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19-500: Swallowing Darkness follows the further adventures of Princess Meredith "Merry Gentry" NicEssus. Merry has finally succeeded in getting pregnant. Having done so before her cousin Cel could impregnate one of his women, she will be able to claim the Unseelie throne from her aunt Andais as long as she successfully carries her twin babies to term and gives birth. This news makes her a target for many of

38-522: A 2000s fantasy novel is a stub . You can help Misplaced Pages by expanding it . See guidelines for writing about novels . Further suggestions might be found on the article's talk page . Claudia Black Claudia Lee Black (born 11 October 1972) is an Australian actress, best known for her portrayals of Aeryn Sun in Farscape , Vala Mal Doran in Stargate SG-1 and Sharon "Shazza" Montgomery in

57-517: The Sanctuary season two episode "Veritas". She has directed three episodes of Primeval: New World , three episodes (2.12; 3.06; 3.07) of Continuum , and four episodes of Olympus and more recently episodes of Dark Matter , Van Helsing , The Magicians , and Supernatural , as well as the historical drama X Company . She also directed five episodes of the Netflix series Travelers and

76-733: The Belvoir Street Theatre and Little Women and The World Knot for the Bicentennial Opera. Since 2007, Black has been a prolific video game voice actress. She has gained particular attention for her work with BioWare 's Dragon Age and Mass Effect series. Her son Odin Black voiced her Dragon Age character's son in Dragon Age: Inquisition . She also played Chloe Frazer in the Uncharted series. In 2008, she narrated

95-623: The University of Windsor School of Dramatic Arts in Windsor, Ontario . After graduation, Tapping continued to study theatrical arts while performing in several stage productions. She appeared in several television commercials and played a variety of roles in television and film productions, such as The Outer Limits and The X-Files . She also formed a comedy troupe, the "Random Acts", with collaborators Katherine Jackson and Anne Marie Kerr, in Toronto in

114-572: The Australian television series Good Guys, Bad Guys . She had a leading role in the New Zealand soap opera City Life playing the role of Greek lawyer Angela Kostapas. Black gained international recognition for her role in Farscape and was nominated for a Saturn Award in the Best Actress category in 2001, 2002 and 2005, winning in the latter. She has appeared in the feature films Queen of

133-671: The Canadian–American military science fiction television series Stargate SG-1 , Stargate Atlantis , and Stargate Universe . She also starred as Helen Magnus in the science fiction - fantasy television series Sanctuary . Born in Rochford , Essex , England , Tapping moved with her family to Ontario , Canada, when she was three years old. She attended North Toronto Collegiate Institute , where she excelled in environmental science and drama. However, when she finished in 1984, she decided to focus her attention on drama, attending

152-605: The Damned and Pitch Black . After Farscape ended, Black appeared as Vala Mal Doran in the Stargate SG-1 episode " Prometheus Unbound "; her performance was well-received and she was invited to reprise her role in the show's ninth season when series regular Amanda Tapping went on maternity leave. Black returned to the series as a regular cast member for the tenth and final season and also starred in Stargate: The Ark of Truth and Stargate: Continuum films that wrapped up

171-602: The TV series' debut. Popular at science fiction conventions , Black showed her talent at singing and playing the guitar at the Farscape conventions and in 2007 sang on the debut album of musician and fellow Farscape actor Paul Goddard . Black has also performed in theater. She played Portia in a tour of the Merchant of Venice . She has had parts in Spotlight on Women , The Picture of Dorian Gray , Loose Ends and Pick Ups for

190-524: The audiobook " Swallowing Darkness " by Laurell K. Hamilton . In 2014, Black had a voice-over role in Rick and Morty as Ma-Sha in the episode "Raising Gazorpazorp". In 2016, she appeared in Call of Duty: Infinite Warfare as Engineer Audrey "Mac" MaCallum. Amanda Tapping Amanda Tapping (born 28 August 1965) is a British-Canadian actress and director. She is best known for portraying Samantha Carter in

209-447: The development of a new series for Syfy called Sanctuary . The show expanded on an original series of eight webisodes released on the internet in 2007. The bulk of the scenery and characters were entirely green screen and CGI creations. Tapping served as both star and executive producer of the show. In 2007, she won a Canadian Comedy Award for Best Actress for her role in the short film Breakdown . On 18 September 2012, she

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228-543: The early 1990s. Tapping is best known for her portrayal of Samantha Carter in the science fiction television series Stargate SG-1 , which debuted in 1997. After SG-1 aired its final episode, Tapping reprised the role of Samantha Carter on Stargate Atlantis as the new commander of the Atlantis expedition. In season 5, however, Tapping's role on the show was reduced to that of "special guest-star" with only occasional appearances because she chose to focus her attention on

247-548: The fae who are unhappy with the idea of Merry gaining the throne, forcing Merry's royal guard to become more cautious about her security. Meanwhile, Merry is still reeling from the sexual attack from her uncle Taranis, King of the Seelie court, as well as with the loss of her lover Frost. To make matters worse, Taranis claims that he was the one who impregnated Merry. Audiobook narrated by Claudia Black Publishers Weekly praised Swallowing Darkness , stating "The dreamy development of

266-799: The film Pitch Black . She has had prominent roles in video games, such as Admiral Daro'Xen and Matriarch Aethyta in Mass Effect , Chloe Frazer in Uncharted , Morrigan in Dragon Age , Whitney Chang in The Amazing Spider-Man , Tess Everis in Destiny , and Samantha Byrne in Gears of War 3 , Gears of War 4 , and Gears 5 . She also had a recurring role as Dahlia in The Originals and starred as Dr. Sabine Lommers in TV series Containment . Black

285-783: The season finale of the 2017 series Anne with an E . In 2022, Tapping also directed two episodes of the television series Motherland: Fort Salem . Tapping is married to Alan Kovacs and they live together in Vancouver , British Columbia. Tapping has one daughter with Kovacs. Tapping has openly shared the difficult experiences she has undergone through eight miscarriages during her marriage in hope that her story would help other miscarrying women feel less isolated. Tapping has two living brothers, Richard and Christopher. A third brother Steven, who suffered from epilepsy and often uncontrollable seizures, died in December 2006 of causes unreleased by

304-470: The series' story lines. Black co-starred with Ben Browder in both series. In the NBC TV show Life (2007), Black was cast in the supporting role of Jennifer Conover for the initial pilot . Due to Black's second pregnancy, the part was recast and the role was given to the actress Jennifer Siebel when the series was bought by the TV network. NBC still used footage of Black and none of Siebel when promoting

323-524: The surrealistic fey world puts this installment well above its predecessors; a tidy ending will leave fans wondering whether it concludes the series." RT Book Reviews gave the novel 2 stars, stating that "descriptions of clothing, hair and eyes take precedence over story; random objects of power appear fortuitously; and Merry and her guards take time to process their emotions while running for their lives. Some may enjoy this volume; others may prefer something with more meat on its bones." This article about

342-765: Was born and raised in a Jewish family in Sydney , New South Wales . She studied at the Anglican Kambala School in Sydney. She has lived in Australia, New Zealand, Spain, the United Kingdom, Canada and the United States. Her parents, Jules and Judy Black, are medical academics based in Australia. Black has acted in Australia and New Zealand in television and movies. She portrayed a transgender woman named Jill Mayhew in

361-534: Was cast as an angel named Naomi on season 8 of the TV series Supernatural . She was a recurring character who appeared in seven episodes. She reprised the role in season 13 's "Funeralia", nearly five years after the character's apparent death. She was also named as ACTRA 's 2015 Woman of the Year. Tapping's directing debut was during the seventh season of Stargate SG-1 on an episode titled " Resurrection ", written by co-star Michael Shanks . She also directed

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