There main character, Rain, is one of the most unique characters that I've encountered in science fiction/fantasy. She's a trickster spirit who was captured by a shadowy government agency that, through some technological means, managed to split her persona into a plural system of several different people/persons in one person with limited shape shifting powers.

Ancient spirits, plurality, shape shifting, secret government agencies: I've not read anything like this before.

In the book, she's trying to escape this agency which has been forcing one of her personalities to work as a soldier/assassin.

The central personality, Rain, was formed to understand herself as human, rather than an ancient spirit, and the book details her quest to hold onto this humanity as the machinations of government agencies, the spirit realm, and her other personalities war with her for control.

There's a LOT going on in this book.

The visuals are rich and ever-shifting as Rain travels from past memories, across the terrain of the spirit realm, and across dream-scapes. A big reason why I'd like to see this book as a movie.

The story itself is a contemplation of humanness and holding onto the softer, more connective aspects of self in a world of violence and conflict.

A very unique book.

Give it a read!

@timberwraith No, there's potentially more since the original mission for the Old Man is still outstanding and the Man in White will be after Rain one way or another. She can't escape it.

I just wanted to leave her (and Mace) in a nice quiet place, kind of like how I ended on she and Shadow in the novella.