Merry Gentry · Book 7
Swallowing Darkness
- Published
- 1 January 2008
- Pages
- 365
- ISBN-13
- 9780345495938
- Type
- novel

About this book
Swallowing Darkness (2008) pushes the fae court succession plot toward its climax, with Meredith Gentry's power and her circle of guards-and-lovers both still building across Laurell K. Hamilton's series.
Its place in Merry Gentry
Swallowing Darkness is book 7 in the Merry Gentry series. It follows A Lick of Frost. It is followed by Divine Misdemeanors. See the full Merry Gentry reading order.
Merry Gentry is Laurell K. Hamilton's second long-running series, following Meredith Gentry -- a faerie princess in hiding as a Los Angeles private investigator -- after decades spent fleeing the fae courts' murderous politics. A Kiss of Shadows opens the series with Merry pulled back into the world she fled: to inherit the Unseelie throne, she must produce an heir before her rival cousin does, in a court where the succession is decided through fertility, seduction, and outright assassination attempts. Hamilton's…
Editions
- edition · unknown publisher · — · ISBN 9780345495938