A Thought in Progress

So, I had originally planned to wait on some of these things until I reread the books again. However, after what Charlie said I feel compelled to make my own statements.

For what you said about Bathymaas, she can't be the balance for the Malachi. She was created to be the order to Set's (Rezar) Chaos. I think that it was just a statement that with all of the powers of balance coming to light that the Malachi/ Sephiri would also be coming into the open again as well. Giving them the chance that they need to seize him so that Noir can charge his powers again.

I also noticed that it had Styxx as a groomsman at the wedding. However, I compared that with Styxx's book, and found that at that time he was making his way to the Sahara. Not even Urian knew where he was at that time. Ash had no idea that he wasn't still at the New York apartment. I'm not sure if this is because she waited so long to write the two stories, or if it is going to play into the skewed time line.

There are so many things in the Ash and Styxx books that don't match up. Exact events that happen which include both of them will have one date in Acheron and a different one in Styxx. Sometimes years apart. It really gets to me and sometimes makes things hard to follow. I have sent an e-mail to SK about it on facebook but as of yet I have received no response.

There is really no way of knowing right now if there is more than one time shift, or if this is all one. Ambrose said that he went back several times to try to fix things. Maybe somethings stayed from the other attempts, kind of like separate rifts that don't pertain to the main situation. In Night Pleasures Nick was 16 when he went to work for Kyrian. In CON he is 14. I'm not sure how old he was when he died. Time shifts like this are really difficult to follow when you don't have all the pertinent details.

The beginning of Night Embrace and Kiss of the Night do happen at the same time. However, the speed of the books is different. Night Embrace only covers about 1 to 2 weeks, where as Kiss of the Night covers several months. That is why Talon is an immortal when he joins up with Wulf at the end of the book. Also, the beginning of Bad Moon Rising takes place around the same time as the beginning of Night Embrace and Kiss of the Night. It strays off the path of the others but we know that that is when it starts. The the middle of Bad Moon Rising takes place at the same time as Night Play.
If you pay enough attention you are able to follow the links in the individual books for the overall time line. It isn't until after Seize the Night that we start noticing any really time line problems. However, we know that they are there now that we have read CON.

Overall there are several factors of the story line that I haven't figured out yet... I hope to understand them eventually. And that others keep helping me to figure out what I'm not sure of yet.