Stolen (Women of the Otherworld, Book 2)
It was in Bitten, Kelley Armstrong’s debut novel, that thirty-year-old Elena Michaels came to terms with her feral appetites and claimed the proud identity of a beautiful, successful woman—and the only living female werewolf. In Stolen, on a mission for her own elite pack, she is lured into the net of ruthless Internet billionaire Tyrone Winsloe, who has funded a bogus scientific investigation of the “other races” and their supernatural powers. Kidnapped and studied in his underground lab deep in the Maine woods, these paranormals—witches, vampires, shamans, werewolves—are then released and hunted to the death in a real-world video game. But when Winsloe captures Elena, he finally meets his match. From Publishers Weekly Review Review Scarier than 1, opens up the world A Surprising Sequel Another Great Book of the OtherworldProduct Details
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Elena Michaels, the only known female werewolf, cavorts on a more fully cultivated supernatural playing field in this sure-footed follow-up to Bitten (2001). While investigating a suspicious notice advertising information for sale about werewolves, Elena meets witches Paige and Ruth Winterbourne-and, to her misfortune, a team of mortal and supernatural commandos who abduct Elena and Ruth to a remote underground bunker in the wilds of Maine. There Ty Winsloe, "billionaire and computer geek extraordinaire," is collecting a menagerie representing all the supernatural species that coexist anonymously with humanity (vampires, werewolves, witches, etc.). While his scientists study such creatures in the hope of distilling their uncanny powers as salable commodities, Winsloe hunts those captives who have outlived their usefulness in cruel most-dangerous-game fashion. Elena's efforts to outsmart Winsloe long enough to apprise her Pack of her whereabouts are complicated by a werewolf wannabe among the captors. Though the tale is pretty much a prison-break story spiffed up with magic, Armstrong leavens the narrative with brisk action and intriguing dollops of werewolf culture that suggest a complex and richly imagined anthropologic backstory. The sassy, pumped-up Elena makes a perfect hardboiled horror heroine, with enough engaging attitude to compensate for the loose ends left untied to set up her next adventure.
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Bitten…did much the same thing for werewolves that Ann Rice did for vampires in her Interview with the Vampire. -- Rocky Mountain News
Bitten…did much the same thing for werewolves that Ann Rice did for vampires in her Interview with the Vampire. (Rocky Mountain News)Customer Reviews
Book 2 in the Women of the Otherworld Series.
This book is definitely scarier than book 1 (Bitten) but it opens up the paranormal world to explore the other possible supernatual beings.
Still contains the same main female character (Elena the werewolf) and sets up several characters for the third book.
In the second book of The Women of the Otherworld series, "Stolen," Elena Michaels is back, this time taken prisoner in a secret compound for supernaturals, run by overzealous scientists and a software geek with a hunting fetish. It is another great book from Armstrong. Elena's character is further developed, and many new characters are introduced as well. The action is well paced, and the ending leaves the possibility for future books. Two thumbs up on this one.
I really like Kelley Armstrong's Women of the Otherworld! This is about Elena. She is back with the pack, but still working as a reporter. She finds this ad for werewolves and goes to investigate it. There she meets a couple witches, Page and Ruth. Unfortunately, Elena and Ruth get kidnapped by a group of humans and supernaturals that are experimenting on the victims. Since Elena is the only female werewolf, she is an especially good find.
I like the dynamic of the story as everyone has to work together, with their own abilities, to rescue Ruth and Elena. It really opens up the different people and types of supernaturals that are in this story. Everything is well written and keeps you wanting more.
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