Unmarked

Garcia, Kami. Unmarked. The Legion Book 2. 2014. 384p. ISBN 0316210226. Available as an eBook from Overdrive.

Instead of stopping the demon Andras and preventing his escape from Hell, Kennedy was the instrument that released him. As one of the five members of the Legion, she participated in a ritual that opened the gate and released Andras.

Unmarked picks up right where Unbreakable left off. Kennedy has been enrolled in a private school for troubled teens by her aunt following the death of her mother. For days she has heard nothing from Jared and the other members of the Legion. But she’s been following the damage done by Andras, which is left unexplained in the press: large storms; people disappearing; mass murders. Andras is making his way for her, and she knows there will be no escape this time.

Fortunately, Jared, Lukas, Alara and Priest track her down, helped by Elle, Kennedy’s best friend, and rescue her from her school. Using details from her memory, Kennedy is able to track down her father’s sister, whom she did not know existed. Faith, Alex’s sister, reveals that she is the 5th member of the Legion, but having been tortured by the Illuminati she remains in hiding. She can’t reveal anything else because she is killed by a spirit later on in the night. An assault on the sequestered farm house follows, and the six of them escape. Armed with hints and a journal, they trace back information to Paul Revere’s tomb in Boston, then confront Andras, who has occupied a stranger’s body. The battle goes poorly, but the group is rescued by Gabriel and Dimitri, two members of the Illuminati, and they capture Andras.

Given the opportunity to destroy a vengeful spirit to earn her mark, Kennedy does so, but then remains unmarked. Dimitri reveals that Kennedy’s mother was also a member of the Illuminati, a group in direct opposition to the Legion. This makes Kennedy a member of the Illuminati, not of the Legion. Kennedy is crestfallen.

Meanwhile, Andras successfully transfers himself into Jared’s body. Needing to possess someone to survive, the Legion could kill Jared and therefore destroy Andras forever. But there has to be another way to rescue the one Kennedy loves. As the white dove, the outsider looking in, can Kennedy save her friend and the rest of the Legion?