A Novel with Thoughts and Ponderings

DARK PREDATOR

Author: Christine Feehan ISBN: 9780425241974 9/2011 SUSPENSE Publisher: BALLANTINE

Dark Predator by Christine Feehan
As brutal as the undead he hunted, Zacarias De La Cruz was a master executioner. Now his stark and savage journey has ended. For his brothers, Zacarias had walked to the edge of madness, 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 back home, in Peru, in the betrayal of a woman who is readying her trap, in the vengeance of an old enemy, in the inevitable consequences of a bloody family legacy-and in the deliverance of a lifemate he never could have imagined...

RRAH's THOUGHTS AND PONDERINGS: Top Pick

Wow, is DARK PREDATOR lethal! I'm quite sure I have never met a more dominant, uncompromising hero in all my years of reading. He is overpowering, abrasive, and unyielding. Giving him a suitable heroine had to be a daunting task because not just anyone would do. Good thing Christine Feehan is a veteran at making unreal characters come to life.

This has to be the darkest Carpathian novel to date. Although several of Feehan's books have featured strong, competent heroes, this hunk borders on abusive. He is carved from granite and makes no apologies for the pain he inflicts on the one who saves him. Convinced his way is the only way, he teaches her some hard lessons. As the closest male to "turning" that I have met from Feehan, I am still unconvinced that he won't go vampire, despite his meeting his light in the darkness. I believe he feels the same way.

Feehan creates a whole new world that unfolds in some harsh ways. It is scary and dark, with brutal scenes that quite mysteriously—and beautifully—turn into a captivating story and a most satisfying ending. I know the hero is a good guy even when he is at his most menacing, but he certainly takes some getting used to.

Shannon Johnson

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