And like the reincarnation of their patron saint, she will bring hope to all of Santa Olivia. 1 Dark Currents (2012) 2 Autumn Bones (2013) Kushiels Legacy Universe Earth Begotten (2003) SF Santa Olivia. Eventually, the orphans find an outlet for their frustrations: They form a vigilante group to support Loup Garron, who, costumed as their patron saint, Santa Olivia, uses her special abilities to avenge the town.Īware that she could lose her freedom, and possibly her life, Loup is determined to fight to redress the wrongs her community has suffered. The 'Wolf-Men' were engineered to have superhuman strength, speed, sensory capability, stamina, and a total lack of fear, and Loup, named for and sharing her father's wolf-like qualities, is marked as an outsider.Īfter her mother dies, Loup goes to live among the misfit orphans at the parish church, where they seethe from the injustices visited upon the locals by the soldiers. In this isolated military buffer zone between Mexico and the U.S., the citizens of Santa Olivia are.

Plot summary edit Set in a future dystopia United States, the town of Santa Olivia is effectively a desert war zone where people have no rights and legally no longer exist, with the towns name even being changed simply to 'Outpost No. A fugitive 'Wolf-Man' who had a love affair with a local woman, Loup's father was one of a group of men genetically manipulated and used by the U.S. Santa Olivia by Jacqueline Carey Read: April 20 ApOther Information: Library book, paperback, 341 pages, read for book club My Rating: 4 stars (really liked it) Book Blurb: There is no pity in Santa Olivia. Santa Olivia is a novel by Jacqueline Carey, the first in a series that is continued by Saints Astray. military base inside a demilitarized buffer zone between Texas and Mexico. Loup Garron was born and raised in Santa Olivia, an isolated, disenfranchised town next to a U.S.