Product Description

Command Assassin Nykyrian Quiakides once turned his back on the League - and has been hunted by them ever since. Though many have tried, none can kill him or stop him from completing his current mission: to protect Kiara Zamir, a woman whose father's political alliance has made her a target. As her world becomes even deadlier, Kiara must entrust her life to the same kind of beast who once killed her mother and left her for dead. Old enemies and new threaten them both and the only way they can survive is to overcome their suspicions and learn to trust in the very ones who threaten them the most: each other.

Product Details

• Amazon Sales Rank: #3158 in Books
• Published on: 2009-10-01
• Original language: English
• Binding: Paperback
• 560 pages

Review
If you love Buffy or Angel, then boy is this the book for you ... original and complex ... the characters are unforgettable and the action thrilling!' Romantic Times

About the Author
Writing as Sherrilyn Kenyon and Kinley MacGregor, she is the NEW YORK TIMES bestselling and award-winning author of several series: the Dark-Hunters; the Lords of Avalon; and the League. She lives with her husband and three sons in Nashville, Tennessee.

Customer Reviews

"League" series book 1
As a huge SK fan I am delighted this book has been re-issued; having spent a lot of time scouring for an original copy with never any luck. I'm not sure if "Born of Night" has been revised, as it is definitely written with the SK flair I expect and has all the twists and turns amid several interlinking sub plots found in this author's more recent publications. Although I missed the supernatural elements found in her DH novels, SK more than makes up for this with her futuristic technology, alien races and battles fought amid the stars. Nykyrian is very much a big, bad warrior with a tender side shown at unexpected moments, and certainly a fore-runner for the Dark-Hunters. He may be able to break a man's neck like a twig, but the right woman can bring him to his knees and definitely bring out his protective side. So what happens when an ex-assassin now mercenary and an aristocratic dancer fall in love? The answer; a whole heap of trouble and an increasing body count before a happy ever after.

Nykyrian is a hero whose childhood makes Acheron's seem like a cosy upbringing. He has the mental and physical scars as proof of the abuse he suffered, but is no longer the unwilling victim he once was. Trained as an assassin by The League, he far exceeds expectations and now remains on their most wanted list having "retired" when no one ever leaves from The League alive. This man is badder than any Dark-Hunter and what he lacks in any supernatural ability, he certainly makes up with his fighting skills and abundance of weapons.

His love interest Kiara on the other hand has led a pampered life of aristocracy, yet because of her father's power she now has a bounty on her head and the deadliest assassins out to claim it. Luckily she has the best protection around; NyKyrian and his motley crew of killers. His relationship with these characters (one of whom is due to take the lead in book 2 "Born of Fire") is very similar to the relationships found within the DH books, with sharp verbal sparring and some moments of lip twitching humour.

So was this book worth my wait? It most certainly was. Action, romance, great secondary characters and some truly nasty individuals the reader is left hoping NyKyrian kills in an extremely painful way. My one gripe would be Kiara. Unlike the strong feisty DH heroines who are prepared to grab a weapon and join the fight, Kiara spends a lot of time crying. Fair enough, she's a dancer after all and not a trained mercenary, but after each blubfest she promptly tells whoever is with her that she isn't the type of woman to cry before her next harrowing brush with death occurs which is followed by yet another session of tears.

wow!
I absolutely loved this book.. it made me laugh out loud, and groan in a desire to bang the main character's heads together at times.
I really struggled to put it down.. Ms Kenyon as always builds her characters well and really lets you live the book.

I look forward to reading the other two, my only slight reservation is that I have no doubt they will fall in to the same pattern.. it would be nice to have a surprise occasionally .. like good not always triumphing .. just to add that element of surprise.

A must read, especially if you are a SK fan

Really, really bad
This is the first book by Kenyon that I've read; I have read a huge quantity of fantasy, sci-fi, urban fantasy etc but somehow never tried one of hers, although she is very well-known.

What a huge disappointment. The writing is shockingly bad, the plot is taken from a Harlequin-level romance and given a sci-fi "gloss", and the characters are all two-dimensional, utterly predictable stooges. I was stunned by how bad it was given the range of positive reviews for her work, the comparisons with other authors I think highly of, and her widespread success.

Honestly, I can't think of anything good to say about this book. Possibly if you are the sort of reader who prefers pulp romances, but likes a bit of sci-fi in concept, you might enjoy it. But read anything, anything at all by a real author who put some work into their prose and descriptions, who came up with a gripping plot, and there's no comparison.

I hope this review helps someone avoid wasting their time.