Born of Night: The League: Nemesis Rising

by Sherrilyn Kenyon

Book Overview

From the #1 New York Times bestselling author Sherrilyn Kenyon comes Born of Night, the first book in her blockbuster series, The League.

In the Ichidian Universe, The League and their ruthless assassins rule all. Expertly trained and highly valued, the League Assassins are the backbone of the government. But not even the League is immune to corruption . . .

Command Assassin Nykyrian Quikiades once turned...

• Format: Mass Market Paperback
• Language: English
• ISBN: 0312942303
• ISBN13: 9780312942304
• Release Date: September 2009
• Publisher: St. Martin's Press
• Length: 560 Pages
• Weight: 0.60 lbs.
• Dimensions: 1.1" x 4.3" x 6.8"

Customer Reviews

Amazing New Universe!

Already love this series and I've only read the first 2 books, they take you to a whole new Universe full of danger and passion!

Born of the Night

I enjoyed the action of this book very much. I had to buy this book to get up to date with the order of the league history. I was intrigued by the leaders of he Assasins and what made them what they are and why.Yes they did things that made me question why , but after learning they had emotions and they taught themselves to bury those emotions to stop from the pain they carried inside. They had standards they lived by that gave them heart to treat people that were treated badly with small goodnesses,

Very good Read

I think this book proves my theory that SK's books written in the past have much more depth and character interaction than her newer books do. This story seems like it should have been the book Acheron had. I was much longer than Acheron and had much more feeling and it stayed true to the character. I wish SK could reach back and write books like this again. I loved Kiara (even though she was annoyingly naive at times) and felt horrible for Nykyrian. This was a real romance book and if she could put that back into her Dark Hunter series I would be overjoyed.

An excellent read

When I purchased this book from iPublish.com in 2001 I had never heard of Sherrilyn Kenyon. But after only taking 2 and a half hours to read Born of the Night, I don't see how I could have missed her. Her novels are alive with characters that we want to, no need to care about. I have looked for this book other places since I have purchased my own but I see that it is very expensive. If you look on Ebay, sometimes someone has one there for a very reasonable price. But I can see why many readers don't want to be rid of this book. If you can find a copy get it, you will not be disappointed.

The League Series: 4 books.

This is the first installment in "The league Series." Tis series is the the first the author wrote and the books are very hard to find, but worth the effort. They are: 1. Born of the Night. 2. Born of Fire. (e-book) 3. Paradise City. 4. Fire and Ice. (reprint in "Man of my dreams.") I really hope these will be reprinted, so we can all get a copy, because i like the ones i have, especially Born of the night. This author is good, and her books prove it. I read Born of the Night the same day i got it, and did not put it down before it ended.

a riveting futuristic romance

I've read this hard to put down book twice. Full of suspense, adventure and romance it keeps the reader eager to find the outcome. The hero is belivable and his character is wonderfully constructed. The conflict of his watrring emotions and the situation itself makes for a great read. I look forward to more romances involving the remaining cast of characters in the story.

They led different lives until love unites them against evil

"They call him Nemesis. Once a renegade assassin, now a warrior-soldier sworn to protect the innocent from the ruthless mercenaries throughout the galaxies."This implies quite the hero, and Nykyrian lives up to this promise of a troubled hero who thinks he needs to love from afar. He has always admired Kiara when she danced. Now his feelings lead him to accept the job to keep her alive. Kiara is intrigued, intimidated and confused by Nykyrian. She knows she can trust him with her life and to keep her safe, but can she trust him with her heart? She realizes that he does love her but cannot say it.Kiara has a death contract on her because her father, Predident of the Gourish Consolate, Commander Tiarun Biardi, refused to be intimidated by Probekin threats. Against his better judgement, he hires Nykyrian but when it looks like Nykyrian has harmed his daughter, Commander Tiarum puts a contract on Nykyrian. Not the best move, since Kiara has married Nykyrian and danger to him is danger to her. Just being married to Nykyrian put her in danger, because he has many enemies. One who captures her and Nykyrian goes to save her knowing it will cost him his life...This is a fast paced adventure with many emotional scenes that make the book hard to put down. The HEA ending is a must for my enjoyment of a book... and I did enjoy this one.