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Ridiculously Simplified Synopsis edit
Characters edit
- Kyrian Hunter: Otherwise known as Kyrian of Thrace. He is the best friend of Julian Alexander from Fantasy Lover. Kyrian has a squire by the name of Nick, who is a trouble maker but is very funny.
- Amanda Devereaux: Young woman who wakes up in a room handcuffed to a Dark-Hunter. She has a twin sister named Tabitha who is into vampire slaying. Her whole family believes and even practices certain types of witchcraft and mystical magic and she's the only non-believer.
- Nicholas "Nick" Ambrosius Gautier: Kyrian's squire.
- Tabitha Lane Devereaux: Amanda's twin sister
- Valerius: Former Roman general who's grandfather and namesake tortured and crucified Kyrian.
- Desiderius: Bad-ass Daimon that likes causing trouble for Kyrian
- Acheron Parthenopaeus: Eleven thousand years old. Said to be the first Dark-Hunter created. "Leader" of the Dark-Hunters.
- D'Alerian: Dream-Hunter who can see other people's dreams.
- Julian Alexander: Kyrian's best friend. Married to Grace Alexander.
- Grace Alexander: Julian's wife, sex therapist, mother of twins Niklos and Vanessa
- Niklos Alexander: Julian's son.
- Vanessa Alexander: Julian's daughter.
- Liza: Makes and sells dolls, some of which cleverly disguise weapons.
- Selena: One of Amanda's older sisters. Reads tarot cards in Jackson Square.
- Bill: Selena's husband.
- Esmeralda "Essie" Devereaux: Another daughter of the Deveraux clan. Is a voodoo priestess.
- Theone: Kyrian's wife who betrayed him to the Romans.
- Tate Bennett: Parish coroner, helps Kyrian out occasionally.
- Cliff: Amanda dated him until her family scared him off, forcing their break up.
- Artemis: Greek goddess of the hunt and moon. Supposed to be a virgin.
- Tiyana Devereaux: Amanda's older sister, a voodoo high priestess.
- Eric St. James: Tabitha's Goth boyfriend.
- Aphrodite: Greek Goddess of love; Julian's mother.
- Alkis: He was Kyrian's father.
- Talon: A Celtic Dark Hunter; Has powers of healing, weather control, and communion with his dead sister. He lives in the swamp guarded by alligators.
- Althea: She was Kyrian's younger sister.
- Diana: She was Kyrian's older sister.
- Phaedra: She was Kyrian's younger sister.
- Rosa: Kyrian's housekeeper
Quotes edit
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“You are so very tempting. But I have a job to do...”
Kyrian -
“I've called in the Oracles and they are communing with the Fates. But you know how they are. I'm sure it'll come back as "When the sky is green, and the earth turns black, Daimons will give you lots of flack. To kill the great awful one you seek, you'll have to find something unique." Or some bullshit like that. I really hate the Oracles.”
Acheron -
“If I wanted to play mind games, I'd buy a Rubik's cube.”
Acheron -
“Personally, I wish D. would come after me, I need a good dance partner. My Daimons have lame legs.”
Acheron -
“Picture this, General, my middle finger is extended all the way up, and aimed right at you. Now let me work. I have Daimons to track, Dark-Hunters to antagonize, and women to seduce.”
Acheron -
“Are you going to suck my blood?" He arched a sardonic brow. "Do I look like a lawyer to you?”
Amanda and Kyrian -
“My God, can it be you actually answered a question? Holy cow, we'd better call Tate in here quick before you keel over dead or undead or whatever it is you vampires do.”
Amanda -
“And not a single mark on the Lamborghini. Ha! Eat steel, you soul-sucking bastards.”
Kyrian -
“I've called in the Oracles and they are communing with the Fates. But you know how they are. I'm sure it'll come back as "When the sky is green, and the earth turns black, the Daimons will give you lots of flack. To kill the great awful one you seek, you'll have to find something unique." Or some bullshitlike that. I really hate Oracles. If I wanted to play mind games, I'd buy a Rubik's Cube." "I don't know, Ash, you're pretty good at that. Sure you don't want to take up an Oracle position?”
Acheron and Kyrian -
“Sounds to me like you need a few therapy sessions with Grace." "Right, like I need dating advice from a sex therapist who married a Greek sex slave she conjured out of a book. No, thanks.”
Selena, Amanda -
“Look, I'm stuck with you right now, and I want an answer." "No you don't." "All right, macho babe boy. I'm not some little ditz to bat my eyelashes at the buff stud in black leather. Don't try your he-man tactics with me." Kyrian frowned at her. "Macho babe boy? Buff stud in black leather. I don't think I've ever been more insulted." "Then you must have been an only child.”
Amanda, Kyrian -
“If anyone asks, tell them I died of a heart attack during a wild sexcapade with her.”
Kyrian -
“So, how long have you been a vampire?" "I told you, I'm not a vampire. I'm a Dark-Hunter." "What's the difference?" "The difference is I normally don't kill humans, but if you don't stop quizzing me, I might make an exception.”
Amanda, Kyrian -
“And another thing, I really have to go to the bathroom." Hunter laughed out loud. "It's not funny. Any idea how we can do this without my dying of embarrassment?" "More than that, any idea on how to do that without my getting arrested for being in the ladies room" She cut a sharp glare at him. "If you think I'm going into the men's room, forget it." "Then I hope you can hold it." "I am not going into the men's room!" Five minuets later, she was in the men's room and cursing Hunter under her breath. "You really get off on being a bully, don't you?”
Amanda, Kyrian -
“Oh God, I just kissed a vampire!" "Oh gods, I just kissed a human!"”
Amanda, Kyrian -
“Only the people who need to know, know what I am." "I guess I'm privileged, then." "'Cursed' would be more appropriate." "No, when you're not being sarcastic, scary, or bullish, you're actually not bad to be around. Of course, I've only been around you for about two minutes when you weren't one of those three things, so who am I to judge?”
Kyrian, Amadna -
“I thought only a wooden stake through the heart killed a vampire." "A wooden stake through the heart will kill just about anything. And if it doesn't, run like hell. Again, my lady, you watch too much television. Don't you have a life?”
Amanda, Kyrian -
“What are you doing?" "I'm getting into my car." Her jaw dropped. "You own this?" "No," he said sarcastically. "I'm stealing it with the keys in my hand." "Good Lord, you must be loaded!" "It's amazing how much savings you can accumulate in two thousand years." "Is that really how old you are?" "Two thousand one hundred and eighty-two years old last July, to be precise." "You look good for an old man. I wouldn't have put you a day over three hundred myself.”
Amanda, Kyrian -
“Now, ain't this a bitch. Here I am, trying to kiss my girl, and you have to interrupt us. What, were you raised in a barn? By the way, touch the woman- or the Lamborghini- and you're a dead man." Another beautiful, blond vampire jumped on the hood as Hunter put the car in reverse and hit the gas. His fangs bared, the vampire tried to punch through the windshield. "Didn't I tell you not to touch the Lamborghini?”
Kyrian -
“Lights! Lights would be very good right now!" "Since they hurt my eyes to the point I can barely see, no they wouldn't. Trust me." "Trust you, my left food. I'm not immortal over here." "Yeah, well, in a bad enough car wreck, neither am I." "I really hate your sense of humor.”
Amanda and Kyrian -
“Gee, thanks, Dad. I promise to be a good boy and play nice with the other kids." Julian laughed. "Smart-ass." "Better than a dumb-ass.”
Kyrian, Julian -
“Have a nice life, Cupcake." "Cupcake?" "After the 'buff stud in black leather' remark, I figured I owed you one.”
Kyrian, Amanda -
“'Accounting' a career guaranteed to one day replace tranquilizers.”
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“I say we should stake him to an anthill and throw little pickles at him.”
Selena
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“What kind of life have you lived, little one, that everything seems to be a question of fair and unfair? Life and death just are. Fair has nothing to do with it.”
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“You really have to love a woman who lives to see you naked.”
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There are four basic kinds of Daimons or vampires: bloodsuckers, soulsuckers, energy/dreamsuckers, and slayers.”
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“Oh God,” she breathed. “I just kissed a vampire!” “Oh gods, I just kissed a human!”
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“When someone suffers a horrible injustice,” he said, his tone low, “their soul makes a scream so loud that it resonates through the halls of Olympus. When Artemis hears it, she goes to the one who cried out and offers them a bargain. For a single Act of Vengeance against those who wronged them, they will swear allegiance to her and fight in her army against the Daimon predators.”
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This wasn’t just lust or love, he felt a bond with her. They were like two parts of a single heart.
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“What are Daimons?” she asked. “They’re vampires on steroids with a God complex. Now, promise me you’ll do it.”
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“To protect the world as we know it, there were three races of hunters created to police and destroy the Daimons. We are called ‘the Pyramid of Protection.’ Dark-Hunters pursue those who feed on human blood and souls. Dream-Hunters go after the energy-and dreamsuckers, and Were-Hunters stalk the slayers.”
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Setting & Locations edit
Organizations edit
- The Dark Hunters: Founded and created by the greek goddess Artemis, the Dark Hunters are souless warriors/creatures of the night. Their purpose is hunt and kill Daemons and save the souls that the daemons try to devour.
First Sentence edit
"I say we should stake him to an anthill and throw little pickles at him."
Table of Contents edit
Chapters 1 - 18
Epilogue
Glossary edit
- Dark-Hunters: they ares the ones that protect humankind from the Daimons that feed on human blood and souls.; they were created by Artemis.
- Daimons: they can steal the soul of a human. "They're vampires on steroids with a God complex."
- Apollites: they are the children of Apollo and a nymph; they were the inhabitants of Atlantis.
- Dream-Hunters: they ares the ones that protect humankind from the Daimons that are energy- and dreamsuckers.
- Were-Hunters: they ares the ones that protect humankind from the Daimons that are known as slayers.
- Squires: they are the ones that protect the Dark-Hunters during the daylight hours and to procure whatever they need. Food, clothes, cars, maintain their homes, whatever.
Series & Lists edit
This is book 1 of 25 in Dark Hunter. (standard series)
Preceded by Fantasy Lover, and followed by Night Embrace.
This is book 3 of 35 in Dark Hunter - Reading Order. (community list)
Authors & Contributors edit
- Sherrilyn Kenyon (Author)
First Edition edit
Original Language: English
Publisher: St. Martin's Paperbacks
Country: United States
Publication Date: September 2002
ISBN: 0312979983
Page Count: 368
Publisher: St. Martin's Paperbacks
Country: United States
Publication Date: September 2002
ISBN: 0312979983
Page Count: 368
Awards edit
- Prism (2002: Best Light Paranormal)
- Aspen Gold contest (Finalist, 2002)
- GRW Maggie (Finalist, 2002)
- HOLT Medallion (2002)
- PEARL (Paranormal Excellence Award in Romantic Literature) (2002: Best Shape-Shifter, Winner)
- Laurel Wreath Award (2002)
- RT Booklovers Reviewer's Choice (2002: Best Vampire Romance, Winner)
- RBL Hughie Awards (2002: Funniest Scene: The handcuffs scene)
Classification edit
- Library of Congress: CPB Box no. 2129 vol. 4
- Dewey: 813.54
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- Sherrilyn Kenyon: Author's website
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