"A Wonderful new Carpathian tale."
After centuries of sleeping deep in the earth under an
ancient cemetery in Paris, legendary twins Gabriel and
Lucian are awakened by the movement of the earth during
construction and relocation of the cemetery. They were there
because during a horrific battle between the two, Gabriel
made the decision to entomb them both for all time, to
fulfill his promise to Lucian to stop him, should he ever
turn to the darkness in his soul and become a vampire, and
to protect himself from having to chose between suicide by
walking into the light, or turning vampire like his brother
did. Now they have been awakened, and Gabriel knows he must
find his brother and kill him before Lucian can use his
terrible strength and powers to harm the innocent people of
the city. Gabriel is gaunt and weak from his long slumber
and needs to feed before he fights Lucian, so he disguises
himself as an old man and goes in search of the human blood
he requires. Francesca Del Ponce is a natural born healer who can't
resist helping someone in need. When she finds a starving
old man on the street, she insists on taking him to a
shelter for help, but when he is turned away at the shelter
she decides to take him home with her and care for him
there. She doesn't know that this man is hiding some
terrible secrets, but what he doesn?t know is that she has
some secrets of her own. DARK LEGEND is an exciting and worthy addition to Ms.
Feehan's Carpathian series. Gabriel could have been arrogant
and overbearing, with all his strength and power, but his
love for his brother had taught him to care for others, his
anguish over the fact that he must hunt his brother down and
kill him was heartbreaking. His only salvation was that he
had discovered his lifemate in Francesca and that his love
for her, and hers for him could help him bear the pain.
Francesca and Gabriel try to plan for a future together,
along with an abused orphan girl they want to adopt, but
always in the backs of their minds is the knowledge that one
day soon either Gabriel or Lucian, or both, must die. I was
on pins and needles until the end, waiting to see how it
would turn out!
Reviewed by Janice Bennett
Posted December 6, 2001
SummaryGabriel wakes deep within the ground, and the first
sensation he feels is an overwhelming hunger for blood. But
as he hunts the dark streets of Paris for prey, a voice
calls to him, soothing, calming, giving him the strength to
control his craving. Francesca Del Ponce is a healer, a
woman who radiates goodness as powerfully as the sun does
light. Though Garbriel knows she will be like hot silk in
his arms, though he knows the taste of her will be
addictive, he fears for her life and his soul if he takes
her. Then with one mind-shattering vow she gives herself--
I offer freely, without reservation, I offer my life for
yours as is my right--and with a firestorm of long-
forgotten feelings, he glimpses salvation.
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