While the world carries on unawares, Stryker, who leads an army of demons and vampires, is plotting an all out onslaught against his enemies--which, unfortunately for us, includes the entire human race. To avenge his sister, Stryker prepares to annihilate the Dark-Hunters. But things go awry when his oldest enemy returns. Enter his ex-wife. Zephyra. Just when he thought nothing could stop him, he's now embroiled in a centuries old war with a shrew who gives new meaning to pain and a shrew who is the only woman he's ever really loved.

Bad boys need lovin’ too!

This is the story of Stryker - yes, Strykerius (tormentor of all things Dark-Hunter, Acheron and Nick Gaultier related). Yet I thoroughly enjoyed reading the bad guy’s side of the story.

In this story we were able to get a glimpse of the romance between Stryker (all around Dark-Hunter nemesis) and his first-wife Zephyra (she’s a total witch). Upon reading this you see Stryker in a whole new light and why he is the way he is. Yes, Stryker, was human at one point. He was a child, he loved, he made mistakes... he was/is a man. I found myself feeling sympathy for him and understanding a little more of the world that Sherrilyn Kenyon has created.

Although it can be a bit confusing with all the Greek mythology she normally intertwines with her storylines, this book (I think) is like a new era for the Dark-Hunter series. Sherrilyn is involving a lot of new and different characters that I can’t help but anticipate the day when we get to read their stories.

For those of you who are fans of the Dark-Hunter series, this book felt like an intermediate point, where she just filled you in on information that she was unable to incorporate into any of her other stories. If you have not read a Dark-Hunter novel before than this definitely is not the book you want to start the series on (definitely read some of her older stuff and I’m sure you’ll get snagged along with the rest of us into this world).

But intrigued I am! With all the new characters that she is introducing I can’t wait to read the next installment. ( )

After the last book, Acheron, this book read very light, there was so much depth to Acheron, Kenyon must have loved writing about him, where as Stryker's novel has something missing. Alot happens in this novel and I can not wait to read the next installment. ( )

It was a little short, but I enjoyed reading something more about Stryker. There is nothing more boring than a one-dimensional villain, and knowing more about Stryker's motivations makes him a lot more interesting. Plus, I loved seeing the coalition that came together -- Nick and Ash especially. I'm eager to see more interaction between those two! Of course, I'm behind on the books, so I may have missed some stuff. LOL ( )

I really enjoy the books that Sherrilyn Kenyon writes. There are very few authors that I can say have captured my attention and she had done this with all of the Dark Hunter books. While I will say that that following Acheron many books would look bad, but I think that what I found hard was that the story was about a villain. I enjoyed meeting some of the new characters in the book, which I won't spoil for anyone but let's just say there is a BIG surpirse to be found inside the story. Learning about Stryker's background had to be done and it wasn't as good to read as some of her other books. I have to say that I disliked Zephyra. She was whiney and spent most of her time acting like a brat. I did like the story but have come to expect more from Sherrilyn Kenyon. Quite possibly the reason many people disliked the story is we wanted to see more of our heroes and not a side trip about the bad guys. ( )