Fear the Darkness – Sherrilyn Kenyon

Kenyon, Sherrilyn. Fear the Darkness. free ebook from St. Martins Press.

Main Character: Nick Gautier

Related Works: This is part of Sherrilyn Kenyon’s Dark-Hunter Series. Books in the series include the following:

• Fantasy Lover – Grace Alexander and Julian of Macedon
• The Beginning
• Dragonswan - Channon MacRea and Sebastian
• Night Pleasures - Kyrian of Thrace and Amanda Devereaux
• Night Embrace -Talon of the Morrigantes and Sunshine Runningwolf
• Phantom Lover
• Dance with the Devil - Zarek of Moesia and Astrid
• A Dark-Hunter Christmas
• Kiss of the Night - Wulf Tryggvasen and Cassandra Peters
• Night Play - Bride McTierney and Vane Kattalakis
• Winter Born -Dante Pontis and Pandora Kouti (short story in Stroke of Midnight Anthology)
• Seize the Night - Valerius Magnus and Tabitha Devereaux
• Sins of the Night - Alexion and Dangereuse St. Richard
• Second Chances
• Unleash the Night - Wren Tigerian and Marguerite D’Aubert Goudeau
• Dark Side of the Moon - Susan Michaels and Ravyn Kontis
• A Hard-Day’s Night-Searcher - Rafael Santiago and Celena
• Until Death Do We Part - Esperetta and Velkan
• Fear the Darkness - short story about Nick Gautier – ebook
• The Dream Hunter - Arik and Dr. Megeara Kafieri
• Devil May Cry - Sin and Katra
• Upon the Midnight Clear – Aidan O’Connor and Leta
• Dark-Hunter Companion
• Dream Chaser - Xypher and Simone Dubois
• Acheron - Acheron and Soteria Kafieri
• One Silent Night - Strykerius and Zephyra

My Thoughts:

This is a short story about Nick Gautier after he has been turned into a Dark-Hunter. This gives the reader a brief glimpse into what Nick is going through after his mother is murdered, and Artemis turns him into a Dark-Hunter.

Things Learned in this story:

• Nick has a bite mark from Stryker. Stryker has fed from Nick.
• Stryker has promised Nick the means to destroy Acheron if Nick obeys him.
• Nick became Ash’s enemy the night that Ash allowed Nick’s mother Cherise Gautier to die. Nick knew that Ash was a god and could have saved his mother.
• Stryker promised to help Nick get vengeance on Ash if Nick gave Stryker information on Ash.
• Nick isn’t really truly one of Artemis’ Dark-Hunters. She doesn’t own his soul (we learned this in earlier story). Nick can walk in daylight, and he has greater powers than many Dark-Hunters. He can also walk in cemeteries.
• Menyara Gautier is Nick’s aunt and a voodoo priestess. She calls Nick Ambrosius.
• Nick sees Kyrian, Amanda, Valerius and Tabitha together. He is unsettled that Kyrian has reconciled with Valerius.
• Satara (Stryker’s half sister) approaches Nick. In this conversation, we learn that Nick is a Daimon Dark-Hunter and that Stryker can see and hear all that Nick sees and hears.
• Satara tells Nick that Acheron’s mother is still alive and that she is Apollymi, the Great Destroyer. Apollymi is Stryker’s mother and the leader of the Spathi Daimons.
• Satara tells Nick that Ash has been lying to him – that he controls his mother and that he hurts people for his mother.
• Satara introduces Nick to Kratos who can bring a soul out of eternal rest. They promise Nick that they will return his mother to him if he brings Kyrian and Amanda’s daughter Marissa to Satara.
• Nick’s loyalty and Marissa could help Satara and Stryker brind down both the Greek and Atlantean pantheons.

Read first September 2008