The Guardian

by Sherrilyn Kenyon

Part of Dark-Hunter, book 20

First published 2011

Dream-Hunter Lydia receives a deadly assignment. She must venture into the Nether Realm to locate the vanished god of dreams before he reveals secrets that could destroy her and her people. The mission goes wrong when Seth, the Realm's brutal guardian, captures her. Seth faces his own impossible deadline. He must deliver the entrance to Olympus or watch his people die alongside him. The god he holds prisoner refuses to break under torture. Now Lydia presents a new opportunity and a greater danger. She guards more than Olympus itself. She contains one of the world's most destructive forces. If that power escapes her control, an ancient curse will return to terrorize the earth. No one will survive what follows. Seth must choose between his people's survival and unleashing darkness upon the world. Evil whispers its temptations as time runs out for both captors and captives.

Genres: romance, fantasy, thriller, paranormal

Vibes: dark, emotional, suspenseful

Tropes: enemies-to-lovers, found-family

Setting: Nether Realm, Olympus

Period: Ancient

345 pages · Mass Market Paperback · St. Martin's Press

Content warnings: violence

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