Dark Heir

Zusatztext Praise for the Jane Yellowrock novels: “There is nothing as satisfying as the first time reading a Jane Yellowrock novel.”—Fresh Fiction “Jane is the best urban fantasy heroine around.”—Night Owl Reviews “Jane Yellowrock is smart! sexy! and ruthless.”— New York Times Bestselling Author Kim Harrison Informationen zum Autor Faith Hunter is the New York Times bestselling author of the Jane Yellowrock Novels, including Broken Soul , Black Arts , Blood Trade and  Death's Rival , as well as the Rogue Mage novels, including Bloodring , Seraphs and Host . Klappentext Shapeshifting skinwalker Jane Yellowrock is the best in the business when it comes to slaying vampires. But her latest fanged foe may be above her pay grade... For centuries, the extremely powerful and ruthless vampire witches of the European Council have wandered the Earth, controlling governments, fostering war, creating political conflict, and often leaving absolute destruction in their wake. One of the strongest of them is set to create some havoc in the city of New Orleans, and it's definitely personal. Jane is tasked with tracking him down. With the help of a tech wiz and an ex-Army ranger, her partners in Yellowrock Securities, she'll have to put everything on the line, and hope it's enough. Things are about to get real hard in the Big Easy. Praise for the Jane Yellowrock Novels ALSO BY FAITH HUNTER ROC ACKNOWLEDGMENTS AUTHOR’S NOTE CHAPTER 1 I stood against the wall, nursing a busted knuckle, watching my sensei try to recover. Daniel held a black belt, second dan, in hapkido, had a black belt in tae kwon do, and a black belt in tai chi—the combat martial art, not the pretty forms that hippies and old people do on beaches at sunrise. (Not that I had anything against pretty martial arts, hippies, or old people. I’d outlived all of the people who were alive when I was born, so I was old. Real old.) Daniel hadn’t competed in years, however, believing that competition was for sissies and martial arts were for fighting and killing. He was probably a lot more dangerous than most people who did compete. And right now he was on his back on the practice mat, trying to figure out if his lungs still worked. It had been only about thirty seconds since I’d thrown him to the floor, knocking the breath out of him, but that can seem like a lot of time when you aren’t breathing. “I’m not kissing him,” Eli Younger said, still gasping, sweat dripping off him onto the mat in little splats. My Beast and I had been sparring with both of them. Admittedly, it was a little too wound heavy to be just sparring, but testosterone and the urge to defeat the skinny girl were powerful motivators, keeping them coming back for more when they should have stayed down. And Beast had been having fun. “Artificial respiration isn’t technically kissing,” I said, watching as Daniel fought back the natural panic of the air starved, arching his back, stretching his throat, trying to force open his airway. “Still not kissing him. Sorry, bro,” Eli said, toeing Daniel’s shoulder. “Been nice knowin’ you.” Daniel sucked in a breath that sounded like rubber bicycle tubing being stretched out by a couple of disgruntled sumo wrestlers. Strained. Very strained. Eli laughed. Faster than most humans can manage, Daniel whipped his arm around, his fist catching Eli on the outer knee joint. If Eli hadn’t already been bending into the direction of the hit, his knee would have buckled and Eli would have needed a brace or vamp blood to heal. Daniel was powerful, even flat on his back. As it was, the guys rolled across each other like high school wrestlers, but punching and stabbing with fingers, kneeing below the belt. They separated, rolled to thei...

Product details

• Authors: Faith Hunter
• Publisher: Ace Books
• Languages: English
• Product format: Paperback
• Released: 07.04.2015
• EAN: 9780451465962
• ISBN: 978-0-451-46596-2
• No. of pages: 384
• Dimensions: 105 mm x 171 mm x 25 mm
• Series: Jane Yellowrock; Jane Yellowrock Novels; Jane Yellowrock
• Subject: Fiction > Science fiction, fantasy