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Live fast, fight hard and if you have to die then take as many of your enemies with you as you can. That is the Amazon credo and it was one Samia lived and died by. Now in contemporary New Orleans, the immortal Amazon warrior is about to learn that there’s a worse evil coming to slaughter... read more

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  • Samia Savage: aka Sam. Dark Hunter who was an Amazon Queen in her human life, she also has empathy and psychometry as abilities. Member of the an elite group of Dark Hunters called "The Dogs of War"
  • Devereax Peltier: aka Dev. Were-Bear, Arcadian, one of the identical quads in the Peltier clan.
  • Aimee Peltier: Were-Bear, Arcadian, Dev's younger sister, mated to Fang.
  • Fang: Lycos Were Hunter, Hellchaser, Aimee's mate, Dev's brother-in-law.
  • Chi Hu: Dark Hunter, Sam's best friend, member of The Dogs of War.
  • Ethon: Dark Hunter, member of The Dogs of War, brother of Sam's husband from her human life.
  • Scorpio: Dark Hunter, member of The Dogs of War
  • Kali: Member of The Dogs of War.
  • Nick Gautier: Dark Hunter, Malachai, Arch-Nemesis of Acheron, Currently being guarded and taught by the members of The Dogs of War.
  • Acheron: Dark Hunters' Boss.
  • Thorn: Hellchasers' Boss.
  • Savitar: Head of the of Were-Hunters and Chthonian council.
  • Radon: Member of The Dogs of War.
  • Aello: Amazon warrior, Hippolyte's right hand and protector of her girdle.
  • Lazaros: A demi-god demon.
  • Stryker: Head of the Apollites, Apollo's son
  • Zephyra: Stryker's mate.
  • Cael: Dark Hunter, who fell in love with an Apollite who turned him into a Daimon to save his life.
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  • “Is it just me or has the entire world gone stump stupid?”
    Remi Peltier
  • “I keep telling you, papa eats the dumb ones.”
    Josie
  • “The horror was, they didn't choose who they mated with for life. The Greek Fates did that and those bitches had a nasty sense of humor.”
    Dev
  • “No damn demon kills me and lives.”
    Dev
  • “Why couldn't I have the ability to fly? Or something really useful like pyrokinesis?But no. She had the wienie powers of empathy and psychometry ...”
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  • Living was okay, but it wasn’t the breaths people took that measured a life. It was the moments that took those breaths away that mattered most.
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  • You can take my life, but you’ll never break me. So bring me your worst…. And I will definitely give you mine.
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  • “A wise man once told me that peace has to come from within. We have to learn to like ourselves before we can find our place in the world.”
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  • Come in peace. Or leave in pieces.
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  • “I am the steel and the hammer that forged a nation never defeated. My arm is without equal and my judgment pure. My heart is fierce and this challenge is met. I will not be defeated. Not by you. Not by anyone. I am Amazonia.”
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  • Better I be a little dirty than a child be hurt. Clothes can be replaced. Children should always be cherished.”
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  • “Boy, you knock on the devil’s door and he will head slam you through the wall.”
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  • “In plain sight on the banks of the Champs-Élysées, the girdle lies hidden away. At the brink of the darkest night, the location fills your sight. To see what can never be found, look for the circle round. To reclaim that which the gods rescind, you must face mightiest Whirlwind.”
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  • In the heart and in the soul, Evil takes its wicked toll. When moonlight shines like flowing blood, Over the earth the demons will flood.
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Setting & Locations edit see section history

Organizations edit see section history

  • 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.
  • The Dream Hunters: They are children of the Greek gods of sleep. Some of the Dream-Hunters have human mothers, but most are born of the Greek goddess Mist. Dream-Hunters protect the humans, Apollites, and immortals while they sleep.

First Sentence edit see section history

You can take my life, but you'll never break me.

Table of Contents edit see section history

Prologue
Chapter 1 - 20
Epilogue

Glossary edit see section history

  • Hellchaser: Demon Hunters.
  • Dark-Hunter: Daimon's Hunters.
  • Dogs of War: They are the stongest among Dark-Hunters, constantly being watched by Acheron and Artemis. They posses such a power that they can be next to another hunter and not being drained by it.
  • were-Hunter: they are the grardes of the safe havens for humans and fun away demons that have escaped from hellthey also hunt demons and daimons

Series & Lists edit see section history

This is book 18 of 23 in Dark Hunter. (standard series)

Preceded by Bad Moon Rising, and followed by Retribution.

This is book 30 of 33 in Dark Hunter - Reading Order. (community list)

Preceded by Blood Lite, and followed by Retribution.

This is book 8 of 8 in Were Hunter. (standard series)

Preceded by Bad Moon Rising.

Authors & Contributors edit see section history

  1. Sherrilyn Kenyon (Author)

First Edition edit see section history

Original Language: English
Publisher: St. Martin's Press
Country: New York, NY., USA
Publication Date: Sep-2010
ISBN: 9780312546564
Page Count: 384

Classification edit see section history

  • Library of Congress: PS3563.A311145 N6 2010
  • Dewey: 813.54

Notes for Parents edit see section history

Reading Level: Adults

Contains some explicit sexually material.

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