Deadly Game (GhostWalkers, Book 5)

Due to a huge page mix up in the middle of the book resulting in pages 51 through 82 missing and being replaced with doubles of pages 259 through 290. I didn't even get half way through the book. I was really angry about it thought I know it's unrealistic to think thriftbooks can search through every book to find the messed up ones. It still isn't the first time I have gotten a messed up book or been missing things from an order.

I do agree that Jack's story was "nicer" to read but they are both amazing in their own way. Ken's was much darker and while I am sad he is so dark, I have to say I understand why - Living at the hands of a madman like he did, being tortured so cruelly will do that to a person. While I was reading Jack's I could not wait for Kens and after getting it I was sad because I thought he would be so deep and sexy. Well He was, just very dark too. I wanted to strangle Mari at times, "Yes I want to be with you... No I can't be with you... OK Yes I will..." She was driving me crazy but I do understand her issues. Feehan wrote a realistic, true to life story about intense and sometimes dark characters. We don't have to always love them to enjoy and understand them! KEEP THE SERIES GOING I CAN"T WAIT FOR KADAN AND LOGAN'S STORIES! AND I could really use another Carpathian Tale :)

I felt that the last couple books in this series were more about "super" powers and finding Dr. Whitney than on the main two characters and their development and/or emotional growth. This book, however, delves much deeper into both Ken Norton (the more "popular" and personable of the Norton twins) and his very damaged and lonely heart as well as Marigold (Mari) the twin of Byrony, Jack Norton's wife. There also was some more development of Dr. Whitney's character as we begin to see how truly evil and twisted he is. The book begins with the Norton twin's team sent to protect a senator married to a Ghostwalker, Violet. They are at his hunting cabin and there are dead deer carcasses hanging from the porch, which for me right away set a very grisly scene. The twins and people on their team know there are some other Ghostwalkers there or coming that have been sent to kill the senator. As they wait and Ken very, very slowly sneaks closer to the cabin, he sees a shadow come apparently out of one of the carcasses. He shoots it and then shoots at a sniper on the roof but not killing that person. Ken's team notices the enemy Ghostwalker team is surrounding the injured sniper and Ken gets to the sniper first and stomps on the wrist to stop them from shooting and then realizes it is a woman. Not only a woman but the very one that Jack's wife has sent them after!! Her twin sister Marigold!! She is badly injured with a broken leg from the fall plus a couple gunshots and now the broken wrist. Ken scoops her up and with his team's help dodges the enemy team as they take her to a helicopter for evacuation. Many questions are asked and answered as Ken seeks to find out what the other team was doing at the senator's cabin, why Mari is a part of it and where she has been, how is this all connected with Dr. Whitney and finally, why he has these extremely strong and possessive feelings about Marigold. We learn more about Ken's suffering in the Congo and how very badly scarred he is all over his body plus more what it was like for Mari growing up as a soldier. I enjoyed the story and the only thing I hated was that the cover has a picture/drawing of a man with just ONE measly little scar!! That is NOT at all close to how Ms. Feehan describes Ken's face but I suppose an actualy drawing of that might have scared off some readers. I would rather they left the picture out in that case. Recommended.

Being a long time fan of Christine Feehan I can see how she has evolved in her writing. The stories, though predictable in their "happily ever after" endings, are not so predictable throughout the story itself. I love the deep emotional impact this story conveys. Ken, who is Jack's (Conspiracy Game)twin brother is as scarred on the inside as he is on the outside. This is one of the most involved characters I've read in a very long time. You can feel what he's going through, you can see his character grow. The same holds true for Mari, our heroine. She was purchased as an orphan, just a child. She was trained and her genetic make up was altered, giving her supernatural powers. A lot is revealed in this book that I don't want to share because I think everyone should be as surprised as I was. Though I loved Conspiracy Game a great deal, I feel that Deadly Game has Feehan on the top of her game for this series.

Ken's story is just what I expected and I was not disappointed in the least. His emotions made me cry at times and laugh in others. Everyone should remember the emotional and physical injuries that were mentioned he survived in Jack's story prior to this one. Ken has found his match in Mari. They are perfect balance for eachother. This book is a GREAT read.

Christine Feehan has done it again, and I admitt I am amazed at her ability to make the Game books better and better. This one is no exception and takes up where CONSPIRACY GAME left off. Ken Norton is the twin brother of Jack Norton they are members of the elite Ghostwalkers, both are matchless snipers. Jack has settled down with Briony and now Ken encounters Marigold, Briony's twin sister, on a mission. He captures her and intends to bring her to Briony. However, alot of things began to go wrong and they realize there are many plots by DR Whitney that they have to overcome. Mari is trying to reach a Senator to tell him of the inhumanity paracticed by Dr Whitney. She is captured by Ken and finds herself drawn to the hard, scarred man who is determined to find Whitney and protect her. The scars over all of Ken's body do not in any way repulse Mari. She finds him strangely compelling. But she must return to her sisters, they are being forced to mate with the animalistic men whitney chooses for them. It seems that Whitney has alot of powerful friends and Ken and Jack are determined to find his compound and rescue the other women held there. The fight that Ken has to put up with himself is almost as great as the attraction he has for Mari. Two strong willed people fighting for the right to make their own choices. At least now we know Whitney is alive and he is planning something major, what we do not know. I couldn't put this one down, the action is non stop and the fighting is very well written. You can feel each punch and really adds to the feeling of reality. The romance is hot and heavy and the depth of these characters is what makes this book so appealing. That is what I think so I encourage you not to miss this one.