readers enter the story as Nora visits a candlelight vigil at the site where the latest body was dumped by the members of a cult known as the Children of Phonos.
Nora's backstory, as she knows it at story's start, is that she is an orphan whose parents were killed when she was nineteen years old. With backing from their insurance policies, she traveled the world, landing in Nepal, where she studied among monks and came to master a number of martial arts forms. Sound way too much like every comic book character from Bruce Wayne to Peter Parker? Does the NYChronicle sound just a bit too much like Clark Kent's Daily Planet?
Stop reading now if you do not want spoilers.
So, we learn in short order that Nora was the intended victim of a ritual sacrifice--by her PARENTS--at age fourteen. Her dad freaked and tried to stop it, she has been sheltering a demon named Damastes to whom she was being offered by her parents at the age of 14, has subsequently quietly taken up occupation in her body. There was no world travel, there was no training in Nepal, there were no monks. This is all either (1) a fiction her fractured mind has invented--along with Indigo and her ability to move through and shape shadows to her will in order to protect people in harm's way, (2) a scenario she has created, drawing on always-italicized Damastes' power in order to do good, or (3) some combination of the above.
It is not until Nora's own life is threatened--first by what she hilariously characterizes as "slaughter nuns" (i.e., an order of deadly assassins with the unpronouncable name of Androktasiai who think that by killing Nora they will kill Damastes)--that she comes to learn that her entire backstory is false, that her BFF Shelby isn't real, that she's got a demon inside her who is pissed and seriously wants out, and that the members of the Children on Phonos cult are offering other children in sacrifice to the very demon who currently inhabits Nora and may be the very (and only) source of the power for Indigo. My willing suspension of disbelief was willing to go with this, but only so far.
What ruined the whole experience were a series of errors/inconsistencies that totally spoiled the fun. A few samples follow.
So there are all sorts of minor errors like that. We have characters whispering in a cab looking for somewhere to safely confer where they cannot be overheard, and the next thing they are in a storage room with a dirty floor. That just so happens to have fully functional (and plugged in) video editing equipment on which they view a CRT they were handed of the failed sacrifice of Nora some 12 years previous. It's things such as this that show where several of the book's comic book authors are attempting things in novel form that aren't either as clear, comprehensible, or permissible as is the case in their home genre.
Points for trying, but not enough careful editing of the details--esp. as it's the latter that make Harris, Richardson, and Maguire's books so very tight and well-written.
Quick synopsis: Nora Hesper is an investigative journalist for the NYChronicle by day and crime-fighting superhero Indigo, who moves among the shadows across the city, wielding all forms of martial arts ninja-style against assorted baddies. The current case claiming much of Nora/Indigo's time involves a series of ritualistic murders of adolescents. With the assistance of her BFF and upstairs neighbor, Shelby, and former boyfriend but downgraded to FwB, Sam (also a journalist at the NYChronicle, Nora hopes to get things sorted. Readers enter the story as Nora visits a candlelight vigil at the site where the latest body was dumped by the members of a cult known as the Children of Phonos.
Nora's backstory, as she knows it at story's start, is that she is an orphan whose parents were killed when she was nineteen years old. With backing from their insurance policies, she traveled the world, landing in Nepal, where she studied among monks and came to master a number of martial arts forms. Sound way too much like every comic book character from Bruce Wayne to Peter Parker? Does the NYChronicle sound just a bit too much like Clark Kent's Daily Planet?
Stop reading now if you do not want spoilers.
So, we learn in short order that Nora was the intended victim of a ritual sacrifice--by her PARENTS--at age fourteen. Her dad freaked and tried to stop it, she has been sheltering a demon named Damastes to whom she was being offered by her parents at the age of 14, has subsequently quietly taken up occupation in her body. There was no world travel, there was no training in Nepal, there were no monks. This is all either (1) a fiction her fractured mind has invented--along with Indigo and her ability to move through and shape shadows to her will in order to protect people in harm's way, (2) a scenario she has created, drawing on always-italicized Damastes' power in order to do good, or (3) some combination of the above.
It is not until Nora's own life is threatened--first by what she hilariously characterizes as "slaughter nuns" (i.e., an order of deadly assassins with the unpronouncable name of Androktasiai who think that by killing Nora they will kill Damastes)--that she comes to learn that her entire backstory is false, that her BFF Shelby isn't real, that she's got a demon inside her who is pissed and seriously wants out, and that the members of the Children on Phonos cult are offering other children in sacrifice to the very demon who currently inhabits Nora and may be the very (and only) source of the power for Indigo. My willing suspension of disbelief was willing to go with this, but only so far.
What ruined the whole experience were a series of errors/inconsistencies that totally spoiled the fun. A few samples follow.
1. Nora is an investigative journalist, and it never strikes her as curious that she cannot remember her mother's name;
2. Nora is an investigative journalist, and it never occurs to her that there should be some photographs, a stamped passport, some sort of empirical evidence to document her world travels and years (years!) spent abroad;
3. Sam, an investigative journalist who is clearly a good deal more competent than Nora, explains to her that her "friend" Shelby Coughlin did not exist prior to moving into Nora's building. Far stranger still, Shelby's has no utility bills (i.e., her lights draw no electricity, her TV generates no cable bill, her phone no corresponding bill), and her rent is drawn monthly from a trust fund in Nora's name. Nora has no knowledge or access to such a trust fund and lives extremely modestly to be able to meet the expense of her own one-room walk-up. Yet Shelby is a Heykeli, effectively a golum/puppet, created by a lonely Nora. So if Nora invented Shelby to help her negotiate the world, how does Nora have access to financial resources that bolster the illusion that is Shelby to which Nora herself does not have access. This. Literally. Makes. No. Sense.
4. While an admittedly minor point, as Nora/Indigo arrives in New Rochelle, NY, prior to heading into her final battle, she leans, weakened against a tree. "Unable to remember the last time she had eaten or drunk anything, she dry-heaved for a minute or two, the back of her throat burning with bile" (p. 296). Seriously? How about the scene not too far in the past (p. 210), where you ordered a triple espresso and Damastes spoke to the baristo through you? Really? Nothing?; and then
5. Much later in the book during a crucial fight scene, Nora/Indigo ponders how she could possibly move someone else through the shadows as she has
never attempted such a feat before. Except for the fact that she successfully accomplished this very thing back on page 188.
So there are all sorts of minor errors like that. We have characters whispering in a cab looking for somewhere to safely confer where they cannot be overheard, and the next thing they are in a storage room with a dirty floor. That just so happens to have fully functional (and plugged in) video editing equipment on which they view a CRT they were handed of the failed sacrifice of Nora some 12 years previous. It's things such as this that show where several of the book's comic book authors are attempting things in novel form that aren't either as clear, comprehensible, or permissible as is the case in their home genre.
Points for trying, but not enough careful editing of the details--esp. as it's the latter that make Harris, Richardson, and Maguire's books so very tight and well-written.
September 3, 2017
Indigo is a compilation of ten well known SF authors, a seamless tale about a New York journalist, Nora Hesper, who finds herself at the center of an occult happening which has its' roots in a botched sacrifice years ago in which Nora was the intended victim. She is Nora by day, Indigo when shadows fall. You will like Nora, she has three cats and an imaginary friend. And she has, at her core, a murder golem. A fast, excellent read.
June 26, 2024
2.5*
The fantastic authors involved in this book should have made this the best work of horror fiction ever written. Unfortunately it wasn't.
The fantastic authors involved in this book should have made this the best work of horror fiction ever written. Unfortunately it wasn't.
June 5, 2017
Nora Hesper is an investigative reporter with a secret life. At night she turns into Indigo who can use shadows to disappear and to travel from place to place. She uses her talents to track down the Children of Phonos who are sacrificing children to bring back an ancient murder god.
Nora is an interesting character whose past sounds like it came right out of the stories in superhero comic books. As events unfold, it becomes more an more apparent to Nora that the past she remembers isn't the past she actually lived.
The story was an exciting urban fantasy mystery. I couldn't tell that it was written by a bunch of authors because the story seemed to me to flow seamlessly from one exciting bit to another. I liked Nora's struggles to understand her past and her relationship with Indigo.
Nora is an interesting character whose past sounds like it came right out of the stories in superhero comic books. As events unfold, it becomes more an more apparent to Nora that the past she remembers isn't the past she actually lived.
The story was an exciting urban fantasy mystery. I couldn't tell that it was written by a bunch of authors because the story seemed to me to flow seamlessly from one exciting bit to another. I liked Nora's struggles to understand her past and her relationship with Indigo.
July 10, 2017
I looked forward to this book. I've read other 'concepts' with multiple authors, and I've read almost everything C. Harris has written. I got half way through the book and gave up. I very seldom have ever done that! There is no explanation of exactly how the book is supposed to be constructed, but after about 5 chapters I 'think' I saw a pattern. I could be wrong... But is seems as if one author started the book and handed it to the next, who wrote a chapter and handed it to the next. The 'flavor' of the writing changes in each chapter. It seemed that the main character's (Indigo's) reactions to her situations. Sometimes she would be the bad-ass and unnerved by nothing. A couple of chapters later, more hesitation. Couple later, back to bad-ass.
I couldn't find a conformity that kept me interested. I don't know when I've rated a book with only 2 stars before. Some readers might just sit down and enjoy and explore the different points of view. I would not want to discourage anyone from trying to read the book. But it just didn't work for me.
I couldn't find a conformity that kept me interested. I don't know when I've rated a book with only 2 stars before. Some readers might just sit down and enjoy and explore the different points of view. I would not want to discourage anyone from trying to read the book. But it just didn't work for me.
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August 10, 2017Indigo does something that's so rare in collaborative novels: It balances and blends each author's distinctive voice and signature storytelling strengths into a cohesive narrative thread that reads as if only one brilliant writer composed it. Indigo is The Matrix, The Three Faces of Eve, and supernatural folklore combined with vigilante justice along with interesting themes about causes and consequences of extreme trauma.
This was a bit too gruesome and sad for me despite its obvious brilliance in conception and execution.
This was a bit too gruesome and sad for me despite its obvious brilliance in conception and execution.
This entire review has been hidden because of spoilers.
June 22, 2017
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One tends to think of writers as solitary artists, constructing their stories in their imaginations and then laying them down on the page. Novels are the product of a singular vision.
Except when they aren’t.
The new book “Indigo” (St. Martin’s Press, $27.99) isn’t the product of just one writer. Nor of two or three. All told, there are 10 listed authors here – Kelly Armstrong, Christopher Golden, Charlaine Harris, Tim Lebbon, Jonathan Maberry, Seanan McGuire, James A. Moore, Mark Morris, Cherie Priest and Kat Richardson all had a hand in bringing this story to life.
And it’s a pretty good story at that.
Nora Hesper is an investigative reporter – one of the best in the city – on the trail of one of the biggest stories of her career. She’s on the verge of uncovering the truth behind a series of child abductions and murders.
But she is also Indigo, a superpowered vigilante who uses her command of the shadows to track down and punish evildoers – specifically, the members of a cult devoted to calling forth and controlling the embodiment of Death itself.
Striking the balance between her two lives isn’t easy; no one – not even her on-again off-again beau Sam or her upstairs neighbor and best friend Shelby – knows the truth about Nora and Indigo.
But when the Cult of Phobos starts to grow active again, Nora/Indigo starts to realize that there are a whole lot of things about her own story that just don’t add up. When Nora was 19, her parents died in a tragic accident; she spent the insurance money traveling to Tibet, which is where she developed and studied her shadowy abilities. But why does she have a nagging feeling that something about that origin story is suspicious?
As she pulls at the threads of memory, the holes Nora’s personal narrative fabric grow larger, leaving her questioning whether anything she once believed about herself is in fact the truth. And all the while, the Cult of Phobos grows stronger and the lives of many innocent children are at risk.
Nora must come to terms with her alter ego; the longtime compartmentalization separating her and Indigo has to end if there’s any chance to defeat the many powerful enemies that seek to destroy not just her, but the entire world.
As a literary endeavor, “Indigo” is fairly successful. One would think that having 10 authors would negatively impact the overall stylistic flow of the piece, but aside from occasional choppiness, it all seems to coalesce quite nicely. Massively collaborative efforts like this are tricky; they can come off as wildly uneven and/or gimmicky. But when they work, they’re great fun to experience – and “Indigo” works.
The most familiar names of the bunch are probably Harris and Golden, but ultimately, it doesn’t really matter. In truth, the best compliment I can give a book like this is the fact that I never found myself wondering who wrote what while I was reading in the moment. I was engrossed in the story for its own sake. The clean lines, smart characterizations and sharp pacing of the narrative made sure of that. Instead, it was only afterward when my curiosity about the nuts and bolts of the thing bubbled to the surface.
Now, it’s not smooth sailing the whole way. Every once in a while, a clunky stretch presents itself, a spot where maybe the connective tissue of the collaboration shows through. But those bits where the seams show are both rare and brief; it’s never long before the story pulls you in again.
“Indigo” makes for an engaging read, an entertaining supernatural mystery. It’s breezy while still offering the odd moment of visceral intensity; you’ll speed through it in the best possible way. The propulsive tale never stops moving, and even in the odd moment it missteps, it continues ever forward. An excellent summer read.
One tends to think of writers as solitary artists, constructing their stories in their imaginations and then laying them down on the page. Novels are the product of a singular vision.
Except when they aren’t.
The new book “Indigo” (St. Martin’s Press, $27.99) isn’t the product of just one writer. Nor of two or three. All told, there are 10 listed authors here – Kelly Armstrong, Christopher Golden, Charlaine Harris, Tim Lebbon, Jonathan Maberry, Seanan McGuire, James A. Moore, Mark Morris, Cherie Priest and Kat Richardson all had a hand in bringing this story to life.
And it’s a pretty good story at that.
Nora Hesper is an investigative reporter – one of the best in the city – on the trail of one of the biggest stories of her career. She’s on the verge of uncovering the truth behind a series of child abductions and murders.
But she is also Indigo, a superpowered vigilante who uses her command of the shadows to track down and punish evildoers – specifically, the members of a cult devoted to calling forth and controlling the embodiment of Death itself.
Striking the balance between her two lives isn’t easy; no one – not even her on-again off-again beau Sam or her upstairs neighbor and best friend Shelby – knows the truth about Nora and Indigo.
But when the Cult of Phobos starts to grow active again, Nora/Indigo starts to realize that there are a whole lot of things about her own story that just don’t add up. When Nora was 19, her parents died in a tragic accident; she spent the insurance money traveling to Tibet, which is where she developed and studied her shadowy abilities. But why does she have a nagging feeling that something about that origin story is suspicious?
As she pulls at the threads of memory, the holes Nora’s personal narrative fabric grow larger, leaving her questioning whether anything she once believed about herself is in fact the truth. And all the while, the Cult of Phobos grows stronger and the lives of many innocent children are at risk.
Nora must come to terms with her alter ego; the longtime compartmentalization separating her and Indigo has to end if there’s any chance to defeat the many powerful enemies that seek to destroy not just her, but the entire world.
As a literary endeavor, “Indigo” is fairly successful. One would think that having 10 authors would negatively impact the overall stylistic flow of the piece, but aside from occasional choppiness, it all seems to coalesce quite nicely. Massively collaborative efforts like this are tricky; they can come off as wildly uneven and/or gimmicky. But when they work, they’re great fun to experience – and “Indigo” works.
The most familiar names of the bunch are probably Harris and Golden, but ultimately, it doesn’t really matter. In truth, the best compliment I can give a book like this is the fact that I never found myself wondering who wrote what while I was reading in the moment. I was engrossed in the story for its own sake. The clean lines, smart characterizations and sharp pacing of the narrative made sure of that. Instead, it was only afterward when my curiosity about the nuts and bolts of the thing bubbled to the surface.
Now, it’s not smooth sailing the whole way. Every once in a while, a clunky stretch presents itself, a spot where maybe the connective tissue of the collaboration shows through. But those bits where the seams show are both rare and brief; it’s never long before the story pulls you in again.
“Indigo” makes for an engaging read, an entertaining supernatural mystery. It’s breezy while still offering the odd moment of visceral intensity; you’ll speed through it in the best possible way. The propulsive tale never stops moving, and even in the odd moment it missteps, it continues ever forward. An excellent summer read.
November 25, 2017
This novel was written by several of my favorite authors however it was not the powerhouse novel I expected. The premise was great. Nora aka Indigo is an investigative reporter who also happens to be a shadow superhero. She is trying to stop a cult that is killing kids to bring forth and contain a murder demon. However we learn that Nora may know more about this demon than she thinks. The novel had all of the right elements but it was slow. At times I had to force myself to keep reading. There was action but it just didn't draw me in like I hoped. I have no idea what went wrong because these authors are fantastic. One thing I did miss is in other novels like this it tells you what authors wrote what chapters. This book may have not been done that way. Overall it was not a bad book. It just wasn't what I expected from these authors.
January 9, 2025
I nearly gave up on this book. The question that hit me was, which author in this collaborative effort was a borderline, if not outright misogynist? That changed for me as Indigo becomes less of a victim, and more of a character who was taking control of their life. Regardless, I did have a period where I felt that if Indigo was male that wouldn't have been written as such a helpless person.
Indigo can use darkness, manipulate shadows, and has been operating as vigilante in New York City by night, and a low paid investigative journalist by day. S, OK nothing original there.
There is character development that moves the character from victim to being more assertive in their life and dealing with multiple obstacles.
For a mosaic novel though I would recommend Wild Cards (I would also say the Vulgar Unicorn but I have yet to get around to those yet).
Indigo can use darkness, manipulate shadows, and has been operating as vigilante in New York City by night, and a low paid investigative journalist by day. S, OK nothing original there.
There is character development that moves the character from victim to being more assertive in their life and dealing with multiple obstacles.
For a mosaic novel though I would recommend Wild Cards (I would also say the Vulgar Unicorn but I have yet to get around to those yet).
April 14, 2018
I don't think I'd like this in format, but the audio is extra bad. The narrator over emotes much of the story, with a breathy tremor in her voice, and the main character comes across as over-reacting to situations. I gave up an hour and a half in, or thereabouts.
May 7, 2020
This book just kept going and going and going... It was way too long. I think the basic idea was good, but with so many author's it just got away from them. There was plenty of gross violence. I didn't need quite so much gore. Anyway, I think this book just wasn't for me.
February 5, 2021
finally got around to reading this. it was just ok for me. i dont know what happened here but there was a lot of stuff happening with the main character and things were moving along but i didn't really feel a sense of urgency about the macguffin or macguffins.
December 15, 2017
Couldn't put it down!
September 28, 2021
What an awesome book, reminds me of the superheros etc! Too bad it's not a series!
June 26, 2017
Indigo: A Novel Hardcover – June 20, 2017
by Charlaine Harris (Author), Christopher Golden (Author), Jonathan Maberry (Author), Kelley Armstrong (Author), Kat Richardson (Author), Seanan McGuire (Author), Tim Lebbon (Author), Cherie Priest (Author), James A. Moore (Author), Mark Morris (Author), Eva Diaz(Illustrator)
This was not an anthology, but an excellent thriller and urban fantasy. You would never know that it was written by different authors. It flowed smoothly, from one action packed scene to the next. This was a unique story, so different, yet so compelling you must continue to turn each page and try to figure out what is going on. I gave it a 5-star rating for the unique storyline and the smooth transition from author to author. Excellent read.
by Charlaine Harris (Author), Christopher Golden (Author), Jonathan Maberry (Author), Kelley Armstrong (Author), Kat Richardson (Author), Seanan McGuire (Author), Tim Lebbon (Author), Cherie Priest (Author), James A. Moore (Author), Mark Morris (Author), Eva Diaz(Illustrator)
This was not an anthology, but an excellent thriller and urban fantasy. You would never know that it was written by different authors. It flowed smoothly, from one action packed scene to the next. This was a unique story, so different, yet so compelling you must continue to turn each page and try to figure out what is going on. I gave it a 5-star rating for the unique storyline and the smooth transition from author to author. Excellent read.
December 13, 2017
The titular Indigo is investigative reporter Nora Hesper's vigilante alter ego. Gifted with supernatural powers involving the manipulation of shadows, Nora/Indigo brings criminals to justice under the shadows of the night. Her enemies include the bloodthirsty cult called the Children of Phonos, who she realises are to blame for a recent spree of child murders in New York. By going after them however, she soon learns that everything she knows regarding her powers and her tragic backstory might not be as it seems.
If you thought a full-length collaborative novel by ten authors sounds like it could be a mess, you're absolutely right. I was tempted to give up on this book within the first hundred pages just because I was so confused and lost as to what was going on in some parts. Judging from its cover and the blurb, I was looking forward to what I thought would be a great vigilante story that would feel like a novel adaptation of a Marvel Netflix series. Instead, what I got was crazy cult adventures and a book that felt like it was crammed full of different ideas and yet contained nothing much of interest.
After Nora kills off multiple cult members in an unsuccessful bid to save another kidnapped child, she learns that her powers were derived from an incomplete sacrificial ritual by the cult where she was saved by her father. Along her quest to destroy the cult, she randomly meets a group of slaughter nuns who are dedicated to 'honour killing', a random woman who fights against her before fighting alongside her and more murderous gods. The levels of crazy without coherence in this book keep stacking and when twists are revealed, they give less of a 'wow' moment and more of a 'huh.' feeling.
Nora's backstory sounded suspiciously like Batman's origin story to me and it was later revealed that she actually adopted his origin story as her own, though I missed out on the 'monks taking her in and training her' connection to Iron Fist. This was sort of weird but hey, trauma does crazy things to your memory. What I didn't understand was how she managed to keep up this illusion in her head and everything else that had happened during those early years after she escaped from the Children of Phonos. Who was supporting her? How did she get her job as an investigative reporter? Where did the Children of Phonos even come from and how did they grow so big with sects all over the world? With ten minds working on this novel, none of them volunteered to give any answers that would help flesh out this world. Even the characters weren't well-developed at all. Nora was perhaps the only passable character, a sympathetic lead, though she did not really win me over by absorbing Shelby, a physical manifestation of her power known as a Heykeli and one of her only two friends despite Shelby's pleas to stop. I get why Nora did it but it still seemed quite heartless to me in that moment. Everyone else though was so one-dimensional. Sam was just this heart-of-gold best friend who would do anything for Nora, no questions asked. Damastes was the demon simply hellbent on murder and killing. Rafe, the new head wizard of the Children, was this caricature of a supervillain who just simply wanted power with no real reason. In fact, anyone that Nora disliked turned out to be wrong about their beliefs (the nuns), a secret cult member (the cops) or dead (her father who saved her and every other cult member in the end). There were no grey areas or morally conflicted/ambiguous characters. Everyone felt like they were created to fit standard archetypes of a superhero comic with nothing that made them stand out or particularly special.
The only saving grace of this book was the final confrontation where Nora and friends decide to storm the cult's headquarters as they try to complete their all-important child sacrifice. This was pretty well-written and it was quite entertaining as the various players in this fight all tried to pursue their own intentions. Damastes' almost successful escape from Nora's control was the unexpected highlight of this final fight. The conclusion though was slightly underwhelming given the direction that the writing was hinting. Nora simply absorbed Damastes back into her body even though it really seemed like she was going to sacrifice herself to take him down. This was disappointing because 1) that was all it took??? and 2) this meant that there was the possibility of a sequel.
I don't know what was the writing process that the ten authors undertook as a team to make this novel but it felt like a 'too many cooks spoil the broth' scenario. In the hands of one competent author, this book would have probably been more thought-out and smooth-flowing. Instead it felt too much like a mishmash of ideas. 2.5/5
If you thought a full-length collaborative novel by ten authors sounds like it could be a mess, you're absolutely right. I was tempted to give up on this book within the first hundred pages just because I was so confused and lost as to what was going on in some parts. Judging from its cover and the blurb, I was looking forward to what I thought would be a great vigilante story that would feel like a novel adaptation of a Marvel Netflix series. Instead, what I got was crazy cult adventures and a book that felt like it was crammed full of different ideas and yet contained nothing much of interest.
After Nora kills off multiple cult members in an unsuccessful bid to save another kidnapped child, she learns that her powers were derived from an incomplete sacrificial ritual by the cult where she was saved by her father. Along her quest to destroy the cult, she randomly meets a group of slaughter nuns who are dedicated to 'honour killing', a random woman who fights against her before fighting alongside her and more murderous gods. The levels of crazy without coherence in this book keep stacking and when twists are revealed, they give less of a 'wow' moment and more of a 'huh.' feeling.
Nora's backstory sounded suspiciously like Batman's origin story to me and it was later revealed that she actually adopted his origin story as her own, though I missed out on the 'monks taking her in and training her' connection to Iron Fist. This was sort of weird but hey, trauma does crazy things to your memory. What I didn't understand was how she managed to keep up this illusion in her head and everything else that had happened during those early years after she escaped from the Children of Phonos. Who was supporting her? How did she get her job as an investigative reporter? Where did the Children of Phonos even come from and how did they grow so big with sects all over the world? With ten minds working on this novel, none of them volunteered to give any answers that would help flesh out this world. Even the characters weren't well-developed at all. Nora was perhaps the only passable character, a sympathetic lead, though she did not really win me over by absorbing Shelby, a physical manifestation of her power known as a Heykeli and one of her only two friends despite Shelby's pleas to stop. I get why Nora did it but it still seemed quite heartless to me in that moment. Everyone else though was so one-dimensional. Sam was just this heart-of-gold best friend who would do anything for Nora, no questions asked. Damastes was the demon simply hellbent on murder and killing. Rafe, the new head wizard of the Children, was this caricature of a supervillain who just simply wanted power with no real reason. In fact, anyone that Nora disliked turned out to be wrong about their beliefs (the nuns), a secret cult member (the cops) or dead (her father who saved her and every other cult member in the end). There were no grey areas or morally conflicted/ambiguous characters. Everyone felt like they were created to fit standard archetypes of a superhero comic with nothing that made them stand out or particularly special.
The only saving grace of this book was the final confrontation where Nora and friends decide to storm the cult's headquarters as they try to complete their all-important child sacrifice. This was pretty well-written and it was quite entertaining as the various players in this fight all tried to pursue their own intentions. Damastes' almost successful escape from Nora's control was the unexpected highlight of this final fight. The conclusion though was slightly underwhelming given the direction that the writing was hinting. Nora simply absorbed Damastes back into her body even though it really seemed like she was going to sacrifice herself to take him down. This was disappointing because 1) that was all it took??? and 2) this meant that there was the possibility of a sequel.
I don't know what was the writing process that the ten authors undertook as a team to make this novel but it felt like a 'too many cooks spoil the broth' scenario. In the hands of one competent author, this book would have probably been more thought-out and smooth-flowing. Instead it felt too much like a mishmash of ideas. 2.5/5
This entire review has been hidden because of spoilers.
May 15, 2017
INDIGO BY A MULTITUDE OF AUTHORS: I never really believed that so many authors could invent and mold such a kick ass character as Nora Hesper/INDIGO !
Investigative reporter Nora Hesper is not your typical reporter. During the night she is Indigo, a person that can shape and draw the darkness to help her in her quest to find out where the killers of children all over the city are and dispose of them. Nora, during the daytime is investigating the killing of children. She knows who is doing it & she wants to settle up the score quickly before more kids die. Indigo on the other hand wants the Children of Phonos dead & quickly . Nora feels two ways about Indigo. She wants the killers dead , she wants the story, but she is still trying to deal with her Indigo personification . Nora/Indigo are Zorro/Batman & Super Girl all rolled into one and it makes for a very confusing, troubling & lonely life.
I was really impressed that so many authors (10) could collaborate on one story and not have the storyline get all choppy. I really hope to see more of Nora/Indigo cause she's one kick ass duo!
I received this book free from goodreads in exchange for a review.
Investigative reporter Nora Hesper is not your typical reporter. During the night she is Indigo, a person that can shape and draw the darkness to help her in her quest to find out where the killers of children all over the city are and dispose of them. Nora, during the daytime is investigating the killing of children. She knows who is doing it & she wants to settle up the score quickly before more kids die. Indigo on the other hand wants the Children of Phonos dead & quickly . Nora feels two ways about Indigo. She wants the killers dead , she wants the story, but she is still trying to deal with her Indigo personification . Nora/Indigo are Zorro/Batman & Super Girl all rolled into one and it makes for a very confusing, troubling & lonely life.
I was really impressed that so many authors (10) could collaborate on one story and not have the storyline get all choppy. I really hope to see more of Nora/Indigo cause she's one kick ass duo!
I received this book free from goodreads in exchange for a review.
April 30, 2017
I knew when I saw the concept of all these authors writing a story it would be a good thing. I thought that each author would take a chapter or it would be a number of adventures starting and stopping with one character but I was wrong. This is a flowing story with some great characters with no interuption from one author taking over for another. Indigo is a woman that can draw power from the shadows and uses it to thwart crime. She is inhabited by a murderous god who shares her body because of a ancient ritual. Lots of murder and mayhem. I hope that Indigo returns for more adventures but with this many authors it's doubtful. A great read.
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