Thoth-Amon (also spelled Thoth-amon) is a fictional character created by Robert E. He is an evil wizard in 'The Phoenix on the Sword', the first of the Conan. Dec 21, 2014. Overview: Sherrilyn Kenyon's most highly-anticipated novel in the Dark-Hunter series since Acheron is herethe unforgettable story of Styxx, Acheron's twin brother and one of the most powerful beings on earth Just when you thought doomsday was over... Centuries ago Acheron saved the human race. Launch event for the novel Acheron where she had over 1600 fans who came from all. Setting: Contemporary paranormal. About the #1 New York Times best selling series: The Dark-Hunter Credo: We are Darkness. NIGHT PLEASURES & NIGHT EMBRACE trade paperback and eBook.

Dark-Hunter is a series. Kenyon began writing the series in 1986 in Horror, Fantasy and Science Fiction magazines. The Dark Hunters are immortal warriors created by the goddess Artemis to battle the daimons (who were created by her brother Apollo) that kill humans in order to steal their souls so that they may live past their twenty seventh birthday. Artemis created the Dark Hunters as a way of controlling the Atlantean god, Acheron, whom she had bound to herself and who she had once had a relationship with prior to his human death at the hands of her brother. She knew of Acheron's love and compassion for humans and his unwillingness to allow others to suffer when he could stop it. Knowing this, she created her immortal warriors and manipulated him into leading, training, and being responsible for them. Not just anyone may become a Dark Hunter, nor is the process easy.

A person must die as the direct result of a terrible betrayal, such as their best friend or a family member killing them in a brutal way. At the moment of their death, their soul will cry out for vengeance loudly enough to be heard by Artemis on Mount Olympus. Upon arriving, she offers the person a choice: true death or trading their soul to her to be resurected as a Dark Hunter. In exchange for their soul and service in her Dark Hunter army, Artemis gives them 24 hours to seek their revenge against those who betrayed them. After those 24 hours are up, they must do their duty to mankind and hunt down the Daimons that prey on the humans.

When a Dark Hunter slays a Daimon, they release any human souls that the Daimon has stolen, provides that the Dark Hunter finds the Daimon fast enough. If the Daimon is not slain soon after taking the human's soul, the soul will die from being in the wrong vessel and be unable to pass onto whichever afterlife they were meant to go to upon their death. The Dark Hunters work individually, each of them having a territory to watch over. They cannot be in close proximity to each other for more than a short amount of time without draining each others powers. Also, any physical harm cause by one Dark Hunter to another will cause the first Dark Hunter to suffer the same physical pain or hurt tenfold. The Dark Hunters are night dwelling immortals who cannot be in sunlight (as Apollo cursed the Daimons with not being able to go out in the sunlight so too did Artemis leave the Dark Hunters with the inability to stand sunlight).

They were made to be similar to the Daimons that they hunt so that they would be better able to hunt, battle, and kill them. They have fangs, super sensitive senses, and various psychic powers.

Eleven thousand years ago a god was born. Cursed into the body of a human, Acheron spent a lifetime of shame.

His human death unleashed an unspeakable horror that almost destroyed the earth. 4front Truepianos Serial Number. Brought back against his will, he became the sole defender of mankind. Only it was never that simple.

For centuries, he has fought for our survival and hidden a past he never wants revealed. Until a lone woman who refuses to be intimidated by him threatens his very existence. Now his survival, and ours, hinges on hers and old enemies reawaken and unite to kill them both. War has never been more deadly.