In the
last novel, Huntress, L.J. Smith
created a setting with suspense, thrills and supernatural drama galore. But, in
the next book of the Night World series,
Smith takes the fight against the end of the world to a medieval time frame. No,
we aren’t going back in time, only to a secret Night World castle in the
mountains of Washington. In Black Dawn,
there is a secret place only known to Night World people where they still
embrace the medieval way of life, including the enslavement of humans.
Maggie
Neely is shocked when the police tell her that her brother is missing. She immediately
knows it has something to do with his girlfriend, Sylvia Weald. When she goes
to see Sylvia, she leans that Sylvia’s a witch and did something to her brother.
When she pushes Sylvia too far, she is knocked out and awakes in the mountains
having been sold into slavery to the night people. In the course of one night,
Maggie’s life is changed forever.
She
wakes up in a locked cart with three other girls. Jeanne is a red-head, and it
shows in her personality. She has been a slave for years and has been captured
after escaping, again. She thinks of herself only, because that’s how it is in
the castle with the night people. P.J. is a young girl, ten I think, and she is
just very scared. She is constantly being toted around by the other girls. The
last girl is unconscious. She is called Cady, and she is taken care of by
Maggie because Jeanne wanted to leave her behind.
As they
create a plan and escape together, Maggie takes off with Cady. But, they are quickly
tracked by the slave trader, Gavin and Bern. But, just as they are about to be
taken, a blue lightning bolt strikes and kills Bern, and sends Gavin running
off. The blue lightning comes from a boy about Maggie’s age. The Wild Power of
the vampires, Prince Delos Redfern. Yes, he’s the prince of the castle. Despite
saying that he didn’t save her, he helps her over and over, giving them water
and sending a search party away.
Even
Delos can’t deny that he understands Maggie, and her point of view on what goes
on in the castle. It takes a while to get him to admit it, and even more time
to convince others to join their side, but somehow Maggie, who is the prophesized
Deliverer of the Slaves, changes the minds of the more important people in the
story. But, it may be too late to save Delos, the Slaves and herself. She’ll
have to find the strength somehow.
RED’S ALLSTAR REVIEW: 3 ¾ out of 5. There is less action
than huntress, but I love the scenes
between Maggie and Delos. The struggle he has of staying away from her when she’s
trying to pull him in. He’s so stubborn, it’s incredible. I loved it!
MASS APPEAL: Less action, more drama. More romance, same
amount, if not more, suspense. Entertaining without getting too intense or
romantic. Another great supernatural thriller from Smith.
Click here! for Book 3 in the Night World series.(Amazon.com)
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