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New York : Berkley Books, 2011.
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Fantasy. Fiction. Romance. HTML:An immortal comes to the end of a long and violent journey and finds a far more dangerous threat in this dark and thrilling novel in the #1 New York Times bestselling Carpathian series. As brutal as the undead he hunted, executioner Zacarias De La Cruz�s savage journey is over. After a thousand years in a gray world, he has accomplished everything he set out to do. His brothers are safeguarded, and each has a woman who completes them. But with centuries as a killing machine now left to the past and without a hunt to define him, Zacarias wonders, for the first time in his life, who he really is. The answer awaits him in the vengeance of an old enemy, in the consequences of a bloody family legacy, and in Marguarita, a woman he once saved�his lifemate, his deliverance, and the greatest risk yet to both their lives. INCLUDES BONUS CONTENT!.… (more)
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LibraryThing member rhonda1111
This book is not my favorite one. I tend to like the ones that have more interaction of the rest of the characters we know. also why does it work so slow on him seeing the colors missed that somewhere. But glad zacarias found his soul mate. It did keep my attention the whole way through the book.
LibraryThing member queencersei
Fans of the Dark Series may be disapointed with this latest installment to the series, which relates the story of the eldest De La Crus brother, Zacharias. The main characters, Zacharias and Margarita somehow never quite seem fully fleshed out. Their romance is rushed and Zacharias boarders on
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abusive during several interactions with Margarita. The overall plot to bring about the downfall of the Carapathians is not advanced. All in all, while not a bad read, the novel just does not seem to advance the overall series at all. Show Less
LibraryThing member SunnySD
The last of the de la Cruz brothers, Zacharias has fought too many battles and knows he's on the verge of surrendering to his darker urges. Refusing to stain his honor further by forcing his brothers to hunt him down, he decides to face the dawn. He doesn't reckon on the stubborn nature of one
I keep picking Feehan's books up, hoping for a return to the vibrancy and entertainment factor of her earlier books. Although the language is at times overwrought and and a bit saccharine, and smacking either (or both) main characters crossed my mind more than once, at least if didn't read as if Feehan simply wrapped a slightly different story around the same characters she's been using for the last few books.
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stubborn young retainer, who refuses to allow him to burn. Marguarita may have lost her voice, and she fears she's lost her mind - but she isn't able to leave Zacharias to die. Obviously they're lifemates, but is Zacharias already too far gone?I keep picking Feehan's books up, hoping for a return to the vibrancy and entertainment factor of her earlier books. Although the language is at times overwrought and and a bit saccharine, and smacking either (or both) main characters crossed my mind more than once, at least if didn't read as if Feehan simply wrapped a slightly different story around the same characters she's been using for the last few books.
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LibraryThing member onyx95
Being one of the most deadly and successful vampire hunters of the Carpathian race, after so many centuries of gray, Zacarias De La Cruz decided to greet the morning sun. Choosing the De La Cruz Peruvian Ranch, he headed there and prepared himself with his final vision. As a member of the De La
Book 22 ….. The strongest, most feared of the De La Cruz family, I was really looking forward to this one and was not disappointed. Could not put ‘Dark Predator’ down. The strength and courage Marguarita had in facing everything that she faced, and then to face off with Zacarias. One of the reasons I enjoy the Carpathian series is that most of the women show just as much, if not more, courage than the men do. The great Carpathian men are suppose to be strong, finding a woman to take them on is fun to watch. Defiantly a great addition to the series . Have to wait another year to see if we get another story, I really hope so.
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Cruz ranch, Marguarita Fernandez knew what the brothers were, seeing Zacarias laying on the ground at sunrise scared her into action. Getting him covered and out of the sun was her first priority, later she would deal with the consequences of going against his orders. The drive to save him was so strong she felt she couldn’t do anything else. Facing down a vampire had not been as scary as defying Zacarias, but that is what she simply had to do.Book 22 ….. The strongest, most feared of the De La Cruz family, I was really looking forward to this one and was not disappointed. Could not put ‘Dark Predator’ down. The strength and courage Marguarita had in facing everything that she faced, and then to face off with Zacarias. One of the reasons I enjoy the Carpathian series is that most of the women show just as much, if not more, courage than the men do. The great Carpathian men are suppose to be strong, finding a woman to take them on is fun to watch. Defiantly a great addition to the series . Have to wait another year to see if we get another story, I really hope so.
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LibraryThing member dasuzuki
I have only read some of Feehan's newer Carpathian books and for the most part have really enjoyed them. I find it hard to say just how much I liked(or disliked) this one. It completely grabbed me and I could not stop reading it BUT I found myself having a hard time liking the heroine, Marguarita,
The worst part was that Marguarita just sucks it all up and says it's her mission to "save" him and it's not really that he's attacking her. Ummm, hello?! He brutally takes your blood to teach you a lesson, throws you against a wall because you did something he didn't like and basically kills you in a temper tantrum without a care for what you really want. That's not a lifemate to me, that's an abusive spouse you are stuck with for all eternity.
What really kept me reading was the fact that I've missed the last few books and was trying to catch up on what was going on in general with the Carpathian race and the war against the vampires. I really need to go catch up on the series since it sounds like a lot of interesting things have happened. The other motive was thinking that Zacarias had to have some sort of redeeming trait and Marguarita was going to grow a spine and tell him to shape up.
And I can't end this review without mentioning I will be a happy person if I never have to read the line "sun scorch you, woman" again. Ugh, for awhile there it felt like Zacarias was saying that every other page. So all in all I couldn't really stand the characters but apparently a lot has been going on in the Carpathian world so this book did peak my interest to go back and read the older ones.
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and I did not like Zacarias at all! The common theme of the Carpathian males are that they are overbearing and have over protectiveness issues but Zacarias went way beyond overbearing and straight into abusive. I found his first attack on Marguarita to be overly brutal for "just teaching her a lesson" and even after he supposedly begins to fall in love with her whenever she goes against his wishes his immediate reaction is to physically harm her and brutalize her. Even when he finally brings her fully into the Carpathian world it isn't an action of a man in love and wanting to be with his lifemate. It's a pissed off guy who wants to teach his "woman" a lesson and show her what happens when she tries to think for herself and make her own decisions.The worst part was that Marguarita just sucks it all up and says it's her mission to "save" him and it's not really that he's attacking her. Ummm, hello?! He brutally takes your blood to teach you a lesson, throws you against a wall because you did something he didn't like and basically kills you in a temper tantrum without a care for what you really want. That's not a lifemate to me, that's an abusive spouse you are stuck with for all eternity.
What really kept me reading was the fact that I've missed the last few books and was trying to catch up on what was going on in general with the Carpathian race and the war against the vampires. I really need to go catch up on the series since it sounds like a lot of interesting things have happened. The other motive was thinking that Zacarias had to have some sort of redeeming trait and Marguarita was going to grow a spine and tell him to shape up.
And I can't end this review without mentioning I will be a happy person if I never have to read the line "sun scorch you, woman" again. Ugh, for awhile there it felt like Zacarias was saying that every other page. So all in all I couldn't really stand the characters but apparently a lot has been going on in the Carpathian world so this book did peak my interest to go back and read the older ones.
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LibraryThing member AVoraciousReader
Zacarias De La Cruz is a Carpathian, one who is a creature of the night, feeds off blood and is a shapeshifter. Those of his race that succumb to the evil of killing when they feed become the hated vampire and the prey of the hunter Zacarias. A hunter who has not found his lifemate must struggle
Now that his brothers have all found their lifemates and there are many capable hunters to keep the Prince safe he has decided to end his life in honor instead of embracing the shadows on his soul and forcing his brothers to hunt him. He heads to his ranch in South America in time to meet the sun, but a woman intervenes and saves him.
Marguarita Fernandez has served the De La Cruz family her whole life. A few months before the start of Dark Predator she is attacked by a vampire and refuses to give up the De La Cruz’s resting place, so the vampire rips out her vocal cords. Before she can bleed to death Zacarias arrives and saves her life. Now, he has returned and she feels compelled to save him from himself.
After 22 books of the Carpathians I wondered how Christine Feehan was going to write this one since we saw very little of Zacarias in any of the other books. I really liked the character development of Zacarias and the fact that Marguarita couldn’t speak. Zacaraias is touched by shadows and is disconnected from his emotions. That makes him an excellent hunter, but a not very good mate. Luckily, Marguarita is a psychic and can touch those that are wild, mostly animals, but Zacarias counts. She can sense the emotions that he thinks aren’t there and helps him.
The bad thing about this book is the repetition. I lost track of how many times Zacarias thought about the shadows on his soul, how he had no emotions, how he was a solitary hunter and how his erection around Marguarita was ‘heavy’.
I loved the story itself and how the characters were flawed yet managed to be whole when together, but the constant repetition and reiteration drove me near insane. Ms. Feehan did this early on in the series and looked to have gotten it under control in the last books, but this newest book was, I believe, the worst offender so far.
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everyday not to turn into that which he hunts. Zacarias has been a hunter for over a 1,000 years and has put aside the notion of ever finding a mate. Those with no mate lose the ability to see in color and they lose all emotions. Zacarias has lost those things even younger than any other Carpathian. All that has kept him going for a millennia is his honor and the fact he needed to be sure his four brothers and his Prince were safe.Now that his brothers have all found their lifemates and there are many capable hunters to keep the Prince safe he has decided to end his life in honor instead of embracing the shadows on his soul and forcing his brothers to hunt him. He heads to his ranch in South America in time to meet the sun, but a woman intervenes and saves him.
Marguarita Fernandez has served the De La Cruz family her whole life. A few months before the start of Dark Predator she is attacked by a vampire and refuses to give up the De La Cruz’s resting place, so the vampire rips out her vocal cords. Before she can bleed to death Zacarias arrives and saves her life. Now, he has returned and she feels compelled to save him from himself.
After 22 books of the Carpathians I wondered how Christine Feehan was going to write this one since we saw very little of Zacarias in any of the other books. I really liked the character development of Zacarias and the fact that Marguarita couldn’t speak. Zacaraias is touched by shadows and is disconnected from his emotions. That makes him an excellent hunter, but a not very good mate. Luckily, Marguarita is a psychic and can touch those that are wild, mostly animals, but Zacarias counts. She can sense the emotions that he thinks aren’t there and helps him.
The bad thing about this book is the repetition. I lost track of how many times Zacarias thought about the shadows on his soul, how he had no emotions, how he was a solitary hunter and how his erection around Marguarita was ‘heavy’.
I loved the story itself and how the characters were flawed yet managed to be whole when together, but the constant repetition and reiteration drove me near insane. Ms. Feehan did this early on in the series and looked to have gotten it under control in the last books, but this newest book was, I believe, the worst offender so far.
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LibraryThing member tivonut
After the last few books I read of Christine Feehan's Carpathians, I thought I might not continue reading. I was so disappointed with Dark Peril, I really thought, 'that's it'. Luckily I found the hard cover for $1.50 in the used book store. Yea, because I enjoyed this one.
CF has a way of droning
The Hero and heroine make sense and their conflict, and hurt, comes from misunderstanding that is realistic to their situation, caused by the difference in culture and age. The heroine having been raised in a family devoted to the protection of the Carpathians and their secrets. So Maria, trying to save Zacharias even by giving up her freedoms seemed possible. The relationship starts very rocky and slow starts to burn. The sex scenes in the book didn't bored me as it seem different from the carob copy sex of some of the other books. They ended up having great chemistry.
Overall the book was a very good addition to the Carpathians with not too much repetitiveness, a good story line, and good chemistry. The only real complaint was that the conflict between them seem to resolve too fast.
CF has a way of droning
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on and on about emotions and feelings, and she does that in this book too but she keeps the action going to some extent so as not to loose the reader to boredom of repetitiveness as some of her books do. If she keeps it moving and doesn't repeat too much, she can create quite a story and relationship. Which I think she managed to do in this one.The Hero and heroine make sense and their conflict, and hurt, comes from misunderstanding that is realistic to their situation, caused by the difference in culture and age. The heroine having been raised in a family devoted to the protection of the Carpathians and their secrets. So Maria, trying to save Zacharias even by giving up her freedoms seemed possible. The relationship starts very rocky and slow starts to burn. The sex scenes in the book didn't bored me as it seem different from the carob copy sex of some of the other books. They ended up having great chemistry.
Overall the book was a very good addition to the Carpathians with not too much repetitiveness, a good story line, and good chemistry. The only real complaint was that the conflict between them seem to resolve too fast.
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LibraryThing member pandalovesyou
Meh.
This one wasn't my favorite, these books are becoming rather predictable. I wish these were more like "Dark Celebration". That book was a refreshing change of pace.
I do commend Christine Feehan on coming up with new and inventive ways of disposing of the vampires.
This one wasn't my favorite, these books are becoming rather predictable. I wish these were more like "Dark Celebration". That book was a refreshing change of pace.
I do commend Christine Feehan on coming up with new and inventive ways of disposing of the vampires.
LibraryThing member fbswss
Really a low point for Feehan. A sadistic book with truly gross graphic sex way beyond her usual which I skim through anyway in preference for the continuing plot and story of the Carpathian Prince & his people.
LibraryThing member aliterarylion
I couldn't put it down. A domineering vampire and his mute housekeeper.
LibraryThing member xofelf
She could have done so much more with this than she did. And you shouldn't finish reading a book and hate the main male protagonist.
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Original publication date
2011-09-06
Physical description
372 p.; 24 cm
ISBN
9780425241974