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Darkfever

Author	Karen Marie Moning
Language	English
Genre	Fantasy
Publisher	Delacorte Press
Publication date	2007
Publication place	United States
Media type	Print (hardcover)
Pages	309
ISBN	978-0385339155

Darkfever is the first novel in the Fever Series written by American author Karen Marie Moning. The book was published in November 2006 by Delacorte Press. Darkfever fits into the Fantasy and Romance genres. The novel tells the story of the main characters journey into the supernatural world of fairies after she travels across the world to fins her sisters murderer. The story is set in Dublin, Ireland and involved Celtic mythology.

Publisher's Weekly says "it's a compelling world filled with mystery and vivid characters..."

Plot Summary

The novel tells the story of MacKayla Lane or "Mac", the daughter of Jack and Rainey Lane who works as a bartender in Georgia and lives a completely normal life. After learning about her sister's death MacKayla travels to Ireland in hopes of finding her murderer after the local police determine her death unsolved. Soon after arriving in Ireland she meets a mysterious man by the name of Jerricho Z. Barrons who informs her of a supernatural world of fairies. MacKayla learns that she is a sidhe-seer, a human who can see fairy, and so was her sister which ultimately caused her death after she fell in love with a fairy. The fairy leader was using Mac's sister in his search for the Sinsar Dubh (pronounced shee-shu-doo), a Dark Hallow authored by the Dark King of the unseelie that belonged to the fae court which is said to hold all the deadliest magic in its pages.

Fever Glossary

Darkfever includes a glossary of twenty six terms that Mac keeps in her journal. The glossary is included to help readers follow along with the terminology included in the book.

Tuatha De Danaan or Tuatha Dé- A highly advanced race that came to Earth from another world

Seelie- the "light" or "fairer" court of the Tuatha Dé Danaan governed by the Seelie Queen, Aoibheal.

Unseelie- the "dark" court of the Tuatha Dé Danaan. According to Tuatha Dé Danaan legend, the Unseelie have been confined for hundreds of thousands of years in an inescapable prison.

Sidhe-Seer- a person Fae magic doesn't work on, capable of seeing past the illusions or "glamour" cast by the Fae to the true nature that lies beneath. Some can also see Tabh'rs, hidden portals

Null- a sidhe-seer with the power to freeze a Fae with the touch of his or her hands. The higher and more powerful the caste of Fae, the shorter the length of time it stays frozen.

Hallow- eight ancient relics of immense power: four light and four dark. The Light Hallows are the stone, the spear, the sword, and the cauldron. The Dark are the mirror, the box, the amulet, and the book (Sinsar Dubh or Dark Book)

Sinsar Dubh- a dark hallow belonging to the Tuatha Dé Danaan. Written in a language known only to the most ancient of their kind,it is said to hold the deadliest of all magic within its encrypted pages. Brought to Ireland by the Tuatha Dé during the invasions written of in the psuedo-history Leabhar Gabhala, it was stolen along with the other Dark Hallows, and rumored to have found its way into the world of Man. Allegedly authored over a million years ago by the Dark King of the Unseelie.

The Four Stones- translucent blue-black stones covered with raised rune-like lettering. The key to deciphering the ancient language and breaking the code of the Sinsar Dubh is hidden in these four mystical stones. An individual stone can be used to shed light on the small portion of the text, but only if the four are reassembled into one will the true text in its entirety be revealed.

OOP (Object of Power)- a Fae relic imbued with mystical properties.

Glamour- illusion cast by the Fae to camouflage their true appearance. The more powerful the Fae, the more difficult it is to penetrate its disguise. The average human sees only what the Fae wants them to see, and is subtly repelled from bumping into or brushing against it byt a small perimeter of spatial distortion that is part of the Fae glamour.

Gray Man- Approximately 9 foot tall, monstrously ugly, leprous Unseelie that feeds by stealing beauty from human women. Can kill but prefers to leave its victim hideously disfigured and alive to suffer.

The Many Mouthed Thing- repulsive Unseelie with myriad leech-like mouths, dozens of eyes, and overdeveloped sex organs.

Royal Hunters- a mid-level caste of Unseelie. Militantly sentient, they resemble the classic depiction of the devil, with cloven hooves, horns, long satyr-like faces, leathery wings, fiery orange eyes, and tails. Seven to ten feet tall, they are capable of extraordinary speed on both hoof and wing. Their primary function is to exterminate sidhe-seers.

Rhino Boys- lower mid-level caste Unseelie thugs dispatch primarily as watchdogs for high ranking Fae.

Shades- one of the lowest caste of the Unseelie. Sentient but barely. They cannot bear direct light and hunt only at night. They steal life in the manner the Gray Man steals beauty, draining their victims with vampiric swiftness, leaving behind a pile of clothing and a husk of dehydrated human matter.

Dark Zone- an area that has been taken over by the Shades. During the day it looks like your everyday abandoned, rundown neighborhood. Once night falls, its a death trap.

Pri-Ya- a human addicted to Fae sex.

Sifting- Fae method of transportation. Occurs at the speed of thought.

Sifting Silvers- an elaborate maze of mirrors once used as the primary method of Fae travel between realms, until Cruce cast the forbidden curse into the silvered corridors. Now no Fae dares enter the Silvers.

Spear of Luisne- a.k.a Spear of Luin, Holy Lance, Spear of Longuins, Spear of Destiny, and the Flaming Spear. The spear used to pierce Jesus Christ's right side at his crucifixion. Not of human origin; it is a Tuatha Dé Danaan Light Hallow, and one of the few items capable of killing a Fae-regardless of rank or power.

Tabh'rs- Fae doorways or portals between realms, often hidden in everyday human objects.

Cuff of Cruce- A gold arm cuff; It was made long ago for one of his prized human concubines. It permits a shield of sorts against many Unseelie.

The Compact- The treaty governing cohabitation of the races (Fae and Man). The terms of the Compact are secret from all mortals but the MacKeltar, a highland clan of ancient bloodline descended form the Druids, and sole keepers of Man's end of the treaty.

Film Adaptation

Dreamworks acquired rights in August 2011 to make a film adaption of Darkfever. Touchstone Pictures will distribute the film. Development began in October 2011. No release date, studio executives, or cast members have yet to be confirmed.

Sequels

The Fever Series continues with four other books. The second book is titled Bloodfever which was published in August 2008. Faefever is the third installment and was published in July 2009. Dreamfever follows and was published in October 2010. Shadowfever, which was published in August 2011, finished up the series.