Adam is of a species with many workers, a small group of breeding females, and a single male to bind them all chemically and to impregnate them: him. When his own daughters reach puberty, he must move on to avoid harmful inbreeding. His first new assignment has a lurking moral problem, and the next one is as a "contract" king bee.
Annie wasn't naïve when she followed Tom to Serbia, but perhaps a little innocent. It was 1997, Communism had collapsed, and the Balkan Wars appeared over. It seemed the perfect time for a young couple to make their fortune, explore the world, and leave past disappointments behind. But Belgrade could be cruel to foreigners, and in the end, Annie's innocence would fall as its victim. Yet, she learned, the city had gifts had to offer too - gifts that could prove just as intense as its dangers...
I have a mind control gift. At least, I think it's a gift. Originally I thought it was a curse. The mind control is very limited in target and duration but it does have some long-term effects. Also, I'm not really in control. In fact, no one is in control. So is it mind control? Confused? I'll try and explain.
Ricky loves his sister but makes a really bad choice. I guess he never heard the old saying, you got to know when to hold them, when to fold them, and when to walk away.