Pocket Star
Featuring: Kaderin the Cold Hearted; Sebastian Wroth
384 pages ISBN: 1416509887 EAN: 9781416509882 Kindle: B000MGATUI Paperback / e-Book Add to Wish List
For a thousand years, Kaderin the Cold Hearted has been the
fiercest warrior of the Valkyrie clan. After her sisters'
deaths in an ancient battle against the vampire Horde,
guilt threatened to destroy Kaderin. But the blessing of a
goddess took away that emotion -- and all others -- leaving
Kaderin a perfect assassin. Now her life is an endless
mission to eradicate all vampires -- one at a time.
When Kaderin receives news of a lone vamp terrorizing a
remote mountain village, she gladly volunteers to travel to
Russia for a quick kill. But when she arrives at the
decrepit castle, the vampire is nothing she expects.
Without the red eyes that signal blood frenzy, the vampire
is lean and solemn. He asks for death, courteous as a
knight -- and Kaderin can't do it. She looks into his weary
face and realizes that feelings she hasn't experienced in a
millennium are rushing back into her heart. Overcome,
Kaderin allows the vampire to touch her -- and that leads to
an explosive moment of passion that will change everything.
Sebastien Wroth is waiting for death, until a small blonde
female enters his castle and reminds him of what it was
like to be alive. He recognizes her instantly as his Bride,
and when they come together, it's better and hotter than
anything he could have imagined. But reality descends at
once, and Kaderin is horrified at what they've just done.
She leaves him calling her name, unable to follow her into
the sunlight.
Kaderin hates herself and her newly remembered emotions,
and she vows to forget Sebastien. She has to focus, because
the moment she's waited 10 decades for is at hand. The
Talisman's Hie, a mythical scavenger hunt judged by a
goddess and undertaken by only the strongest and most
brutal creatures of the Lore, is about to begin. Kaderin
has won every Hie for the last thousand years, but this one
is special. The final prize is a key that will open a
portal into the past, allowing the winner to travel back in
time. With this key, Kaderin will be able to go back to
that battlefield and save her sisters. However, Sebastien
is not so easily forgotten. He will travel to the ends of
the earth to find his Bride, and he'll help her in her
quest -- whether she wants him or not. Together, they pass
through trials of ice and fire, and each step brings them
closer to the fateful moment when Kaderin will have to
choose between her family and the vampire whose touch
brings her to life.
This second installment in Kresley Cole's Immortals
After Dark series is a nonstop adventure. The Talisman's
Hie, a supernatural version of The Amazing Race, keeps
things moving at a punishing pace, and even Cole seems to
have some trouble keeping up. However, the Hie is useful as
an introduction into Cole's fascinating world, where magic
and myth simmer just beneath the surface of ordinary mortal
life. It's a well-imagined world, peopled with fantastic
beings: witches and werewolves and basilisks -- oh, my!
As always, it's Cole's characters who truly drive the plot.
Kaderin is sharp and funny, and Cole doesn't gloss over the
gritty, cruel side of her personality. But it's Sebastien
and his struggle to become someone whom Kaderin could love
that gives the book its heart. A warrior scholar, Sebastien
is not accomplished in the art of love. His experiences
make it hard for him to believe himself worthy, and he
understands all too well why Kaderin rejects him. But he's
compelled to pursue her, even against his own wishes. He
perseveres through pain and betrayal, and almost loses
himself in the process. In the end, he finds that he always
was the perfect match for Kaderin. An interesting, even
exceptional hero -- his happy ending is a long time coming,
but it's one of the more satisfying scenes in recent
romance.
A soldier weary of life... Centuries ago, Sebastian Wroth was turned into a vampire -- a nightmare in his mind -- against his will. Burdened with hatred and alone for ages, he sees little reason to live. Until an exquisite, fey creature comes to kill him, inadvertently saving him instead. A Valkyrie assassin dispatched to destroy him... When Kaderin the Cold Hearted lost her two beloved sisters to a vampire attack long ago, a benevolent force deadened her sorrow -- accidentally extinguishing all of her emotions. Yet whenever she encounters Sebastian, her feelings -- particularly lust -- emerge multiplied. For the first time, she's unable to complete a kill. Become competitors in a legendary hunt. The prize of the month-long contest is powerful enough to change history, and Kaderin will do anything to win it for her sisters. Wanting only to win her, forever, Sebastian competes as well, taking every opportunity -- as they travel to ancient tombs and through catacombs, seeking relics around the world -- to use her new feelings to seduce her. But when forced to choose between the vampire she's falling for and reuniting her family, how can Kaderin live without either?
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