Veena’s review of Planet Dragos (Elder Races, Book 9.8) by Thea Harrison
Urban Fantasy published by Teddy Harrison LLC 14 May 18
Change is in the air. It’s not just the unexpected acrimony between Pia and Drago while they’re dealing with her current pregnancy. Drago’s reluctance to discuss the identity of the performer advertised on a billboard who bears an uncanny resemblance to Drago has Pia’s instincts humming, causing her to rush off to investigate on her own – only to find that the person in question is “Death.” Who is going to die? What great change is in the wind necessitating Death’s presence?This cleverly written novella starring Pia and Drago brings together a lot of the characters from the Elder Race series that are fan favorites. Everyone is assembled in Vegas to celebrate Rune and Carling’s wedding, but there are a lot of undercurrents that are set to derail events in a big way. Death’s presence on the scene at various tense moments keeps readers on the edge and guessing.
Drago loses his shit when he finds out that Pia has disappeared and magic is obscuring her trail. The great beast has changed, however, and adapted to the modern times, as evidenced by how he uses social media and cell phone footage to appeal to the people of Las Vegas to help him locate his wife.
Shortly after Rune finds that Carling has disappeared as well, kidnapped from her suite, and the picture he’s sent as proof of life indicates she’s been starved of blood. Put in the same cell with Pia, will Carling be able to control her blood lust?
I thoroughly enjoyed the interaction between Pia and the angel of death, especially when she taunts him into being useful and bringing in hot water and supplies when it’s clear that she’s going to birth her son in captivity. **** Spoiler Alert**** It’s clear, once Drago and Pia find that their son is a unicorn like Pia, they will need to make significant changes to their lifestyle. I wonder how the author will drive this story forward now.
Grade: A
Summary:
From New York Times and USA Today bestselling author Thea Harrison comes the final novella featuring Pia and Dragos…
Pia’s latest pregnancy has become a daily challenge, her relationship with Dragos strained with argument. That hasn’t stopped them from achieving a compromise and traveling to Las Vegas to celebrate their friend Rune’s wedding to his mate Carling.
From the moment they arrive, the trip goes awry. Death walks in Vegas, and Pia is kidnapped as an ancient enemy makes a move to destroy the Great Beast once and for all.
But the Great Beast has other plans.
On Planet Dragos everything goes the way he arranges it—unless someone decides to cross him, and God help them then, because he doesn’t know how to back down, and he doesn’t ever, ever let up….
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