Part of Dark, book 22
First published 2011
Zacarias De La Cruz has spent centuries as a merciless hunter of the undead. He executed vampires with the same brutality they showed their victims. His brothers depended on him to walk the razor's edge between sanity and madness. Now the endless killing has stopped, and Zacarias faces a question that has never mattered before: who is he when he's not destroying monsters? The answer lies in Peru, where he must return home. A woman there prepares to betray him, setting a trap he cannot yet see. An old enemy seeks revenge for past defeats. The De La Cruz family's violent history demands payment in blood. Yet somewhere in this web of danger waits something Zacarias never expected to find: a lifemate who could change everything he believes about himself.
Genres: supernatural, dark-fantasy, paranormal-romance, urban-fantasy
Vibes: dark, emotional, suspenseful
Tropes: enemies-to-lovers, found-family
Setting: Peru
Period: Centuries
372 pages · Hardcover · Berkley
Content warnings: violence