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Acheron (Dark-Hunter, Book 12) | 
 enlarge | Author: Sherrilyn Kenyon
Publisher: St. Martin's Press
Category: Book
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Rating:  268 reviews
Sales Rank: 361
Media: Hardcover
Pages: 736
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Dimensions (in): 9.5 x 6.1 x 2.3
ISBN: 0312362153
Dewey Decimal Number: 813.54
EAN: 9780312362157
ASIN: 0312362153
Publication Date: August 5, 2008
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Product Description
The most anticipated story in the blockbuster Dark-Hunter series. The never-before-revealed story of the Dark-Hunter leader, Acheron. He was made human in order to escape death, but in death he was reborn a god. . . Eleven thousand years ago a god was born. Cursed into the body of a human, Acheron spent a lifetime of shame. However, his human death unleashed an unspeakable horror that almost destroyed the earth. Then, brought back against his will, Acheron 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’ll do anything to keep concealed. 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... or more fun.
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 Great series September 8, 2008
Christine H. Eckstrom (New York)
A great book, I was so happy to finally find out more about Acheron. Nicely written!
Went sleepless two nights reading this September 8, 2008
Neker (Duson, Louisiana United States)
This has got to be the best Dark Hunter novel Kenyon has written to date. To top that off, it was like getting a bonus present--two books in one! To the fools that complained it should have been two books--idiots--would you send your boss back a second check? duh!
The first 400 pages described Asheron's first 21 years of life. It hit on all the important events that occurred: his birth, age 7 (when he was taken away by his uncle), age 14 (when his sister kidnapped him), age 15 (when they were found out), age 17 (uncles death), and so on. Everything that Kenyon has ever explained or hinted at in previous novels was included into the story in chronological order. Acheron's first years of life were horrible. He was an unwanted child that was labeled and scarred at birth due to his eyes and the seer who proclaimed him "the destroyer" to all those present at his birth. Because of this he was shun by all except his sister. Acheron was physically, mentally, and sexually abused through his entire childhood.
Acheron as a god in present day is a whole other story. He spent 1000 years hiding his past, afraid his men would not respect him if they knew his story. Afraid to lose the few loose friendships he has by becoming too close. And never wanting to love, because everything he loves, is destroyed--after all, he is THE destroyer. Yet, knowing what it was like to be mistreated and abused, he would never intentionally do that to someone else. Tory had the wonderful loving family, but both her parents are dead. Her father and uncle had died attempting to find the lost city of Atlantis and she has made it her life work to complete theirs and restore their good name. Acheron has plans of his own about stopping Tory, but when he realizes she has his sister's journal from so long ago and other very dangerous characters are hell bent on getting their hands on it even if it means killing Tory, he steps in to protect her.
Great, great story. I absolutely loved it.
Perfect - can't wait for more September 8, 2008
norarobertsismyqueen (Germany)
After waiting for years (not always patiently) the book of the books "Acheron" finally arrived in August, 2008.
First impresisions: the cover looks really beautiful and the book is a big one, 722 pages to enjoy.
Like many other fans of the Hunter-series I had high expectations regarding this book. And for me all of them were fullfilled because the book is just perfect.
Ok, part 1 is hard too read because it deals with Ash's past and after getting glimpses of it in other books now for the first time you see the whole horrible tragedy of it. I cried several times while reading it because of what Ash had to go through. But you have to read it to really understand the person Ash is today and to finally understand what motivates him to make a change in the human world.
Part 2 is all about the present and giving Acheron some much needed happiness. For the second time in the series you meet his heroine, Tory, who is just perfect for him (after reading part 1 it became clear that Artemis could never be his heroine).
Tory, more at home in the world of history and books, is the perfect match for Acheron because she has no prejudices and a lot of love to give without demanding anything Ash doesn't want to give.
It's nice to see how Ash behaves with someone he truly loves and trusts (ok, I had to cry again, because it's just so beautiful reading about him being happy).
Besides seeing Ash truly happy for the first time there are going on other interesting developments involving Nick and Artemis. You also get to see some glimpses of Savitar and his humour and I really enjoyed his interactions with Ash. Hope Sav will get his own book in the future.
So as a facit if you haven't already bought yourself a copy of Acheron get one, look for a quiet place, grab some tissues, enough food and water for a couple of days and enjoy this perfect book.
Have fun - norarobertsismyqueen.
 Acheron Review September 8, 2008
E. Fields (Jacksonville, FL)
I really enjoy reading Sherrilyn Kenyon's novels. Her characters are well constructed and I was looking forward to reading this book to learn more about the elusive Ash. I was disappointed by the all the graphic descriptions of rape, incest, and sexual exploitation of a child. I felt that the story could have been just as inventive and interesting with the life of Ash without all the sex scenes involving a child being constantly molested. This book disappointed me a great deal. The only redeeming thing was that there was a happy ending. I would have preferred to have never read this book and allowed Ash to continue to be elusive.
 A very good example of an author "jumping the shark" September 7, 2008
J. Johnson (Wisconsin)
I've been waiting for Acheron's story for a while, and although this does "fill in the blanks" of many points in his backstory, I can't help feel as though SK wrote it as though it was an exorcism of her own personal demons. I paid good money to read a story, not work through the author's psychotherapy session.
Sorry; I know much writing is autobiographical but...come on! And the extra "deleted scenes" at the back of the book...what's up with that? A giant brain dump?
Overall, the book exhibited a striking lack of discipline on the part of the author. It could have been a great book; sadly, no one reined Ms. Kenyon in when she'd jumped the shark, and that blame rests squarely with her editors.
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