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Книги Christopher Pike
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Now Alisa is living in the 21st Century, ready to take on an ancient and powerful enemy. She will do whatever it takes to protect herself and her secret, even if it means destroying the people she loves. For Alisa, human weakness must be battled against. The last vampire, will not die ... |
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The US government is pursuing Alisa, intent on obtaining her vampire DNA. She has no choice but to go on the run, her blood is way too deadly and dangerous to be allowed into the public domain! Then Alisa makes a discovery that could mean she will finally know happiness, but it goes wrong she faces untold tragedy and danger. And all the time a powerful force is watching over Alisa. Someone who knows all that ever was, and all that will be ... |
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Alisa is battling with a heartbreaking dilemma. Her daughter, Kalika, has disappeared. Alisa knows the great danger Kalika poses to the human world — but can she bring herself to destroy her own flesh and blood? And another threat looms large to Alisa. Someone means to destroy the 5000-year-old vampire, and Alisa's only hope lies in reliving the evil of her monstrous past. Then she can eliminate it. For ever. |
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A bind-up of this classic paranormal thriller series from bestselling author Christopher Pike. Originally published in 1994, Pike's Thirst series introduces Alisa, a 5,000-year-old vampire who befriends a human boy who may be her only chance at finding her maker. |
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Tears roll over my face. I touch them with my quivering tongue. They are clear and salty, not dark and bloody. Another sign that I am human. What Alisa has desired for five thousand years has finally come true: She is once again human. But now she is defenseless, vulnerable, and, for the first time in centuries, emotional. As she attempts to reconcile her actions as a vampire with her new connection to humanity, she begins to understand the weight of lifeand-death decisions. Can Alisa resolve her past and build a new identity, or is she doomed to repeat her fatal mistakes? |
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