By Greg Cox
The respectable motion picture novelization of the most recent movie within the blockbuster action/horror motion picture sequence, Underworld—coming to theaters in January 2009 from Sony Pictures!
Centuries ago...two ageless and terrifying races—the aristocratic vampires and the feral lycans—are certain by means of a merciless, ancestral dating among grasp and servant, and ceaselessly separated by way of the continued, violent competition among their species. yet unknown to either the Aristocracy and enslaved alike, a clandestine—and forbidden—affair among the lycan servant Lucian and the attractive vampire noblewoman Sonja burns brightly with an unbridled ardour. looking to break out Sonja’s tyrannical father, Viktor, and a destiny during which their love is taken into account an abomination, Lucian dangers the ever present machinations of the court docket and his very lifestyles to forged himself and his loved freed from their bonds...a bold tactic that would finally supply all lycans the braveness to stand up opposed to their oppressive vampire overlords. New alliances are solid at the same time the chains of slavery are broken...and all that Lucian and Sonja carry pricey may be threatened with utter annihilation....
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The light of myriad torches and lamps shone through the fortress’ lancet windows, making the isolated mountain stronghold appear to glow from within. Crimson pennants, the color of freshly spilled blood, streamed atop the watchtowers. Sculpted grotesques, in the shape of writhing plague victims, perched upon the eaves and ramparts. Flanking towers abutted the sturdy guardhouse defending the front gate. Armored Death Dealers patrolled the tops of the high gray walls, which were more than ten feet thick in places.
She turned to confront him.
He gasped in relief. I did it! he rejoiced. Just like Viktor promised! His jubilation was cut short, however, when three beefy ruffians emerged from the shadow of the castle’s high front gate. Lucian recognized the men as mortal laborers employed in the ongoing expansion of the fortress’ dungeons. Their unwashed hides had been baked brown by the sun, compared to the paler complexions of the castle’s more nocturnal inhabitants. Dried mortar splattered their filthy garments. Iron bludgeons in hand, they charged at the unarmed youth.