Roxanne Bland does bestselling authors Charlaine Harris, Kim Harrison, J.R. Ward, and Laurell K. Hamilton one better with The Undergroundrocketing into the upper ranks of urban dark fantasy and paranormal romance by adding a touch of science fiction to the fantastic, horrific, erotic mix*.* Set in an alternate Seattle, Washington, Bland's heart-pounding, deliciously sexy adventure imagines a city where communities of "exotics"shapeshifters, witches, elves, and vampireslive among the murderous human population and are ruled over by the cruel, insatiable vampire, Kurt. The powerful alpha male of the city's werewolf pack, Parker Berenson, is one of the Master's enslaved servants, and he would like nothing better than to hasten the downfall of the vampire overlord who stole his love, the beautiful mage Garrett Larkin. But in a night city already on the razor's edgein the midst of a spate of inexplicable bloody murdersthe alpha wolf's passionate encounter with a stunning interstellar assassin could upset the very delicate balance and ignite a war that neither exotics nor humans can survive. WARNING: PROFANITY, VIOLENCE, GRAPHIC ADULT CONTENT.