Broken (Armstrong novel)

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Broken
1st edition cover
Author	Kelley Armstrong
Country	Canada
Language	English
Series	Women of the Otherworld
Genre	Fantasy novel
Publisher	Bantam Spectra (US), Seal Books (Canada), Time Warner Orbit (UK)
Publication date	May 2006 (US, UK, Canada)
Media type	Print (Paperback) and (e-book)
Pages	480pp
ISBN	ISBN 0-553-58818-4 (USA)
OCLC	67231322
Dewey Decimal	813/.6 22
LC Class	PS3551.R4678 B76 2006
Preceded by	Haunted
Followed by	No Humans Involved

Broken is a fantasy novel by written by Kelley Armstrong. It is the sixth in her Women of the Otherworld series and has the return of Elena Michaels as narrator.

Plot summary

In this story the half-demon Xavier calls in a favour - steal Jack the Ripper's From Hell letter away from a Toronto collector who had himself stolen it from the British police files. It seems simple, but in the process Elena accidentally triggers a spell placed on the letter which opens a portal into the nether regions of Victorian London. With thieving vampires, killer rats and unstoppable zombies on the loose, Elena and the Pack must find a way to close the portal before it is too late. To add to the confusion, Elena herself is pregnant with Clay's child (actually twins).

The story begins with Elena worrying about her current pregnancy. She has concerns about what effect her werewolf nature will have on the unborn child, something with no recorded precedent in Pack knowledge. Clay and Jeremy, also concerned, have imposed a number of restrictions on her actions too, which Elena accepts but is also frustrated by. She is, therefore, not entirely displeased to hear from Xavier Reese who offers her a deal: he will hand over information about a rogue mutt the Pack have been seeking in exchange for the Pack's help in stealing an artefact from a sorcerer - the From Hell letter.

The deal is agreed to and, after the mutt has been dealt with, Jeremy steals the letter. As they leave, however, Clay squashes a mosquito and smears Elena's blood on the document. This activates an inter-dimensional portal, which releases individuals previously entrapped there during the Victorian era. Now zombies, these track Elena, putting her and her unborn offspring at risk.

Attempting to rescue her, the Pack kill these zombies, but to their shock they keep returning. In addition, cholera has infected the Toronto water-supply and the city's rats have become diseased and aggressive. Modern individuals disappear through the portal by accident, whilst murders take place that lead them to suspect that they have released Jack the Ripper himself upon an unsuspecting public.

Characters in "Broken"

Elena Michaels - Pack werewolf, Clayton's mate, pregnant with Clayton's child(ren).
Clayton Danvers - Pack werewolf, foster son of Jeremy Danvers, top fighter in the pack, mate of Elena.
Jeremy Danvers - Alpha werewolf of the Pack, foster father of Clayton Danvers
Antonio Sorrentino - Pack werewolf, best friend of Jeremy.
Nicholas (Nick) Sorrentino - Pack werewolf, best friend of Clayton.
Jaime Vegas - Necromancer, works in Hollywood as a "fake" necromancer on TV, but is a real necromancer. Has a crush on Jeremy Danvers.
Katherine Danvers - Daughter of Elena and Clay (Born at the end of the story).
Logan Danvers - Son of Elena and Clay (Born at the end of the story).
Xavier Reese - Half-demon (father was an Evanidus demon) with teleportation abilities (limited to approximately 10 feet). Gets Elena to agree to steal the "Ripper letter" by giving her information on a rogue mutt. Elena met him in Stolen (book number two in the series) when she was captured. Xavier saved her twice while she was imprisoned, once from being killed, and once from being raped by guards, and he comes back to get her to return the favor.
Zoe - Vampire who helps Elena deal with her zombie problem.

Release details

Published May 2006 in paperback by Bantam Spectra in the United States.
Published the same month in paperback by Seal Books in Canada (ISBN 0770429793).
Published the same month in paperback by Time Warner Orbit in the United Kingdom (ISBN 1841493422).

External links

Literature written by Kelley Armstrong

Series

Otherworld
Darkest Powers
Nadia Stafford

Novels

Otherworld series	Bitten (2001) Stolen (2003) Dime Store Magic (2004) Industrial Magic (2004) Haunted (2005) Broken (2006) No Humans Involved (2007) Personal Demon (2008) Living with the Dead (2008) Frostbitten (2009) Waking the Witch (2010) Spellbound (2010)

Darkest Powers series	The Summoning (2008) The Awakening (2009) The Reckoning (2010) The Gathering (2011)

Nadia Stafford series	Exit Strategy (2007) Made to be Broken (2009)

Standalone Novels

Short Stories / Novellas

Otherworld series

Before 2004	Truth and Consequences (1996) Savage (2003) Ascension (2003) Beginnings (2004)

2005	Demonology (2005) The Case of the Half-Demon Spy (2005) Expectations (2005) Territorial (2005) Birthright (2005) Ghosts (2005) Escape (2005) Wedding Bell Hell (2005) Adventurer (2005) Bargain (2005) Rebirth (2005) Infusion (2005)

2006 - 2008	The Case of El Chupacabra (2006) Chaotic (2006) Becoming (2007) Twilight (2007) Framed (2007) Stalked (2007) The Ungrateful Dead (2008)

2009	Kitsunegari (2009) Paranormal Romance Blues (2009) Zen and the Art of Vampirism (2009) Recruit (2009) Checkmate (2009) Angelic (2009)

2010	Life Sentence (2010) Learning Curve (2010) Young Bloods (2010) Bewitched (2010) Lucifer’s Daughter (2010) Counterfeit Magic (2010)

2011	Chivalrous (2011) The List (2011)

Darkest Powers series

Dangerous
Kat (2009)
Divided
Disenchanted
Hunting Kat (2010)

Nadia Stafford series

Standalone Stories

Plan B (2004)
Death Dealer (2006)
Dead to Me (2009)
A Haunted House of Her Own (2009)
The Collector (2009)
Harbinger (2009)
Last Stand (2010)
Rakshasha (2011)

Anthologies

Before 2008	Like a Charm (2004) Dying for It (2006) Many Bloody Returns (2007) My Big Fat Supernatural Honeymoon (2007) Blood Lite (2008)

2009	The Mammoth Book of Paranormal Romance (2009) A Fantasy Medley (2009) The Eternal Kiss (2009) By Blood We Live (2009) Tesseracts Thirteen (2009) Twilight Zone (2009) Campus Chills (2009) Hellbound Hearts (2009)

2010	The New Dead (2010) Evolve (2010) The Bitten Word (2010) Kisses from Hell (2010) The Living Dead 2 (2010) Blood Lite 2 (2010) The Year’s Best Dark Fantasy and Horror (2010)

2011	The Recent Undead (2011) Tales of Dark Fantasy 2 (2011) Evolve 2 (2011) The Monster’s Corner (2011)

Jack the Ripper media

Seminal works

The Lodger
Jack the Ripper: The Final Solution

Letters

Film

Waxworks (1924)
The Lodger: A Story of the London Fog (1926)
Pandora's Box (1929)
The Lodger (1932)
The Lodger (1944)
Man in the Attic (1953)
Jack the Ripper (1959)
Lulu (1962)
A Study in Terror (1965)
Hands of the Ripper (1971)
Dr. Jekyll and Sister Hyde (1971)
The Ruling Class (1972)
What the Swedish Butler Saw (1975)
Jack the Ripper (1976)
Murder by Decree (1979)
Time After Time (1979)
Jack's Back (1988)
Edge of Sanity (1989)
Deadly Advice (1994)
Ripper (2001)
From Hell (2001)
Bad Karma (2002)
Case Closed: The Phantom of Baker Street (2002)
The Lodger (2009)
Holmes & Watson. Madrid Days (2012)

Parody

Bizarre, Bizarre (1937)
Amazon Women on the Moon (1987)

Music

Stage

Earth Spirit (1895 play)
Pandora's Box (1904 play)
Lulu (1937 opera)
The Lodger (1960 opera)

Comics

Literature

Sherlock Holmes	Dust and Shadow The Last Sherlock Holmes Story Sherlock Holmes: The Unauthorized Biography

Short stories	"A Toy for Juliette" "The Prowler in the City at the Edge of the World"

Other	A Feast Unknown Anno Dracula Blood and Fog Matrix A Night in the Lonesome October Jack the Ripper, Light-Hearted Friend Portrait of a Killer: Jack the Ripper—Case Closed Time After Time The League of Extraordinary Gentlemen, Volume III: Century Phantom Blood Night of the Ripper Darkside Lifeblood Lost The Witches of Chiswick Broken Dracula the Un-dead

series	Jack the Ripper (1973) The Phantom Raspberry Blower of Old London Town (1976) Jack the Ripper (1988) Sanctuary (2007–2011) Whitechapel (2009–2013) Ripper Street (2012–2013)

episodes	"Wolf in the Fold" (1967) "Comes the Inquisitor" (1995) "Ripper" (1999) "Sanctuary for All" (2008)

Video games

The Ripper (canceled)
Jack the Ripper (1987)
Ripper (1986)
Duke Nukem: Zero Hour (1999)
Shadow Man (1999)
MediEvil 2 (2000)
Jack the Ripper (2003)
Mystery in London: On the Trail of Jack the Ripper (2007)
Sherlock Holmes Versus Jack the Ripper (2009)

Other

In fiction

Jack the Ripper

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