The true test of turning people into vampires is to find the rare few who are stronger, more powerful than the rest of the immortal beings - the chimera. These are the lowest in the hierarchy and are kept silent and do whatever anyone tells them. Not everyone survives the transformation, and those who don't get turned into vampires and are turned into something known as ghouls. To turn into a vampire is viewed as a great honor, but it also hides something much more insidious. And this is where there is a lot of world-building, but also the part of the story where everything gets confusing.Ĭhildren are chosen to one day, when they are 20, to be given the chance to turn into vampires. Shifters too, but they're really only ever mentioned in passing and not one of the main players as far as I can tell. This story is one where vampires, fae, and elves are at war. He's one of the best, and he lives to serve his master, Eric. When he was 20, he was turned into a vampire by his vampire master and trained as an assassin. But in some ways, the cover on Amazon is stunning, but not really who the main character is. I've read Joel Abernathy books before, and enjoyed them, so OF COURSE I was going to pick them book up, but it was confusing that the cover on Goodreads is different than what I'm guessing is the official cover on Amazon. I didn't really know what to expect from this book.

To them, he’s a being deserving of love and protection, and he must be guarded at all costs. But the Brotherhood insists that he’s more than just a Puppet. When Dusk strips Arden of his vampire nature and the purpose that has guided him from birth, his only focus is escape. The Vale is a realm of old magic and exquisite beauty beyond imagination, ruled by Dusk, the Prince of the Fae.

When the Brotherhood of Aeon, an elite force from the subterranean realm of the Vale, turns the tables and kidnaps the rare creature, Arden is thrown into the world of the fae, where nothing is as it seems. None is rarer than the chimera, a special class of human and a vessel of limitless power for any lover strong enough to tame them.Īs the favored 'Puppet' of the Master Vampire of Ark, Arden exists to enact his master’s will. Vampires who feed on their human subjects with impunity and enforce their rule with servants honed into deadly creatures of destruction-and seduction.

Shifters who transform into the beasts of legend. Elves who’ve traded their magical birthright for biogenetic enhancements. The world of Teros is full of beautiful, twisted things. Can an assassin who exists only for one man accept his destiny as the treasured possession of four elite warriors?

Puppet/Master by Joel Abernathy