The Taker
Book One of The Taker Trilogy
Top Ten Debut Novel of 2011 – Booklist
Love can make the impossible possible—but the greater the love, the greater its price. Historical and romantic elements combine with fantasy and suspense to tell a unique story of love and loss, betrayal and redemption.
A Maine doctor follows a mysterious young woman, Lanore, into a hidden world that exists outside the boundaries of time. In this magical realm, where the predatory use pleasure to corrupt the innocent, Lanore’s incredible devotion to Jonathan, her first, true love, captures the attention of Adair, the dangerous man who rules this world, and ignites within him an all-consuming desire to possess her.
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The Reckoning
Book Two of The Taker Trilogy
Lanore McIlvrae had no choice but to entomb Adair, her nemesis, to save Jonathan, the boy she grew up with in a remote Maine town in the early 1800s and the man she thought she would be with forever. But Adair used his mysterious, otherworldly powers to give her eternal life, and Lanore learned too late that there was a price for this gift: to spend eternity with him. Behind Adair’s seductive facade is the stuff of nightmares. He is a monster in the flesh, and he wants Lanore to love him for all time.
Now, two hundred years after imprisoning Adair, Lanore is trying to atone for her sins. She has purged her past to clear the way for a future with Luke Findley. But Lanore suddenly is aware that the thing she’s been dreading for two hundred years has caught up to her: Adair has escaped from his prison. He’s free—and he will come looking for her. And she has no idea how she will save herself.
“I loved the multi-tapestried feel of these novels—it’s an utterly readable blend of supernatural-powered fantasy, historical fiction, and existential horror. Katsu’s writing style has an almost effortless power to it—it’s rich in description and sublimely stylish.”
—Paul Goat Allen, Barnes & Nobles.com
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The Descent
Book Three of The Taker Trilogy
The supernatural epic that began with The Taker and sparked a chase around the world in The Reckoning comes to a stunning conclusion, and brings Lanore McIlvrae to a final encounter with Adair, her powerful nemesis.
Dismayed by Adair’s otherworldly powers and afraid of his passionate temper, Lanore has run from him across time, even imprisoning him behind a wall for two centuries to save Jonathan, her eternal love. But instead of punishing her for her betrayal, Adair declared his love for Lanore once more and set her free.
Now, Lanore has tracked Adair to his mystical island home to ask for one last favor. The Queen of the Underworld is keeping Jonathan as her consort, and Lanore wants Adair to send her to the hereafter so that she may beg for his release. Will she honor her promise to return to Adair? Or is her true intention to be reunited with Jonathan at any cost?
Winner RT Reviewer’s Choice Award for Best Paranormal Worldbuilding
“A masterful conclusion to what may be one of the best trilogies I’ve ever read.”
—Fresh Fiction
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More Praise for
THE TAKER TRILOGY
“A wicked, sensuous, shattering love story that I can’t recommend enough. You have to experience it for yourself!”
—Kresley Cole, NYT bestselling author
“I was really grabbed by the narrative voice, and I was fascinated by the story – what a story!”
—Charlaine Harris, author of Cemetery Girl and the Sookie Stackhouse novels
“A centuries-spanning epic that will keep you turning pages all night. This marvelous debut is a thinking person’s guilty pleasure.”
—Scott Westerfeld, author of Leviathan and the Uglies
“Readers won’t be able to tear their eyes away from Katsu’s mesmerizing tale.”
—Booklist (starred review)
“Twilight for grown-ups…”
—Cosmopolitan UK