Deadmen Walking: A Deadman's Cross Novel

Sherrilyn Kenyon

May 2017 · Deadman's Cross Book 1 · Sold by Macmillan

About this ebook

#1 New York Times bestselling author Sherrilyn Kenyon debuts a sweeping new epic saga sure to appeal to her millions of fans!

Deadmen tell their tales . . .

To catch evil, it takes evil. Enter Devyl Bane– an ancient dark warlord returned to the human realm as one of the most notorious pirates in the New World. A man of many secrets, Bane makes a pact with Thorn– an immortal charged with securing the worst creations the ancient gods ever released into our world. Those powers have been imprisoned for eons behind enchanted gates . . . gates that are beginning to buckle. At Thorn’s behest, Bane takes command of a crew of Deadmen and, together, they are humanity’s last hope to restore the gates and return the damned to their hell realms.

But things are never so simple. And one of Bane’s biggest problems is the ship they sail upon. For the Sea Witch isn’t just a vessel, she’s also a woman born of an ancient people he wronged and who in turn wronged him during a centuries long war between their two races— a woman who is also sister to their primary target. Now Marcelina, the Sea Witch, must choose. Either she remains loyal to her evil sister and almost extinct race against Bane and his cause, and watches humanity fall, or she puts faith in an enemy who has already betrayed her. Her people over the totality of humanity— let’s hope Bane can sway her favor.

Deadmen Walking is the first historical fantasy title in New York Times bestselling author Sherrilyn Kenyon’s Deadman’s Cross series. It is a tale of passion and loss, emotions that wound and heal...and ultimate redemption

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Ratings and reviews

I love...love...love... SK's novels but this is the first one where I was like...whooa..thats a lot going on in this novel. But it could be me...I read really fast and kind of gulp her books down instead of sip like a fine wine. This one did slow me down a bit, just because I was so confused on who the main characters where in the first couple of chapters and then so many otherwordly references. Overall, I am sure it will make more and more sense when she does more stories on the shipmates.

Definitely convoluted; there are two Dark Hunters in the story, elements of Egyptian, Norse, Roman, and Greek mythology, and nine (!) main characters, four of whom dominate the storyline. It doesn't become clear until midway through who the primary female character/love interest is and towards the end there are so many 'villains' of so many backgrounds that I started skimming, it was so confusing. It becomes a bit clearer that Noir and Azura are the primary baddies behind it all, but not until the very end. To make it all the more interesting the primary source appears to be the Knights of Avalon series as opposed to anything from the Dark/Dream Hunter series, yet the characters are culled from those series instead. In other words it may make more sense if you read Time Untime, The Guardian, and the Kinley MacGregor books. Still a good read...

I couldn't get into it, with the characters, took me forever to finish the book.

About the author

Deadmen Walking is the first title in Sherrilyn Kenyon’s DEADMAN’S CROSS series. It is a tale of passion and loss, emotions that wound and heal...and ultimate redemption. Kenyon is a New York Times bestselling author and is a regular in the #1 spot. This extraordinary author continues to top every genre in which she writes. More than 60 million copies of her books are in print in more than one hundred countries. Her current series include The Dark-Hunters, The League, and Chronicles of Nick. Her Chronicles of Nick and Dark Hunter series are soon to be major media productions.