14. Claire"s maiden name is Smith.
15. Corinne was 18 when she was abducted.
16. Elise"s gown at the reception Andrea Reichen hosted was bright fuchsia.
17. As a genetically altered female Gen One Breed, Tavia can eat regular food and walk in the daylight.
18. The Boston compound was established in the 1920s.
19. After Kellan was first brought to the compound, he became ill because of a GPS chip in his stomach.
20. The words engraved on the handles of Renata"s daggers are: Courage, Honor, Faith, Sacrifice.
21. Rio"s image is on the old tapestry at the Boston compound.
22. The Breed get their talent by inheriting their mother"s unique Breedmate ability.
23. The Order moved its headquarters to Vermont after being discovered in Boston.
24. Breedmates are recognizable by their small red birthmark present somewhere on their body, in the shape of a teardrop falling into the cradle of a crescent moon.
25. Dante and Tess named their baby Xander Robert.
26. Jenna used to be a FBI agent.
27. Renata made a promise to Mira in Veil of Midnight to get her a dog.
28. The number 7 plays a significant role in Breed funeral rites.
29. Brock and Jenna have a very special blood bond.
30. Athena is the name of Helene"s erotic club in Berlin.
31. The name of the 18th century sculpture Dante and Tess stand next to while talking at the Boston museum is Sleeping Endymion.
32. The location of the Ancient"s hiding place was secretly hidden in the tapestry.
33. Tegan and Elise stayed in a hunting lodge while in Berlin.
34. The Boston compound was located 300 feet below ground.
Answers: 1. True 2. True 3. False (...at the cross lies truth) 4. True 5. False (Jenna, Renata, Dylan and Alex) 6. False (homemade manicotti) 7. False (Gideon) 8. True 9. True 10. True 11. False (Denmark) 12. False (people) 13. True 14. False (Samuels) 15. True 16. False (dark purple) 17. True 18. False (1898) 19. True 20. True 21. False (it is an image of Lucan) 22. True 23. False (Maine) 24. True 25. False (Xander Raphael) 26. False (Alaska State Trooper) 27. False (to never leave her) 28. False (8, symbolizing infinity) 29. False (they don"t have a blood bond) 30. False (Aphrodite) 31. True 32. True 33. False (they stayed at Andreas Reichen"s Darkhaven) 34. True Your Score: __________ Where Did I First See My Mate?
1. At an impromptu town hall meeting 2. Outside Chase"s Darkhaven 3. In a cave in the Bohemian hills 4. In a veterinarian clinic on Halloween 5. At a senator"s estate 6. In a vision I saw in Mira"s eyes 6. In Hamburg while studying abroad as a student 7. At a jazz club 8. At Reichen and Claire"s Darkhaven 9. In a cabin 10. At a bus station Answers: 1. Kade and Alex 2. Tegan and Elise 3. Rio and Dylan 4. Tess and Dante 5. Chase and Tavia 6. Hunter 7. Reichen and Claire 8. Nikolai and Renata 9. Corinne 10. Brock and Jenna 11. Lucan and Gabrielle Your Score: __________ Good Guy or Bad Guy?
1. I broke into Gabrielle"s apartment when she was sleeping 2. I kidnapped Dylan and brought her to Berlin 3. I abducted Tess off the street in Boston 4. I broke into Elise"s apartment 5. I chased Alex on a snow machine 6. I bit Tess when she was trying to help me 7. I kept Dylan locked up in a room 8. I jumped off the roof of a building with Gabrielle 9. I killed the Ancient by taking him over a cliff in Alaska 10. I killed the human woman who was my lover 11. I killed Tegan"s first Breedmate 12. I drank from Jenna Tucker-Darrow in her cabin in Alaska 13. Alex found me in the Alaskan woods with a pack of wolves, naked and covered in blood 14. I turned Tegan"s first Breedmate, Sorcha, into a Minion 15. I killed my nephew in front of his mother 16. I took my father"s head after he slaughtered my mother Answers: 1. Good Guy (Lucan) 2. Good Guy (Rio) 3. Bad Guy (Rogues) 4. Good Guy (Tegan) 5. Bad Guy (Zach Tucker) 6. Good Guy (Dante) 7. Good Guy (Rio) 8. Good Guy (Lucan) 9. Bad Guy (Seth) 10. Good Guy (Andreas Reichen) 11. Good Guy (Lucan) 12. Bad Guy (The Ancient) 13. Bad Guy (Seth) 14. Bad Guy (Marek) 15. Good Guy (Sterling Chase) 16. Good Guy (Lucan) Your Score: __________ Midnight Breed Talent Show Which ESP Ability Belongs to Whom?
1. Telepathically hears the sins and negative energy of humans 2. Cursed with power to kill with his touch, particularly when provoked 3. Hypnotic manipulation; can make someone see or believe something that"s not there 4. Can sense, and is drawn to, areas of Breed presence 5. Connects psychically with predatory animals, can direct their actions with a thought 6. Heals with by touch; can also rescind the gift of the healing 7. Reads others" emotional states with a touch 8. Can see and hear the spirits of dead Breedmates 9. Mind-blaster; can debilitate even the strongest of the Breed 10. Shadow-bender; can manipulate shadows to conceal 11. Dreamwalker; can enter someone"s dreams and observe or communicate with them 12. Internal gauge that tells with a touch if someone is being honest or deceptive 13. Cursed with premonitions of death 14. Sonokinesis; can manipulate sound waves to deafening heights or mute them 15. Absorbs and diminishes human pain and suffering with his hands 16. Photographic memory 17. Telepathically generates rapid growth in plant life 18. Psychometry; can read the history of objects with a touch 19. Mind-reader; can hear others" thoughts through psychic focus 20. Blood-reader; siphons memories from blood when drinking from either Breedmate or Breed 21. Precognitive gaze; visions play out for the observer as though in a mirror 22. Pyrokinesis; can start fires psychically Answers: 1. Elise 2. Rio 3. Lucan 4. Gabrielle 5. Kade 6. Tess 7. Tegan 8. Dylan 9. Renata 10. Sterling Chase 11. Claire 12. Alex 13. Dante 14. Corinne 15. Brock 16. Tavia 17. Nikolai 18. Savannah 19. Danika 20. Hunter 21. Mira 22. Andreas Reichen Your Score: __________ Who Said This?
1. "Happily ever after. Only in myths and fairy tales."
2. "Last time I checked, I wasn"t campaigning for any Mr. Congeniality awards."
3. "Too much gray in your black and white world?"
4. "I can smell you...and I want to...taste you. I want you, and I"m not sane enough to keep my hands off you if I were to see you right now."
5. "It"s no easy thing, to kill a brother, no matter what he"s done. Ask Lucan, he"ll tell you."
6. "We are warriors. Brethren. We are kin. We will not let anyone scatter us in terror."
7. "It was Mira who gave me the courage to demand my freedom."
8. "If this was Siberia, our b.a.l.l.s would be jingling like sleigh bells and we"d be p.i.s.sing ice cubes. Boston in November is a picnic."
9. "If I speak it, then everything I"ve tried to put behind me ...everything I"ve worked so hard to forget...it will all become real again."
10. "You just promised me eternity, you know. I can make you live to regret it."
11. "No birthday is complete without a kiss."
12. "Don"t make me want to stay with you tonight when you will only wish me gone tomorrow."
13. "Dust off your knees, because you may d.a.m.n well end up walking on them before the night is through."
14. "I never knew what it was to crave a woman"s touch. Or to hunger for a woman"s kiss."
15. "Sweetheart, the only reason you had a chance to drop me was because you played dirty."
16. "You don"t write, you don"t call . . . Don"t you love me no more?"
17. "I love you, and I could give a d.a.m.n if you"re human, cyborg, alien, or some mixed-up combination of all three."
18. "Never in a million years could I have guessed I"d wake up naked in a vampire"s arms on Christmas morning."
19. "You"ve had your fun. Now I"m taking you to bed."
20. "When I look in your eyes, one word leaps to my mind every single time: Forever."
21. "I"m a wreck for this woman, my friend. She owns me now."
22. "Female, I give you fair warning: you are playing with fire."
23. "I would quit breathing for her, if she asked it of me."
24. "Thank you for bringing me home."
Answers: 1. Dante 2. Tegan 3. Kade 4. Rio 5. Tegan 6. Lucan 7. Hunter 8. Kade 9. Alex 10. Gabrielle 11. Dante 12. Gabrielle 13. Lucan 14. Hunter 15. Nikolai 16. Gideon 17. Brock 18. Tavia 19. Lucan 20. Nikolai 21. Rio 22. Tegan 23. Dante 24. Corinne & Hunter (both) Your Score: __________ Dead People We Never Got to Meet Who Am I?
1. Dmitri 2. Sorcha 3. Ka.s.sia 4. Grigori 5. Richie Maguire 6. Fiona MacBain 7. Sebastian Bishop 8. Evran 9. August Chase 10. Eleanor Archer Answers: 1. Nikolai"s brother 2. Tegan"s first Breedmate 3. Dragos"s mother 4. Kade"s uncle 5. Alex"s brother 6. Malcolm"s first Breedmate 7. Corinne"s Darkhaven brother 8. Lucan and Marek"s brother 9. Sterling Chase"s father 10. Lazaro"s first Breedmate Your Score: __________ Trivia Scoring: How did you do?
Calculate your overall score and see where you rank!
188 - 209.
Congratulations - you are granted honorary membership in the Order!
162 - 187.
Stay away from the sun because odds are good that you are Gen One Breed!
136 - 161.
Got a peculiar birthmark you"re not aware of? You are a Breedmate waiting to be discovered!
110 - 135.
Your bestie is a Breedmate and she is constantly telling you secrets about the Order, but you are merely human.
84 - 109.
You would like to be a Breed historian, but Jenna isn"t sharing her journals.
58 - 83.
Look out! You must be too busy running from Rogues to read the books.
0 - 57.
It"s very sad, but even a brand-new Minion knows more than you.
The Midnight Breed Series Around the World Since its United States debut May 1, 2007, the Midnight Breed series has been published in more than 18 languages in countries all over the globe. The series is a #1 bestseller in Germany, selling in excess of one million copies as of 2012. In Italy, the series has also landed on numerous bestseller lists, with sales reported at nearly half a million copies.
United States Random House and Lara Adrian, LLC (self-published works) United States (audiobooks) Audible.com, Tantor Media and Random House Audio Brazil Universo dos Livros China King-in Publishing Croatia Stilus Knjiga Czech Republic Brana Publishing Denmark Forlaget Tellerup France Editions Bragelonne Germany (novels) Egmont LYX Germany (audiobooks) Argon (CD/MP3) and Audible.de (downloads) Hungary Ulpius-haz Publishers Italy Fanucci Leggereditore j.a.pan Oakla Publishing Netherlands Uitgeverij Luitingh-Sijthoff Poland Wydawnictwo Amber Portugal Quinta Essencia Russia Azbooka-Atticus Publishing Spain Terciopelo Thailand Grace Publishing Turkey Epsilon Yayincilik United Kingdom/Australia Constable & Robinson Vietnam Vina Books For an updated list of translations, or for license inquiries about the series, please contact the author at www.LaraAdrian.com.
The Future of the Midnight Breed Series Edge of Dawn and Beyond So, here we are, at the close of this first chapter of the Midnight Breed series. I hope you"ve enjoyed taking an inside look at the characters, the novels, and behind-the-scenes peeks at how Lucan and the Order, the Breed and the Breedmates, the Ancients and the Atlanteans-even Dragos-all came into being on the page.
Looking back on these ten books and the two novellas that now comprise the series, I can"t help feeling a sense of pride for what I"ve created. But more than that, I feel immense grat.i.tude to you, my readers, for embracing the characters, the books, and me as well.
By the time this Companion publishes, the series will have seen the February, 2013, release of the eleventh Midnight Breed book, Edge of Dawn (Mira and Kellan"s story).
Edge of Dawn kicks off the new story arc featuring the Order"s offspring and many new characters I can"t wait for you to meet. Don"t worry that you"ll be missing Lucan, Gabrielle, Gideon, Savannah, Dante, Tess, Tegan, Elise, and the rest of the original cast. They play an active role in Edge of Dawn, and will continue to be a big part of the series as it moves forward. And I can a.s.sure you that as much as I loved writing the first ten books, I"m having even more fun with the new ones.
After Edge of Dawn, I have plans for potentially seven more novels and a handful of novellas. If you"ve enjoyed the first leg of the series, I hope you"ll join me on this next adventure too!
Next up after Mira and Kellan is Nathan"s story, Crave the Night, currently slated for hardcover release from Random House early 2014.
In the meantime, I want to thank you for embracing my work so generously and so enthusiastically. Writing books for a living is my dream come true, but none of this would be possible without you, my dear readers.
You honor me well!
Lara Adrian Biography LARA ADRIAN is the New York Times and #1 internationally best-selling author of the Midnight Breed vampire romance series, with nearly 4 million books in print worldwide and translations licensed to more than 19 countries. Her books regularly appear in the top spots of all the major bestseller lists including the New York Times, USA Today, Publishers Weekly, Indiebound, Amazon.com, Barnes & n.o.ble, etc. Her debut t.i.tle, Kiss of Midnight, was named Borders Books bestselling debut romance of 2007. Later that year, her third t.i.tle, Midnight Awakening, was named one of Amazon.com"s Top Ten Romances of the Year. Reviewers have called Lara"s books "addictively readable" (Chicago Tribune), "extraordinary" (Fresh Fiction), and "one of the best vampire series on the market" (Romantic Times).
Writing as TINA ST. JOHN, her historical romances have won numerous awards including the National Readers Choice; Romantic Times Magazine Reviewer"s Choice; Booksellers Best; and many others. She was twice named a Finalist in Romance Writers of America"s RITA Awards, for Best Historical Romance (White Lion"s Lady) and Best Paranormal Romance (Heart of the Hunter). More recently, the 2011 German translation of Heart of the Hunter debuted on Der Spiegel bestseller list.
With an ancestry stretching back to the Mayflower and the court of King Henry VIII, the author lives with her husband in New England, surrounded by centuries-old graveyards, hip urban comforts, and the endless inspiration of the broody Atlantic Ocean.
Visit the author"s website and sign up for new release announcements at www.LaraAdrian.com.
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Websites www.LaraAdrian.com www.MidnightBreed.com (coming soon) www.LAMB-Con.com Social Networks www.facebook.com/LaraAdrianBooks www.twitter.com/lara_adrian www.goodreads.com/lara_adrian www.pinterest.com/LaraAdrian www.wattpad.com/LaraAdrian Other sites and groups you may find online, including social network pages, character role playing groups, or other fansites, message forums, RPGs, fan fiction, etc., are operated and managed independently of Lara Adrian, her staff and/or publishing imprints.
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APPENDIX.
RESOURCES FOR WRITERS.
The following is by no means a complete list, but hopefully a good starting point for anyone interested in learning more about writing, or in reading more about the books and organizations that have helped me hone my storytelling craft, particularly as it relates to the creation of the Midnight Breed series. I"ve also included some links to self-publishing information and publishing industry resources that I"ve found particularly useful.
For those of you who are aspiring writers, I wish you much inspiration and success!
~Lara Adrian Books Cowden, T., LaFever, C. & Viders, S. (2000). The Complete Writer"s Guide to Heroes & Heroines: Sixteen Master Archetypes. Hollywood, CA: Lone Eagle.
Kenyon, S. (1994). The Writer"s Digest Character Naming Sourcebook. Cincinnati, OH: Writer"s Digest Books.
King, S. (2000). On Writing: A Memoir of the Craft. New York, NY: Scribner.
Le Rouzic, P. (1994). The Name Book. Fairfield, IA: Sunstar Publishing, Ltd.
McKee, R. (1997). Story: Substance, Structure, Style & The Principles of Screenwriting. New York, NY: Regan Books.
Schmidt, V. (2005). Story Structure Architect: A Writer"s Guide to Building Dramatic Situations & Compelling Characters. Cincinnati, OH: Writer"s Digest Books.
Swain, D. (1982). Techniques of the Selling Writer. Norman, OK: University of Oklahoma Press.
Vogler, C. (1992). The Writer"s Journey: Mythic Structure for Writers. Studio City, CA: Michael Wiese Productions.
Organizations & Conferences Romance Writers of America (www.rwa.org) -- open to unpublished and published writers International Thriller Writers (www.thrillerwriters.org) -- published only; not open to indies Novelists, Inc. (www.ninc.com) -- published only; indie friendly Websites & Online Groups Publishers Lunch ( The Pa.s.sive Voice (www.thepa.s.sivevoice.com) Digital Book World (www.digitalbookworld.com) A Newbie"s Guide to Publishing ( Self-publish Group on Yahoo ( Want to stay informed of new releases and be eligible for special subscribers-only exclusive content and giveaways?
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