The Characters

Orphaned as a little girl when vampires slaughtered her parents, and raised as a ward of the Darkwatch, beautiful Cassidy Sharp has spent her entire life training to be a Darkwatch agent. A headstrong woman in a man�s world, Cassidy has to ride, shoot, and fight as well as any man, and think faster than all of them, just to maintain the respect she deserves. Haunted by visions of her family�s massacre at the claws of vampires that would not condescend to kill her, Cassidy harbors deep doubts about her abilities and her courage in the face of the supernatural � doubts for which she compensates by being the most career-driven agent in the Darkwatch.

Athletic and attractively proportioned, there is a seriousness about Cassidy that lends an aura of maturity beyond her tender years. A fine agent by any standard, Cassidy is limited by her blind conviction that the Darkwatch and the work she does for it are beyond reproach. She is a good shot and keeps her cool in deadly situations, but her slight physique means she needs to depend on brains rather than brawn when the chips are down.

As the soul survivor of Jericho�s raid on the Darkwatch train, Cassidy reacts in typical fashion, resourcefully deputizing Jericho Cross into the Darkwatch and leading a desperate bid to warn her superiors of the Vampire Lord�s escape. As Jericho�s partner, she acts as that tortured hero�s conscience, simultaneously guiding him toward redemption and using him as a weapon in her personal war against darkness.