Darkness Unmasked - A Dark Angels Novel

Zusatztext Praise for Keri Arthur's novels “Keri Arthur’s imagination and energy infuse everything she writes with zest.”—Charlaine Harris   “Keri Arthur has blown me away again. Her worlds are so complex and ‘real.’…Risa makes readers fall in love with her….I highly recommend Arthur’s books.”— USA Today   “Fans of Anita Blake and Charlaine Harris’s Sookie Stackhouse vampire series will be rewarded.”— Publishers Weekly   “Arthur is positively one of the best urban fantasy authors in print today.”— Darque Reviews Informationen zum Autor Keri Arthur Klappentext Half-werewolf! half-Aedh Risa Jones is beginning to believe that the only way to find the keys she's been searching for and save her friends is by dying. And when Wolfgang Schmidt! the lover of her boss at the vampire council! is found dead! her worst fears are confirmed. With the first portal of hell permanently open! the energies of the dark path are leaching into the world. Searching for Schmidt's killer and the keys at the same time! Risa and reaper Azriel track a shape-shifting spider spirit capable of changing her form into a seductive woman. But when they finally find the second key! the Aedh Lucian snatches it and disappears. Risa is intent on finding Lucian and fighting him to the death—for in her mind! she knows that neither can remain while the other lives.... Chapter One The office phone rang with a sharpness that jolted me instantly awake. I jerked upright, peeled a wayward bit of paper from my nose, and stared at the phone blankly. Then the caller ID registered and I groaned. The call was coming from Madeline Hunter, the bitch who was not only in charge of the Directorate of Other Races, but was a leading member of the high vampire council, too. She was also the very last person in this world—or the next—who I wanted to hear from right now. Unfortunately, given that she was now my boss, she was not someone I could—or should—ignore. I hit the vid-phone’s ANSWER button and said in a less-than-polite voice, “What?” She paused, and something flashed in the green of her eyes. A darkness that spoke of anger. But all she said was, “I have a task for you.” A curse rose in my throat, but I somehow managed to leash it. “What sort of task?” But even as I asked the question, I knew. There was only one reason for her to be ringing me, and that was to track down an escapee from hell. She not only had the Directorate at her command, but a stableful of Cazadors—the high council’s elite killing force—and they dealt with all manner of murderers and madmen on an everyday basis. I even had one following me around astrally, reporting my every move back to Hunter. Trust was not high on her list of good traits. Not that I think she had all that many good traits. “A close friend of mine was murdered last night.” Her voice held very little emotion, and she was scarier because of it. “I want you to investigate.” Hunter had friends. Imagine that. I scrubbed a hand across my eyes and said somewhat wearily, “Look, as much as I absolutely adore working for you, the reality is the Directorate is far better equipped to handle this sort of murderer.” “The Directorate hasn’t your experience with the denizens of hell,” she snapped. “Nor do they have a reaper at their beck and call.” So I’d been right—it was an escapee from hell. Not great news, but I guess it was my fault that these things were about in the world. It might have become my task to find the three lost keys that controlled the gates to heaven and hell, but the only one I’d managed to find so far had almost immediately been stolen from me. As a result, the first gate to hell had been permanently opened by person or persons unknown, and the stronger demons were now coming through. Not in great numbers—not yet—but that was thanks only to...

Product details

• Authors: Keri Arthur
• Publisher: Berkley Publishing Group
• Languages: English
• Product format: Paperback
• Released: 04.06.2013
• EAN: 9780451237132
• ISBN: 978-0-451-23713-2
• No. of pages: 400
• Dimensions: 107 mm x 170 mm x 25 mm
• Series: Dark Angels; Dark Angels; Dark Angels Novels; Penguin Publishing Group
• Subject: Fiction > Science fiction, fantasy