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Nalini Singh steps back into the shadows of her “heartbreakingly original”* world where angels rule, vampires serve, and the innocent can pay the greatest price of all…
Vampire hunter Elena Deveraux and her lover, the lethally beautiful archangel Raphael, have returned home to New York... read more
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Characters edit
- Elena Deveraux: "Ellie" - Birth name, which she does not use is Elieanora - Hunter-born Guild Hunter; The first Made Angel in memory; Has wings the color of midnight-blue, fading to dawn-blueand finally tipped in white. Pale, near-white hair and gray eyes; able to 'scent' both angels and vampires; Raphael's lover and consort
- Raphael: Archangel of New York; Controls North America; One of the Cadre of Ten; Has white-gold wings, ebony hair and blue eyes; Elena's lover and mate
- Zanaya: Ancient angel that disappeared and is believed to be Sleeping
- Illium: Nicknamed "Bluebell" or "Butterfly" - Very powerful Angel just over 500 years old; One of Raphael's Seven; Has silver-edged blue wings, ebony hair dipped in crushed sapphires (black with blue tips) and gold eyes with black lashes tipped with blue; He has a strong interest and curiosity regarding humans, which once caused him to be 'plucked' as punishment. A trusted protector for Elena, also her friend. His scent is that of the tart sweetness of lime, kissed with a richer, more languid flavor, exotic
- Jason: Black-winged angel; One of Raphael's Seven; Raphael's spymaster; Has a tribal tattoo on the left-hand side of his face and black eyes; he has a 'stormy scent licked with fire'
- Aodhan: Angel; One of Raphael's Seven; An artist; Has wings and hair that glitter diamond bright in the sun and eyes of shattered glass, vivid green and translucent blue. Pronounced Ay-Den.
- Galen: Angel; One of Raphael's Seven; Raphael's weapons-master; In charge of the Refuge
- Dmitri: Vampire; Leader of Raphael's Seven; Has black hair and chocolate-dark eyes; Has known Raphael for almost a thousand years
- Naasir: Vampire; One of Raphael's Seven; Has silver eyes and the scent of a tiger on the hunt
- Venom: Vampire; Originally made by Neha, but now one of Raphael's Seven; Has reptilian slitted green eyes often shaded by wrap-around sunglasses and could secrete venom through his fangs; Somewhere around 300 years old, the youngest of the 7.
- Sara Haziz: Elena's best friend; Guild Director; Has dark eyes
- Deacon Haziz: Sara's husband; Makes weapons for the Guild Hunters; Former bogeyman of the Guild; Has dark hair and deep green eyes
- Zoe Elena Haziz: Sara and Deacon's daughter; Elena's goddaughter; Has dark eyes
- Jeffrey Deveraux: Elena's father; Has gray eyes
- Marguerite Deveraux: Elena's mother; Part Moroccan; Had translucent turquoise eyes
- Ariel Deveraux: "Ari" - Elena's older sister; Killed by a vampire when Elena was ten-years-old
- Mirabelle Deveraux: "Belle" - Elena's older sister; Killed by a vampire when Elena was ten-years-old
- Beth Ling: "Beth Deveraux" - "Bethie" - Elena's younger sister; A gorgeous strawberry blonde with translucent turquoise eyes
- Harrison Ling: "Harry" - Beth's husband; Vampire
- Evelyn Deveraux: "Eve" - Elena's youngest half-sister; Ten-years-old; Has raven hair and gray eyes
- Amethyst Deveraux: "Amy" - Elena's half-sister; Thirteen-years-old; Has raven hair and blue eyes
- Gwendolyn Deveraux: Elena's step-mother; Jeffrey's wife; Amethyst & Evelyn's mother; Has raven hair and blue eyes
- Slater Patalis: Rogue vampire that went mad and murdered Elena's older sisters
- Caliane: "Archangel of Grace" or "Archangel of Beauty" - Raphael's mother; Ruled Sumeria; Has wings of purest white, tumbling raven black hair and blue eyes
- Nadiel: Archangel; Raphael's father
- Zhou Lijuan: Archangel of China; One of the Cadre of Ten; She lives between life and death; Oldest archangel around; Has dove gray wings, an ageless face with pure white hair and pale eyes with a pearlescent glow
- Elijah: Archangel of South America; One of the Cadre of Ten; Has golden hair and golden brown eyes
- Hannah: Elijah's consort; An artist
- Michaela: Archangel of Europe; One of the Cadre of Ten; The most beautiful—and most venomous—of archangels
- Favashi: Archangel of Persia; One of the Cadre of Ten; Has soft brown eyes
- Neha: "Queen of Snakes" or "Queen of Poisons" - Archangel of India; One of the Cadre of Ten; Has eyes of darkest brown
- Anoushka: Neha’s daughter. Killed by Michaela.
- Eris: Neha's husband
- Titus: Archangel; One of the Cadre of Ten
- Charisemnon: Archangel; One of the Cadre of Ten
- Astaad: Archangel of the Pacific Isles; One of the Cadre of Ten
- Vivek: "V" - In-active Guild Hunter; Hunter-born; Handicapped; The Guild’s resident computer genius; Has brown eyes
- Janvier: Cajun vampire; Ashwini seems to spend half her life hunting him
- Holly Chang: The only one of Uram’s victims to have survived
- Montgomery: Raphael's butler; Vampire; Hundreds of years old; fondly called 'Jeeves' by Elena
- Celia: Goes to the same boarding school as Amethyst & Evelyn
- Betsy: Day student at Amethyst & Evelyn's school; Evelyn's best friend; Has a heart-shaped face with dark brown hair and deep gray eyes
- Mrs. Hill: Teacher at Amethyst & Evelyn's school
- Adrienne Liscombe: Principal of the school where Elena's half-sisters go; A skeletal-thin woman with pale, papery white skin and sleek silver hair
- Ignatius: Vampire
- Luca Aczél: Death-scene investigator; Elena's friend; Has silver-touched black hair, patrician features, and long pianist's fingers
- Wesley: Crime scene technician; Has night dark skin and pale brown eyes
- Dee: Crime scene technician; A petite blonde
- Sam: A child angel; Elena's friend; Has curly black hair
- Ransom Winterwolf: Guild Hunter; Elena's friend; Has Native American skin and bone structure, and eyes of Irish green with long black hair down his back
- Nyree: Ransom's girlfriend; Barely 5' 2" with lethal curves; Has huge, chocolate-dark eyes
- Noel: A Vampire, well-trusted, old, brutally beaten and tortured in the Refuge
- Nimra: Angel
- Nazarach: Amber-winged angel; Controls Atlanta with Raphael's permission
- Ashwini: "Ash" - Guild Hunter; Elena's friend; Has dark eyes
- Santiago: Detective; A friend of Elena's; Has salt-and-pepper hair
- Jessamy: Angel; Teacher; The repository of angelic knowledge and the keeper of their histories
- Belladonna: Vampire
- Sharine: "The Hummingbird" - Illium's mother; Has wings of a wild, unexpected indigo, each feather bearing streaks of shimmering gold so pale as to be sunlight, hair of purest black tipped with gold and eyes of sparkling champagne with black lashes tipped with gold; Is 5' tall; An artist; Aodhan's teacher. Possibly suffers from the angelic equivalent of Alzheimer's Disease.
- Keir: Ancient and powerful angel; Healer/physician
- Slayer: Sara and Deacon's large dog who loved Ellie
- Andreas: Angel
- Antonicus: Ancient angel that disappeared and is believed to be Sleeping
- Qin: Ancient angel that disappeared and is believed to be Sleeping
- Uram: The darkest of angelic secrets; Bloodlust-driven archangel; Was one of the Cadre of Ten. Killed by Raphael.
Quotes edit
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“Newsflash, Archangel. I already know that I'm as weak as a baby compared to you. Hasn't stopped me from dancing with you anytime yet.”
Elena -
“My mother is the monster that scares other monsters.”
Raphael -
“Death holds no allure for me Elena. Not when I have yet to sate my hunger for you.”
Raphael -
“Elena. Hush, let me talk to the crazy lady.”
Raphael -
“Caliane is likely to arise a horror, Elena. Far worse than Lijuan, for Caliane does not look monstrous in any way. Even her madness is a thing of impossible beauty.”
Raphael -
“Trouble's not only my middle name, it's my first and last too.”
Elena -
“What is it like to be mortal?” “Life is much more immediate. When you have a time limit, every moment gains an importance that an immortal will never know.”
Jason and Elena -
“A lot of women have trouble with their mothers-in-law.” Raphael’s look was priceless. “My mother is an insane archangel.”
Elena and Raphael -
“Ah, you know us mortals—or recent-mortals—have a tendency to be foolish. It makes life interesting.”
Elena -
“Then, will you dance with me, Elena?”
Raphael -
“Show me how angels dance, Raphael.”
Elena -
“I believe your hunter is rubbing off on you. It is not a compliment.”
Dmitri -
“Humans didn’t have the luxury of wasting years or decades, their lives beginning and ending in a firefly flicker.”
Raphael
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“You are mine, Elena. If you choose to sleep in another bed, I will simply pick you up and bring you home.”
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“Our memories make us, Elena,” Raphael answered, in an echo of something she’d once said to him. “Even the darkest of them all.”
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“In the human world, such crimes are lightly punished, though they harm hundreds, leading some to choose death out of despair, while the man who beats a single person is considered the worse criminal.”
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“A lot of women have trouble with their mothers-in-law.” Raphael’s look was priceless. “My mother is an insane archangel.”
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“What is it like to be mortal?” Startled, she took a second to think, to consider. “Life is much more immediate. When you have a time limit, every moment gains an importance that an immortal will never know.”
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“But you’re the one man I could see myself having rug rats with—you’re bad-ass enough to reassure me.”
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“Most men would choose a painting of a nude for the bedroom,” she teased. “You chose a hunter with knives.” “You are the only woman allowed in my bedroom, Elena.” That she was loved . . . it was wonder enough. That she was loved by this man, it was beyond wonder.
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“Your mortal heart causes you much pain, Elena—but it makes you who you are.”
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You will do as I say. “Yeah, how’s that working for you so far?”
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Elena scowled—the day she let Dmitri give her orders was the day ice-skating became a regular activity in hell.
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Setting & Locations edit
- New York, New York: "Manhattan"
- Archangel Tower: Raphael's HQ
- Beijing, China: this was Lijuan's HQ before being destroyed.
- Eleanor Vand: Tony prep school
- The Refuge: this is part of Raphael's teritory, a town only for angels.
- Medica: Hospital in the Refuge
- Erotique: The club of choice for the more high-ranked vampires, its dancers and hostesses were considered to be both accomplished and sophisticated.
- The Cellars: The secret hideaway and information clearinghouse beneath the Guild’s main building
- Guild Academy: where hunters are being trained.
- Amanat, Sumeria: this was a place ruled by Caliane.
- Kagoshima, Japan: the place where Amanat made an appearance.
Organizations edit
- Hunters Guild: The organization of Hunters that track down rogue vampires
- Raphael's Seven: Three very powerful vampires and four angels who were chosen by Raphael as his personal guards; These warriors gave their loyalty to the Archangel of New York—even to the extent of placing his life before their own.
- Cadre of Ten: The archangels who ruled the world.
- Deveraux Enterprises: Jeffrey Deveraux's company
First Sentence edit
Swathed in the silken shadows of deepest night, New York was the same . . . and altered beyond compare.
Table of Contents edit
Chapter 1 - 35
Epilogue
Glossary edit
- Guild Hunter: Vampire Hunter
- Hunter-born: Very rare humans born with the ability to scent-track vampires
Series & Lists edit
This is book 3 of 9 in Guild Hunter. (standard series)
Preceded by Archangel's Kiss, and followed by Archangel's Blade.
This is book 5 of 9 in Guild Hunter: reading order. (standard series)
Preceded by Archangel's Kiss, and followed by Archangel's Blade.
Authors & Contributors edit
- Nalini Singh (Author)
Other Contributors:
- Tony Mauro (artist) (Cover Artist)
First Edition edit
Original Language: English
Publisher: Berkley Books
Country: USA
Publication Date: January 25, 2011
ISBN: 0425240134
Page Count: 352
Publisher: Berkley Books
Country: USA
Publication Date: January 25, 2011
ISBN: 0425240134
Page Count: 352
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- Library of Congress: Add the Library of Congress Classification.
- Dewey: 813
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