Twilight Forever Rising by Lena Meydan : Book Review. Twilight Forever Rising Lena Meydan (Translated by Andrew Bromfield) Published 2010 400 pages Summary (from the book jacket) Darel Ericson of the Dahanavar clan is a rarity among his vampire brethren: he's an empath, strong enough to occasionally read thought as well as emotion. For centuries, his power has given the Dahanavar a significant advantage against the machinations of the other vampire families, an advantage which makes Darel both a powerful tool and a highly visible target. Fortunately for Darel, it is more useful for the heads of the other clans to maintain the centuries-long peace between the houses.
Darel, and the human woman he loves, become central to the Nachterret's scheme to plunge the Houses into all out war, potentially revealing the presence of vampires to humanity and ruining life as they know it. The Review Twilight Forever Rising is the award-winning Russian urban fantasy novel that made Lena Meydan a bestselling author in her native Russia. Leopard - Giuseppe Tomasi di Lampe. Beginning of Spring - Penelope Fitzgerald. Memoirs of Hadrian - Marguerite Yourcenar.
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