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Throat (2011) (edit title/settings)

by R. A. Nelson (Author) (edit contributors)

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R. A. Nelson takes us on a supernatural thrill ride, a modern-day vampire story set on a NASA base and filled with space-and-science intrigue. Seventeen-year-old Emma feels cursed by her epilepsy—until the lost night. She's shocked to wake up in the hospital one morning, weak from blood loss.... read more

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  • Emma: The main character. Has epilepsy.
  • Manda: Emma's little sister.
  • Gretchen Roberts: Used to be friends with Emma until her first seizure, now they are enemies.
  • Wirtz: The vampire who transforms Emma.
  • Papi: Emma's German Grandfather.
  • Sagan Bishop: An 19 year-old NASA co-op who specializes in finding comets. Part time college student at UA-Huntsville.
  • Donne: Became a vampire in 1938. A Sonnen.
  • Lena: Became a vampire in 1859. Was a Verloren for a long time and then became Sonnen.
  • Anton: Became a vampire in 1918. A sonnen.
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  • ‘When things look bad, and it looks like you’re not gonna make it, then you gotta get mean. I mean plumb mad-dog mean. ’Cause if you lose your head and you give up, then you neither live nor win, that’s just the way it is.
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When I was thirteen, I ran away from home because of a curse.

Table of Contents edit see section history

1. THE CURSE
2. CHANGES
3. POWERS
4. SICKNESS
5. THE VISITOR
6. RUNNING
7. MY CASTLE
8. DESPERATE
9. SECRETS
10. FIGHTING
11. BURNING
12. DARK KISS
13. STONE HOUSE
14. BLOOD HUNT
15. THEIR WORLD
16. ERUPTION
17. ESCAPE
18. MONSTERS
19. CHANCES
20. FALLING
21. DISCOVERY
22. THE GLADE
23. HOSTILE
24. THE FEEDING
25. THE EYE
26. DYING PLACE
27. THE APARTMENT
28. NIGHT VISION
29. WHISTLE
30. UNDER SIEGE
31. GROUND
32. THE LOSS
33. BREATHE

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  • Verloren: A vampire who kills and drinks blood indiscriminately.
  • Sonnen: A vampire who is waiting for the Sonneneruption (when the sun will erupt with enough power to turn a vampire human again.)

Authors & Contributors edit see section history

  1. R. A. Nelson (Author)

First Edition edit see section history

Original Language: English
Publisher: Knopf Books for Young Readers
Country: USA
Publication Date: January 25, 2011
ISBN: 978-0375867002
Page Count: 464

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