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Patricia Briggs
Patricia Briggs was born on 1965 in Butte, Montana, USA. She has lived in various cities in the Pacific Northwest, and now resides in Washington state. Briggs began writing in 1990 and published her first novel in 1993.
Moon Called
Synopsis
Mercy Thompson is a coyote shifter and a top-notch mechanic in the Tri-Cities, Washington. Her life gets complicated when she starts fixing a bus for a vampire, and her neighbors include a werewolf and a gremlin. Mercy's unique connections to the supernatural world are about to pull her into dangerous territory.
Genres
Characters
Mercy ThompsonProtagonist
A coyote shapeshifter and skilled Tri-Cities mechanic, raised among werewolves but never one of them, whose ties to the supernatural world open the book's mystery.
Adam HauptmanSupporting
Mercy's next-door neighbor and the dominant Alpha of the local Columbia Basin werewolf pack.
ZeeSupporting
Siebold Adelbertsmiter, Mercy's semi-retired former boss at the garage, a fae metalworker known as a gremlin.
Charles CornickSupporting
Bran's centuries-old son, who arrives with his father to help investigate the pack of newly and illegally made werewolves.
Bran CornickSupporting
Known as the Marrok, the centuries-old ruler of North America's werewolves, who raised Mercy in his own pack after her mother could not.
Frequently asked questions
What is Mercy Thompson's supernatural ability in Moon Called?
Mercy is a "walker," a rare kind of shapeshifter who can transform into a coyote. She was raised by werewolves after her mother could not care for her, but as a walker she is not a werewolf herself and stands somewhat apart from pack politics.
Is Moon Called the first book in the Mercy Thompson series?
Yes. Moon Called, published by Ace Books in January 2006, is the first novel in Patricia Briggs's Mercy Thompson series, which continued with Blood Bound, Iron Kissed and further sequels.
Is there a graphic novel version of Moon Called?
Yes, but it is a separate, later work: "Patricia Briggs' Mercy Thompson: Moon Called," a comic adaptation written with David Lawrence and illustrated by Amelia Woo, published by Dynamite Entertainment starting in 2011. It is a different catalog entry from this prose novel.