Moon Called

"Moon Called" is the first installment in Patricia Briggs's "Mercedes Thompson" series. Set in the Tri-Cities area of Washington state the series follows Mercedes, a VW mechanic, and her interactions with the supernaturals who live in the area. In this first novel most of the action centers around Adam, the Alpha werewolf who lives next door.

Characters

Mercedes (Mercy) Thompson, the daughter of a Blackfoot Indian and a White, teenage mother, she is a mechanic and a "walker" (a Native American shapeshifter not linked to the moon) who turns into a coyote. She bought her shop from Zee who retired after he was forced to come public about being a fae.

Mac, A young man and newly turned werewolf with a mysterious past who shows up at Mercy's garage looking for work and is only the beginning of the troubles that are about to enter her life.

Adam Hauptman, the Alpha werewolf of the Tri-Cities pack who lives next door to Mercy.

Jesse Hauptman, Adam's 15 year-old daughter who spends part of her time living with him next door. She's also very dear to Mercy.

Bran Cornick, The Marrok, is the Alpha werewolf of all the werewolf packs in the United States.

Dr. Samuel Cornick, Son of the Marrok, who grew up around Mercy and nearly married her when she was 16.

Zee, aka Siebold Adelbertsmiter (Adelbertkrieger), is the fae who used to own the garage Mercy runs. He is a Mettalzauber (though he calls himself a Gremlin), a fae with an affinity for metals. He moved to the United States from Germany "long" before the term "gremlin" came into being.

Stefan, a vampire who happens to be Marcy's friend. He owns a VW bus decorated like the Mystery Machine from Scooby-Doo.

Mercedes Thompson Series

This book is the first in a series, with the second novel, "Blood Bound," following the same characters. A third novel, Iron Kissed, was released January 2008. The fourth novel, Bone Crossed is to be released February 2009.

Reviews

Moon Called has been called "excellent... thoroughly satisfying" by Kim Harrison and said "expect to be spell bound" by Lynn Viehl.

"A new and dazzling world of werewolves, shape-shifters, witches and vampires."-Lynn Viehl, "USA TODAY" bestselling author of the Darkyn series.

"Plenty of twists and turns... kept me entertained from its deceptively innocent beginning to its can't-put-it-down end."-Kim Harrison, "USA TODAY" bestselling author of "Every Which Way but Dead"