Burning Bridges - Retrievers, Bk 4 Author:Laura Anne Gilman The best Retrievers go unnoticed: sliding into shadows, gliding through crowds without entanglement. — Wren Valare used to be almost invisible. But now she's not only being seen, she's getting involved. — Recent attacks against nonhuman Fatae have escalated into hate crimes against magic users in general -- humans incl... more »uded. With the Mage Council distracted by internal power struggles, Wren is guilted into stepping up as a spokesperson for the fragily united Fatae and lonejack communities . . .
And, because the cosmos deems her without enough complications, her partner-lover Sergei is drowning in his own problems. But not only can't she help him -- she's the cause.
With lives on the line -- including her own -- Wren's going to have to break the lonejack credo, ditch her long-cherished invisibility and take a stand.
For Wren and Sergei it becomes impossible to differentiate between friends or enemies. All the turmoil fractures their partnership. Difficult and sad to read of their turmoil.