The Immortal Rules (2012) (edit title/settings)

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• Allison Sekemoto: aka Alli; An Unregistered human and the heroine of the series. Is brave, strong and spunky. Turns into a vampire when she is about to die from a rabid bite.
• Kanin: A dark, aloof vampire who teaches Allie everything about being a vampire. He is her sire
• Ezekiel Crosse: aka Zeke; Jeb's adopted son raised to be a leader and taught to hate the vampires. Is brave, loyal and compassionate. Has blond hair and striking blue eyes.
• Jebbadiah Crosse: aka Jeb; A human in search of Eden; leader of Zeke's group. Used to be a preacher. Is firm to the point of being callous.
• Jackal: The vampire king of Old Chicago and leader of the raider gang. Is a cruel, evil vampire bent on finding Jeb.
• Sarren: A psycho-vampire who is after Kanin.
• Stephen: aka Stick; An Unregistered who is a part of Allie's Fringe gang. Is stick-skinny and does not know how to fend for himself
• Ruth: A seventeen-year-old human girl who is part of Jeb's crew. Caleb's older sister.Likes Zeke and is jealous and suspicious of Allie.
• Caleb: Ruth's 6-year-old brother. Is very attached to Allison.
• Bethany: An orphaned 8-year-old girl who is traveling with Jeb's group.
• Jake: Jeb's third-in-command. Is strong but silent.
• Darren: Another young man who is part of Jeb's group. Is friendly and light-hearted, got adopted into the group came from a Bandit group.
• Teresa: An injured woman traveling with Jeb's group.
• Silas: Teresa's husband.
• Dorothy: A deeply troubled woman with a tenuous grasp on reality and believes that she sees angels. Is part of Jeb's group.
• Lucas: The leader of Allie's Fringe gang. Is tall and strong with a childish face and serious eyebrows. Likes Allie.
• Rat: Apart of Allies original Fringer group, he acts like his name sake.
• Stick: Add a description of this character.
• Kyle
• Patricia Archer
• Martha
• Marc
• Larry
• Salazar
• Joe Archer
• Matthew
• Keller
• Patrick
• Gracie

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• “You are a monster. You will always be a monster—there is no turning back from it. But what type of monster you become is entirely up to you.”

  Kanin

• “You don't dwell on what you've lost, you just move on.”

  Allison "Allie" Sekemoto

• “Keep talking moron. I think it's funny when you use big words.”

  Allison "Allie" Sekemoto

• “My vampire creator told me this: "Sometime in your life, Allison Sekemoto, you will kill a human being. The question is not if it will happen, but when. Do you understand?" I didn't then. I do now”

  Allison Sekemoto

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• Eden: A human settlement rumored to be entirely free of vampires and rabids.
• The Fringe: The derelict area on the outskirts of the vampire city of New Covington, where unregistered humans scavenge for food and shelter.
• New Covington: The vampire city where Allison Sekemoto was born, located in the northwest of the former United States.
• Old Chicago: The ruined remains of the massive human city, now run by the vampire king known as Jackal.
• Wall
• Inner City: Where Vampires, the Prince and Registereds live.

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• Blood Angels: A vampire gang that stalks the Fringe by night.
• Blood slave: A human who willingly lets vampires drink their blood.
• Fringer: A human resident of the Fringe.
• Mole man: "A pale, frightening, often deformed human who lives underground in the sewers and tunnels of New Covington."
• Pet: "A privileged human resident of New Covington specially chosen by the vampires to control and govern other registered humans."
• Rabid: "A mindless bloodthirsty creature first created when vampires were injected with the Red Lung virus. It feeds on humans, infecting them and propagating the subspecies."
• Red Lung: The virus that killed off most of the human population about 60 years ago.
• Registered: "A human resident of New Covington who has an identifying tattoo and gives blood monthly in return for food and shelter."
• Unegistered: "A human resident of New Covington who remains un-tattooed and off the vampires’ radar. Unregistereds do not give blood and so do not receive food and shelter."
• Vampire: "An immortal, formerly human being with great strength and speed who survives by drinking human blood and is deathly allergic to sunlight."
• Type 2: A term applied to any vampire sired by a Master

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Preceded by 'Til The World Ends, and followed by The Eternity Cure.

Authors & Contributors edit see section history

1. Julie Kagawa (Author)

Other Contributors:

1. Therese Plummer (Narrator)

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• Books › Teens › Science Fiction & Fantasy › Fantasy
• Books › Romance › Contemporary

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• Blood of Eden

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