A Stroke of Midnight

Zusatztext Praise for Laurell K. Hamilton A Kiss of Shadows “I’ve never read a writer with a more fertile imagination.” –DIANA GABALDON “Sizzling . . . Memorable characters and wicked wit make it all delicious! ribald fun.” –Publishers Weekly A Caress of Twilight “Sensual! without a doubt . . . This book moves like a whirlwind.” – St. Louis Post-Dispatch “[A] sexy! tension-charged dark fantasy mystery.” – Locus Seduced by Moonlight “This [faerie] society is one of the most detailed! imaginative! and lovingly drawn in all fantastic fiction! and the Meredith Gentry series has become something special.” – San Jose Mercury News “Hamilton’s books [are] must-reads.” – The Denver Post Informationen zum Autor Laurell K. Hamilton Klappentext I am Meredith Gentry, P.I., solving cases in Los Angeles, far from the peril and deception of my real home-because I am also Princess Meredith, heir to the darkest throne faerie has to offer. The Unseelie Court infuses me with its power. But at what price does such magic come? How much of my human side will I have to give up, and how much of the sinister side of faerie will I have to embrace? To sit on a throne that has ruled through bloodshed and violence for centuries, I might have to become that which I dread the most. Enemies watch my every move. My cousin Cel strives to have me killed even now from his prison cell. But not all the assassination attempts are his. Some Unseelie nobles have waited centuries for my aunt Andais, Queen of Air and Darkness, to become weak enough that she might be toppled from her throne. Enemies unforeseen move against us-enemies who would murder the least among us. The threat will drive us to allow human police into faerie for the first time in our history. I need my allies now more than ever, especially since fate will lead me into the arm of Mistral, Master of Storms, the queen's new captain of her guard. Our passion will reawaken powers long forgotten among the warriors of the sidhe. Pain and pleasure await me-and danger, as well, for some at that court seek only death. I will find new joys with the butterfly-winged demi-fey. My guards and I will show all of faerie that violence and sex are as popular among the sidhe as they are among the lesser fey of our court. The Darkness will weep, and Frost will comfort him. The gentlest of my guards will find new strength and break my heart. Passions undreamed of await us-and my enemies gather, for the future of both courts of faerie begins to unravel. Leseprobe CHAPTER 1 I hate press conferences. but I especially hate them when I've been ordered to hide large portions of the truth. The order had come from the Queen of Air and Darkness, ruler of the dark court of faerie. The Unseelie are not a power to be crossed, even if I was their very own faerie princess. I was Queen Andais's niece, but the family connection had never bought me much. I smiled at the nearly solid wall of reporters, fighting to keep my thoughts from showing on my face. The queen had never allowed this much of the human media inside the Unseelie's hollow hill, our sithen. It was our refuge, and you don't let the press into your refuge. But yesterday's assassination attempt had made allowing the press into our home the lesser evil. The theory was that inside the sithen our magic would protect me much better than it had in the airport yesterday, where I'd nearly been shot. Our court publicist, Madeline Phelps, pointed to the first reporter, and the questions began. "Princess Meredith, you had blood on your face yesterday, but today the only sign of injury is your arm in a sling. What were your injuries yesterday?" My left arm was in a green cloth sling that matched my suit jacke...

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Praise for Laurell K. Hamilton

A Kiss of Shadows

I ve never read a writer with a more fertile imagination. DIANA GABALDON

Sizzling . . . Memorable characters and wicked wit make it all delicious, ribald fun. Publishers Weekly


A Caress of Twilight

Sensual, without a doubt . . . This book moves like a whirlwind. St. Louis Post-Dispatch

[A] sexy, tension-charged dark fantasy mystery. Locus

Seduced by Moonlight

This [faerie] society is one of the most detailed, imaginative, and lovingly drawn in all fantastic fiction, and the Meredith Gentry series has become something special. San Jose Mercury News

Hamilton s books [are] must-reads. The Denver Post

Product details

• Authors: Laurell K Hamilton, Laurell K. Hamilton
• Publisher: Ballantine
• Languages: English
• Product format: Paperback / Softback
• Released: 28.11.2006
• EAN: 9780345443601
• ISBN: 978-0-345-44360-1
• No. of pages: 416
• Dimensions: 109 mm x 175 mm x 24 mm
• Series: Ballantine Books; Meredith Gentry; Meredith (Merry) Gentry; Merry Gentry; Meredith Gentry Novels; Meredith (Merry) Gentry; Merry Gentry
• Subject: Fiction > Science fiction, fantasy