Cassie Palmer is a fictional character in the Cassandra Palmer

The Cassandra Palmer series

The Cassandra Palmer series is a set of fantasy novels written by Karen Chance. The series tells the story of a young woman named Cassie Palmer, a powerful clairvoyant who has the ability to communicate with the spirit realm.-Novels:...

series of novel

Novel

A novel is a book of long narrative in literary prose. The genre has historical roots both in the fields of the medieval and early modern romance and in the tradition of the novella. The latter supplied the present generic term in the late 18th century....

s written by novelist Karen Chance

Karen Chance

Karen Chance is an urban fantasy novelist. She grew up in Orlando, Florida. She has lived in France, Great Britain, Hong Kong and New Orleans, where she has taught history...

. Her first appearance is in Touch the Dark

Touch the Dark

Touch the Dark is the first book in The Cassandra Palmer series, written by best-selling author Karen Chance. The book introduces the series heroine, Cassandra "Cassie" Palmer, as well as several other series regulars.-Synopsis:...

, the first book in the series.

Cassie is introduced as a clairvoyant who has been on the run for three years from Antonio, a Mafioso

Mafia

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vampire who raised her after her parents' death. Antonio used Cassie's powers for his purposes, and kept Cassie isolated.