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Stolen is the second novel in Kelley Armstrong's Women of the Otherworld series. It is narrated by Elena Michaels.

Synopsis[]

Even though she's the world's only female werewolf, Elena Michaels is just a regular girl at heart—with larger than normal appetites. She sticks to three feasts a day, loves long runs in the moonlight, and has a lover who is unbelievable frustrating yet all the more sexy for his dark side. Like every regular girl, she certainly doesn't believe in witches. Then again, when two small, ridiculously feminine women manage to hurl her against a wall, and then save her from the hunters on her tail, Elena realizes that maybe there are more things in heaven and earth than she's dreamt of.

Vampires, demons, shamans, witches—in Stolen they all exist, and they're all under attack. An obsessed tycoon with a sick curiosity is well on his way to amassing a private collection of supernaturals, and plans to harness their powers for himself—even if it means killing them. For Elena, kidnapped and imprisoned deep underground, separated from her Pack, unable to tell her friends from her enemies, choosing the right allies is a matter of life and death.

Plot[]

Elena travels to Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania to follow up an online posting which purports to be able to prove the existence of werewolves. Her contact, a young witch named Paige Winterbourne reveals disturbingly accurate information not only about werewolves, but Elena herself, and claims there are numerous supernatural races beyond werewolves in the world. Paige wants Elena’s help, as someone has been kidnapping supernaturals of all races and werewolves might be next.

Unable to sleep, she goes out that night for a run, but is followed by a stalker with military training. Elena evades him only to discover that he has colleagues and that they are trying to capture not only herself, but also Paige and her mother Ruth. The three fight back and escape.

Elena calls Jeremy and, the next morning, the two of them attend a meeting of the Interracial Council. There they are told about a shaman who had been kidnapped and taken away from his home in Virginia to a compound run by Tyrone Winsloe and Lawrence Matasumi. With his abilities of Astral projection, the shaman was able to reach out to the Council for help.

Jeremy declines to join up with the Council, as his priority is first and foremost to the Pack and its safety. Whilst he is prepared to join forces with the Council if necessary, it is only a temporary measure as the Pack has always fought its own battles.

That night Clay arrives. The three werewolves are attacked by men working for Winsloe, and they are suspicious because the only people who knew they were in the area were the members of the Council.

Elena is kidnapped and taken to the compound where she becomes involved with many of the other residents. Ruth has also been kidnapped, and takes a special interest in a neophyte witch named Savannah Levine. Ruth arranges to spend time with Savannah to train her on witchcraft, but “poltergeist activity”  and the strain of teaching Savannah advanced magic ultimately leads to Ruth’s untimely death.

Meanwhile, scientist Sondra Bauer becomes obsessed with turning herself into a werewolf and injects herself with some of Elena's saliva. Her body reacts as if she has been bitten, and she is taken to the infirmary. While there, Bauer kills Carmichael and Elena is forced to sedate her. Bauer is transferred to the cell beside Elena's.

Tyrone Winsloe takes an interest in Elena, wanting her to wear skimpy clothing as well as watch, and participate in, his 'hunts'. Prisoners such as Patrick Lake and Armen Haig are killed during these and it becomes clear that Elena is next. Winsloe brings her photographs that he claims are of Clay and that Clay is now dead.

An apparent system malfunction provides the opportunity for Elena and several others to escape. Bauer loses control and is killed by the guards. Leah and Savannah get left behind when an elevator door closes on Elena. She makes a run for it, Changing into a wolf, and is chased by dogs. Clay finds her and takes her back to Jeremy and the others who are in New Brunswick, Canada.

The werewolves and remaining Council return to the compound to rescue the other prisoners and put a stop to Ty Winsloe and his associates. Curtis Zaid, supposedly a Voudon priest prisoner, is revealed to be a sorcerer named Isaac Katzen who is working with the scientists. Leah is shown to be the one really responsible for the poltergeist activity. She attempts to snatch Savannah, but is prevented and escapes. Clay and Elena track Winsloe and kill him.

Characters[]

The Pack[]

  • Elena Michaels - Journalist and the world's only known female werewolf. 32 years old.
  • Clayton Danvers - Jeremy's foster-son-turned bodyguard, and the werewolf who bit Elena. Also Elena's lover/partner/mate.
  • Jeremy Danvers - Alpha werewolf and leader of the Pack.

Interracial Council[]

  • Cassandra DuCharme - Vampire representative to the Interracial Council. Aloof, cold, and very powerful.
  • Kenneth Okalik - Shaman representative to the Interracial Council. Very quiet, very shy.
  • Qiona - Spirit guide to murdered shaman. Alerts Kenneth to the kidnappings.
  • Adam Vasic - Half-demon and best friend of Paige Winterbourne. His father was an Exustio demon, and his mother a human (Talia Vasic). His stepfather is Robert Vasic (his mother married Vasic when Adam was a child). Has fire-related powers.
  • Robert Vasic - Half-demon and Adam's stepfather. Half-demon representative to the interracial council. Son of a human woman and a Tempestras demon. Has powers over storms, weather.
  • Paige Winterbourne - Witch, best friend of Adam Vasic. Daughter of Ruth Winterbourne.
  • Ruth Winterbourne - head of the North American Coven and witch representative to the Interracial Council. Mother of Paige Winterbourne.

Prisoners at the Compound[]

  • Aaron Darnell - Former lover of vampire delegate Cassandra. Captured during Elena's time at the compound.
  • Armen Haig - called a "human chameleon." Is not a half-demon, but possesses the ability to change minor facial features at will.
  • Leah O'Donnell - Half-demon (father was a Volo demon). Extremely powerful telekinetic, very friendly. In the human world is police officer
  • Patrick Lake - Werewolf mutt, disfigured by Clayton in the past.
  • Eve Levine - dead by the beginning of the book (murdered by the scientists after she tries to escape with her daughter). Non-coven witch (though she was part of the coven earlier in Paige's life, until Eve decided she wanted to learn black magic. She then quits the coven. Paige's memory is wiped of all memories of Eve in her early childhood. Eve is deeply sad because Ruth would do something like that), extremely powerful, teaches black magic. Mother of Savannah Levine. Also half-demon (father was an Aspicio demon, mother was a witch).
  • Savannah Levine - Twelve-year-old daughter of witch/half-demon Eve Levine. Very powerful witch, although has not reached her full potential yet.
  • Curtis Zaid - Vodoun Priest. Mentally insane.
  • Roger - Shaman who tries to escape at the beginning, and is killed.

Compound Workers[]

  • Sondra Bauer - Human, turned into werewolf after injecting herself with Elena's saliva. Daughter of powerful paper-mill family, very wealthy. More than a little crazy.
  • Dr. Carmichael - Doctor at the compound, convinces herself it is ethical to work at compound because it is "for the benefit of the humanity."
  • Isaac Katzen - Sorcerer, leading the scientists to the supernaturals.
  • Lawrence Matasumi - Scientist, interested in psychic abilities.
  • Xavier Reese - Half-demon (father was Evanidus demon) with teleportation powers, limited to approximately 10 feet.
  • Colonel Tucker - Military, runs security at the compound.
  • Tyrone Winsloe - Billionaire and computer geek, runs company called "Promethean Fire." Very attracted to Elena, psychotic.

Publication[]

See also: Goodreads - Editions of Stolen by Kelley Armstrong

Stolen was first published December 24, 2002 by Random House Canada. It has been republished numerous times, including a recent ebook reissue by Hachette Digital in 2023.

It is included in the Otherworld omnibus Werewolves : Bitten, Stolen And Beginnings by Vintage Canada.

Translated Editions[]

  • Dutch: Gevangen ("Captured")
  • French: Capture
  • German: Rückkehr der Wölfin ("Return of the She-Wolf")
  • Italian: Stolen: Figlia della Luna ("Stolen: Child of the Moon")
  • Polish: Uwięziona ("Trapped")
  • Romanian: A doua luna plina ("Second child of the moon")
  • Swedish: Märkt ("Marked")
  • Spanish: Sequestrada ("Kidnapped")
  • Turkish: Çalınmış ("Stolen")

Alternate Covers[]

References[]

Otherworld Series
Women of the Otherworld Novels
BittenStolenDime Store MagicIndustrial MagicHauntedBrokenNo Humans InvolvedPersonal DemonLiving With The DeadWaking the WitchSpell BoundThirteen
Collections
Men of the OtherworldTales of the OtherworldOtherworld NightsOtherworld SecretsOtherworld ChillsLed Astray
Novellas
SavageAscensionChaoticAngelicCounterfeit MagicThe Case of El Chupacabra, BeginningsBewitchedForbiddenHiddenVanishing ActThe Ungrateful Dead
Short Stories
V PlatesThe ListChivalrousLucifer's DaughterLearning CurveLife SentenceTwilightZen and the Art of VampirismParanormal Romance BluesStalkedRebirthInfusionKitsunegariDemonologyBirthrightThe Case of the Half-Demon SpyExpectationsTruth and ConsequencesTerritorialGhostsEscapeWedding Bell HellAdventurerBargainFramedBamboozledYoung Bloods
Graphic Novels
BecomingBounty Hunt
Kate & Logan
Wolf's BaneWolf's Curse
  1. Two years after Bitten, per Stolen
  2. Ten months before Dime Store Magic; fourteen months Industrial Magic which takes place Oct. 2001.
  3. In Personal Demon, they learn that Armen Haig was kidnapped in Summer 2000
  4. https://www.goodreads.com/work/editions/14289-stolen
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