Книга: Christine Feehan «Predatory Game»

Christine Feehan (b. Christine King in California, USA) is an American romance-paranormal writer. She has published more than 26 novels, including five series, and numerous novellas since 1999.

Biography

Christine King was born in California. She grew up with three brothers and ten sisters. She is married to Richard Feehan, together they have 11 children (each had children from previous marriages).

Feehan has over 30 novels published and is a #1 New York Times bestselling author. Her debut novel, Dark Prince, published in 1999 won three Paranormal Excellence Awards for Romantic Literature (PEARL) for that year. Since then she has won seven more PEARL awards and has been on numerous bestsellers list including those of Publishers Weekly, USA Today, and The New York Times. Feehan has also received a Career Achievement Award from Romantic Times and been nominated for a RITA award from the Romance Writers of America.

Bibliography

Dark Series

The Dark Series introduces the Carpathians, a powerful and ancient race. They have many gifts, including the ability to shape-shift, and extended life spans, living for thousands of years. Though they feed on human blood, they don't kill their human prey, and for the most part live among humans without detection. Despite their gifts, the Carpathians are on the edge of extinction. There have been few children born to them in the past few centuries, and those that have been born are all male and often die in the first year. It has been more than 500 years since a female has been born. In the absence of their female counterparts, also known as "lifemates," male Carpathians lose the ability to feel emotions and to see in color. The only feeling left to them is the thrill of making a kill. Once a male has done this, he loses his soul and "turns," becoming the monster of human legend, the vampire or the "undead." With so few females left, males are forced to make a stark choice: either become vampire or "greet the dawn" (i.e. commit suicide). However, when they do find a lifemate, the ability to see in color and their emotions are restored to them, and their souls are saved.

1. Dark Prince (July 1999)
2. Dark Desire (December 1999)
3. Dark Gold (April 2000)
4. Dark Magic (July 2000)
5. Dark Challenge (November 2000)
6. Dark Fire (August 2001)
7. Dark Dream (September 2001) (in the anthology After Twilight, reissued in Dark Dreamers)
8. Dark Legend (January 2002)
9. Dark Guardian (May 2002)
10. Dark Symphony (February 2003)
11. Dark Descent (May 2003) (in the anthology The Only One)
12. Dark Melody (November 2003)
13. Dark Destiny (July 2004)
14. Dark Hunger (August 2004) (in the anthology Hot Blooded) (adapted as a graphic novel in October 2007) (and in the omnibus Darkest at Dawn)
15. Dark Secret (February 2005) (and in the omnibus Darkest at Dawn)
16. Dark Demon (March 2006)
17. Dark Celebration (August 2006)
18. Dark Possession (August 2007)
19. Dark Curse (September 2008)
20. Dark Slayer (September 2009)
21. Dark Peril (September 7, 2010)
22. Dark Predator (September 6, 2011)

Drake Sisters Series

1. Magic in the Wind (in the anthology Lover Beware) (an in the omnibus Sea Storm)
2. The Twilight Before Christmas (December 2003) (and in the anthology The Wicked and the Wondrous, 2004), (and in the Holiday Treasure, 2006)
3. Oceans of Fire (April 2005) (and in the omnibus Sea Storm)
4. Dangerous Tides (June 2006)
5. Safe Harbor (June 2007)
6. Turbulent Sea (July, 2008):/
7. Hidden Currents (2009)

Sisters of the Heart Series

1. Water Bound (July 27, 2010)
2. Spirit Bound (2011)

Ghostwalkers Series

Dr. Peter Whitney, a brilliant and wealthy scientist, creates a technique to enhance the natural abilities of psychics. In a secret experiment, he succeeds in enhancing the abilities of already highly-trained military men, turning them into awesome weapons. These men, Ghostwalkers, are capable of entering an enemy's camp, taking out their target and leaving unseen and unheard.

1. Shadow Game (September 2003)
2. Mind Game (August 2004)
3. Night Game (November 2005)
4. Conspiracy Game (October 2006)
5. Deadly Game (February 2007)
6. Predatory Game (February, 2008)
7. Murder Game (December 30, 2008)
8. Street Game (December 29, 2009)
9. Ruthless Game (2011)
10. Samurai Game (2012)

Ruthless game is about Kane and Rose. Kane finds Rose when she calls in help for kidnap victims by the drugs cartel. She and Kane are separated from the group and go into hiding in a known rebels house. Whitney knows where she is due to a tattoo she had before she escaped, a rose which can be tracked by satellite. Two men are sent to make sure she is there, one of them who is also chemically altered to be attracted to Rose but is a psychopath. Rose has the baby, a boy who they call Sebastion.

Leopard Series

1. The Awakening (March 2003) (in the anthology Fantasy) (and in the omnibus Fever, 2006)
2. Wild Rain (February 2004) (and in the omnibus Fever, 2006)
3. Burning Wild (2009)
4. Wild Fire (May 2010)
5. Savage Nature (2011)

Other works

• The Scarletti Curse (March 2001)
• After the Music (November 2001) (in the anthology A Very Gothic Christmas)
• Lair of the Lion (September 2002)
• Rocky Mountain Miracle (October 2004) (in the anthology The Shadows of Christmas Past
• The Wicked and the Wondrous
• A Christine Feehan Holiday Treasury (reissue of After the Music, The Twilight Before Christmas, and Rocky Mountain Miracle)

Awards

Christine is a multiple paranormal romance PEARL Award winner, as well as the winner of the 2004 RIO Award of Excellence. She has also garnered two Golden Leaf Awards (New Jersey Romance Writers) and in 2003 received the Career Achievement Award for Contemporary New Reality from Romantic Times Magazine.

External links

• Author's official web site
• Author's official MySpace site
• Christine Feehan at the Internet Book Database
• Christine Feehan at the Internet Speculative Fiction Database