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A bind-up of this classic paranormal thriller series from bestselling author Christopher Pike!

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What Alisa has desired for five thousand years has finally come true: She is once again human. But now she is defenseless, vulnerable, and, for the first time in centuries, emotional. As she attempts to reconcile her actions as a vampire with her new connection to humanity, she begins to... read more (warning: may contain spoilers)

What Alisa has desired for five thousand years has finally come true: She is once again human. But now she is defenseless, vulnerable, and, for the first time in centuries, emotional. As she attempts to reconcile her actions as a vampire with her new connection to humanity, she begins to understand the weight of lifeand-death decisions. Can Alisa resolve her past and build a new identity, or is she doomed to repeat her fatal mistakes?

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  • “I would have said that every ancient article belongs to the world. Nothing should be hidden away and kept secret.”
    Dr. Donald Seter
  • “I'm a smashed doll who's been sewed together by an emotionless doctor, an aching mother who's daughter disembowels Barbies in search for something to eat.”
    Sita
  • “Killing a cat wasn't something I felt like talking about.”
    Sita
  • “Cruelness without rational thought is not far from insanity.”
    Sita
  • “Certain things, once broken, are better left unfixed.”
    Kalika
  • “It hurts all of us. Sometimes it seems that is all love is good for.”
    Sita
  • “Love is good for many things. You have just forgotten.”
    Alanda
  • “The source of pain for us---here on this world---is the veil between the conscious and the unconscious. Yet this pain acts as a catalyst for us to grow.”
    Alanda
  • “No. I am saying there is a place for negativity---as much as there is for goodness---in the great scheme of things. There is no hero without a villain, no peak without a valley. But our path, the path of love, demands that we overcome negativity. But we do not overcome it by resisting it. That is an illusion. What you resist will persist.”
    Alanda
  • “The truth is always better than illusions.”
    Sita
  • “All ends are temporary and all life is born from death.”
    Sita
  • “Krishna was once asked what was the most miraculous thing in all creation, and he replied, "That a man should wake each morning and believe deep in his heart that he will live forever, even though he knows that he is doomed."”
    Sita
  • “Truly it it not the tragedies that destroy us, but the memories of them.”
  • “All ends are temporary and all life is born from death.”
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First Sentence edit see section history

Someone knocks at the door of my Las Vegas home where I stand.

Table of Contents edit see section history

I. Phantom
Chapter One
Chapter Two
Chapter Three
Chapter Four
Chapter Five
Chapter Six
Chapter Seven
Chapter Eight
Chapter Nine
Chapter Ten
Chapter Eleven
Chapter Twelve
Chapter Thirteen
Chapter Fourteen
Chapter Fifteen
Chapter Sixteen
Chapter Seventeen
Chapter Eighteen
Chapter Nineteen
Chapter Twenty
Epilogue
II. Evil Thirst
Chapter One
Chapter Two
Chapter Three
Chapter Four
Chapter Five
Chapter Six
Chapter Seven
Chapter Eight
Chapter Nine
Chapter Ten
Chapter Eleven
Chapter Twelve
Chapter Thirteen
Chapter Fourteen
Chapter Fifteen
Chapter Sixteen
Chapter Seventeen
Chapter Eighteen
III. Creatures of Forever
Chapter One
Chapter Two
Chapter Three
Chapter Four
Chapter Five
Chapter Six
Chapter Seven
Chapter Eight
Chapter Nine
Chapter Ten
Chapter Eleven
Chapter Twelve
Chapter Thirteen
Chapter Fourteen
Chapter Fifteen
Chapter Sixteen
Chapter Seventeen
Epilogue

Themes & Symbolism edit see section history

  • Vampires: this serie has everything a good vampire story should have
  • Love and Friendship: because as humans and also vampires love and friendship is always present

Series & Lists edit see section history

This is book 2 of 5 in Thirst. (standard series)

Preceded by Thirst, and followed by Thirst No. 3.

This book is in The Last Vampire. (standard series)

Authors & Contributors edit see section history

  1. Christopher Pike (Author)

First Edition edit see section history

Original Language: English
Publisher: Simon Pulse
Country: USA
Publication Date: January 5, 2010
ISBN: 978-1416983095
Page Count: 608

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  • Shade

Books with Additional Background Information edit see section history

   
  • Thirst

Books That Influenced This Book edit see section history

   
  • Thirst

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