Gerhard Schrodinger is older than Oliver, bigger than Oliver, stronger and smarter. He even has more friends than Oliver, though surely that was earned with stolen merit given his gruesome disposal of vampire hunters. Hunters like Oliver. After failing to hunt Gerhard's son, Oliver finds himself at the mercy of the great beast who has curiously left him alive despite his transgressions... moreGerhard Schrodinger is older than Oliver, bigger than Oliver, stronger and smarter. He even has more friends than Oliver, though surely that was earned with stolen merit given his gruesome disposal of vampire hunters. Hunters like Oliver. After failing to hunt Gerhard's son, Oliver finds himself at the mercy of the great beast who has curiously left him alive despite his transgressions. The longer they stay together in their fragile truce, the more he must confront the basis of his identity, what makes it, what he aspires for. The truth, that she has always been a woman, is as difficult to crack from the egg as her growing devotion to her good-willed captor. Level 4 spice. Contains adult themes. less