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Wild Country

World of the Others #2 / 3 ✓
by Anne Bishop
Wild Country (World of the Others #2) by Anne Bishop
★ 7.00 / 2
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In this powerful and exciting fantasy set in the world of the New York Times bestselling Others series, humans and the shape-shifting Others will see whether they can live side by side... without destroying one another.

There are ghost towns in the world — places where the humans were annihilated in retaliation for the slaughter of the shape-shifting Others.

One of those places is Bennett, a town at the northern end of the Elder Hills — a town surrounded by the wild country. Now efforts are being made to resettle Bennett as a community where humans and Others live and work together. A young female police officer has been hired as the deputy to a Wolfgard sheriff. A deadly type of Other wants to run a human-style saloon. And a couple with four foster children — one of whom is a blood prophet — hope to find acceptance.

But as they reopen the stores and the professional offices and start to make lives for themselves, the town of Bennett attracts the attention of other humans looking for profit. And the arrival of the Blackstone Clan, outlaws and gamblers all, will uncover secrets... or bury them.

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FantasyUrban Fantasy
Release date: March 5, 2019

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Anne Bishop

Anne Bishop

In the shadowed corners of fantasy fiction, where magic pulses beneath the surface of every word and darkness often holds more truth than light, Anne Bishop has carved out a world entirely her own. Her stories don’t just invite you in—they trap you willingly, with lush, dangerous landscapes and characters who wrestle with power, sacrifice, and the cost of survival. It's not just fantasy; it’s a realm where emotional intensity meets mythic depth, and nothing is ever quite safe or simple.

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Long before The Black Jewels Trilogy became a cult phenomenon, Bishop was already conjuring realms in her imagination, fueled by an early fascination with folklore, twisted fairytales, and the blurred lines between villain and hero. Raised in the Northeast United States, she found herself drawn to storytelling that didn’t flinch away from moral complexity. That instinct—to look into the dark and find meaning—became the foundation of her signature worldbuilding.

Her books often explore power not as a prize, but as a burden. In Bishop's hands, magic becomes a mirror, reflecting back the truths her characters would rather not face. Whether it’s Daemon and Jaenelle in The Black Jewels series or the mysterious Others in The Courtyards of the Others series, her protagonists navigate layered, often brutal societies with dignity, fury, and unexpected tenderness. Her style? Both lyrical and unrelenting—like a lullaby sung in a storm.

Readers and critics alike have praised her for creating fantasy worlds that are immersive yet emotionally raw. Daughter of the Blood, her debut, won the Crawford Award and set the tone for what would become a groundbreaking career. But Bishop has never chased accolades. Her goal has always been to write stories that resonate—haunt, even—long after the final page is turned.

In interviews, she often describes writing as "listening to the characters whisper," a process that feels more like discovery than invention. That quiet intuition is what gives her novels their particular pulse—the feeling that the story is alive, that it existed before you arrived and will continue after you leave.

When she isn’t crafting realms filled with shadow and soul, Anne Bishop enjoys the quiet rhythm of everyday life—gardening, baking, walking the same wooded paths where many of her ideas take root. Her fans, meanwhile, wait for the next portal to open, ready to step through and risk the cost.

In Bishop’s fiction, darkness doesn’t mean despair. It means depth. And if you’re brave enough to follow, you’ll find that the heart of her stories always carries a flicker of light.

World of the Others

World of the Others consists of three books and considered as a complete series. The current recommended reading order for the series is provided below.

Main series The Others

Lake Silence (World of the Others #1)
★ 9.00 / 1
Wild Country (World of the Others #2)
★ 7.00 / 2
Crowbones (World of the Others #3)
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