What do you think?
Rate this book
Immortal #3
Forever
The campus killer is
back...
...and this time bright, sensitive Steve
Harrison finds the mutilated corpse. When he realizes the cops
suspect him of the brutal murders, he calls a friend for support and
is drawn into a secret world of magic, wonder, and dread. A circle of
impossibly beautiful men guards the campus against vicious, inhuman
hunters. Steve's education, his love life, even his survival is at
stake once he learns what the police don't
The killer is
immortal.
The Immortal Saga is a contemporary novel
written for lovers of fantasy and paranormal romance, especially
those who like elves and vampires, and readers of books such as the
Twilight series.
Gay & Lesbian > Fiction >
Romance
Paranormal romance
Paranormal romance > Gay
Paranormal romance > Paranormal
urban fantasy
Romance > Fantasy
Romance > Gay romance
Romance > Paranormal
Romance > Paranormal >
Vampires
Science Fiction & Fantasy >
Fantasy > Contemporary
Science Fiction & Fantasy >
Fantasy > Paranormal & Urban
Science Fiction & Fantasy >
Fantasy > Romance
Supernatural romance > elves
Supernatural romance > vampires
Urban fantasy
Urban fantasy > Paranormal
urban fantasy
Similar
Stephenie Meyer
Suzanne Collins
Melissa Marr
back...
...and this time bright, sensitive Steve
Harrison finds the mutilated corpse. When he realizes the cops
suspect him of the brutal murders, he calls a friend for support and
is drawn into a secret world of magic, wonder, and dread. A circle of
impossibly beautiful men guards the campus against vicious, inhuman
hunters. Steve's education, his love life, even his survival is at
stake once he learns what the police don't
The killer is
immortal.
The Immortal Saga is a contemporary novel
written for lovers of fantasy and paranormal romance, especially
those who like elves and vampires, and readers of books such as the
Twilight series.
Gay & Lesbian > Fiction >
Romance
Paranormal romance
Paranormal romance > Gay
Paranormal romance > Paranormal
urban fantasy
Romance > Fantasy
Romance > Gay romance
Romance > Paranormal
Romance > Paranormal >
Vampires
Science Fiction & Fantasy >
Fantasy > Contemporary
Science Fiction & Fantasy >
Fantasy > Paranormal & Urban
Science Fiction & Fantasy >
Fantasy > Romance
Supernatural romance > elves
Supernatural romance > vampires
Urban fantasy
Urban fantasy > Paranormal
urban fantasy
Similar
Stephenie Meyer
Suzanne Collins
Melissa Marr
300 pages, Kindle Edition
First published December 10, 2013
16 people want to read
About the author
Pati Nagle
50 books62 followersPati Nagle is the author of two linked romantic fantasy series: the Blood of the Kindred historical series (THE BETRAYAL, HEART OF THE EXILED, SWORDS OVER FIRESHORE), and The Immortal Saga contemporary series (IMMORTAL, ETERNAL, FOREVER). She was born and raised in the mountains of northern New Mexico. An avid student of music, history, and humans in general, she loves the outdoors but hides from the sun.
Nagle's stories have appeared in Asimov's Science Fiction, the Magazine of Fantasy & Science Fiction, Cicada, Cricket, and in various anthologies, including collections honoring New Mexico writers Jack Williamson and Roger Zelazny. She has also written a series of historical novels as P.G. Nagle. She is a Writers of the Future finalist and finalist for the New Mexico Press Women's Zia Award. Her short story "Coyote Ugly" received an honorable mention in The Year's Best Fantasy and Horror and was honored as a finalist for the Theodore Sturgeon Award.
She lives in the mountains in New Mexico with her husband and two furry muses, surrounded by trees, starry skies, and wildlife.
Nagle's stories have appeared in Asimov's Science Fiction, the Magazine of Fantasy & Science Fiction, Cicada, Cricket, and in various anthologies, including collections honoring New Mexico writers Jack Williamson and Roger Zelazny. She has also written a series of historical novels as P.G. Nagle. She is a Writers of the Future finalist and finalist for the New Mexico Press Women's Zia Award. Her short story "Coyote Ugly" received an honorable mention in The Year's Best Fantasy and Horror and was honored as a finalist for the Theodore Sturgeon Award.
She lives in the mountains in New Mexico with her husband and two furry muses, surrounded by trees, starry skies, and wildlife.
Ratings & Reviews
Friends & Following
Create a free account to discover what your friends think of this book!
Community Reviews
Displaying 1 - 4 of 4 reviews
March 6, 2014
I would like to thank LibraryThing.com and Pati Nagle for a chance to read this book. Although I received this ebook for free, that in no way influenced this review. Since the rating system here does not offer half-stars, please know that I rate this book at 3.5 Stars!
I was drawn into this story from the very beginning, though when I realized a large part of the focus would be on a male to male relationship I worried that it wouldn't work for me. Thankfully I couldn't have been more wrong! The sex scenes weren't described in graphic detail, instead focusing more on the emotional aspects of a new relationship - something that everyone can relate to, regardless of sexual preference.
Steve is a wonderful protagonist, smart, attractive, and emotionally sensitive. After discovering the mutilated corpse of a student in one of his classes he texts an acquaintance / friend, Amanda (Manda for short), as she of all people is sure to understand what he is going through, between the shock of the discovery, and the cops treating him as a suspect. A year or so earlier Steve had helped save Manda's life, back during a rash of murders on the campus. It was then that he'd met Lomen, whom he'd carried a torch for ever since. That one simple text sets off a chain of events that are to forever alter the course of Steve's life.
Manda brings him to Caeran's house, a man who looks eerily like Lomen, enough so that they could be brothers. In fact, Steve learns that they are related, after a fashion. They are aelven, beings that our myths of elves are founded upon. And the white-haired killers were alben - aelven that have been infected with what they call the Curse. This infection turns them into vampires, thus giving rise to humanity's myths of vampires. The alben crave blood and khi, what we would call chi, or energy. Like the aelven, the alben have the ability to control their victim's mind, allowing them to kill with little risk if discovery by any but other aelven, who can sense their khi.
Steve is recruited into the inner circle of this small group. They are trying to find a cure for the Curse, and need the help of the humans. However, they are trying to keep this as far off the radar as possible, so there are very few humans they trust to ask, even with a non-disclosure agreement in place to help protect them. Steve agrees, and eventually figures out he was selected because they knew of his feelings for Lomen, and that he would never do anything to hurt him.
Steve meets the rest of the group over time, though this particular group is small. They also introduce him to Pirian, who is infected with the Curse, as well as Manda's lover Savhoran, who was just recently infected. The Curse really is aptly named, for aelven liven exceptionally long lives, long enough that they often resort to suicide when it all becomes too much to bear. Combine those problems with their incredibly low birthrate and the aelven are a dying species, which Steve finds absolutely unacceptable. He is ready to devote his entire life to helping find a cure for the disease, and helping find a way to raise the birthrate, though that is not part of the original mission statement.
The arc of this story is well designed, combining action and character development so smoothly that there is never a dull moment. Be it attempts to track down the murdering alben in town, or the simple discovery that Lomen shares feelings for Steve, something is always happening to keep Steve on his mental toes. With all his many ideas Steve is the breath of fresh air that these aelven need, whether they knew it or not. He is the perfect vessel to explore different types of relationships, biases, and prejudices as he has often been on the receiving end of such cruel emotions, and is therefore more inclined to do his best to see any issue from all sides before reaching judgment.
While this book is the third in the series, I feel that I've lost nothing by not having read books one and two - other than the pleasure reading them will bring to me. And read them I will, for I've thoroughly enjoyed this book and expect I will feel the same way about the first two as well. Plus, there is still far too much that is unresolved, leading me to suspect at the very least one more book in the series to pull everything together, though I'm betting there will actually be more than one.
The campus killer is back...
...and this time bright, sensitive Steve Harrison finds the mutilated corpse. When he realizes the cops suspect him of the brutal murders, he calls a friend for support and is drawn into a secret world of magic, wonder, and dread. A circle of impossibly beautiful men guards the campus against vicious, inhuman hunters. Steve's education, his love life, even his survival is at stake once he learns what the police don't know:
The killer is immortal.
I was drawn into this story from the very beginning, though when I realized a large part of the focus would be on a male to male relationship I worried that it wouldn't work for me. Thankfully I couldn't have been more wrong! The sex scenes weren't described in graphic detail, instead focusing more on the emotional aspects of a new relationship - something that everyone can relate to, regardless of sexual preference.
Steve is a wonderful protagonist, smart, attractive, and emotionally sensitive. After discovering the mutilated corpse of a student in one of his classes he texts an acquaintance / friend, Amanda (Manda for short), as she of all people is sure to understand what he is going through, between the shock of the discovery, and the cops treating him as a suspect. A year or so earlier Steve had helped save Manda's life, back during a rash of murders on the campus. It was then that he'd met Lomen, whom he'd carried a torch for ever since. That one simple text sets off a chain of events that are to forever alter the course of Steve's life.
Manda brings him to Caeran's house, a man who looks eerily like Lomen, enough so that they could be brothers. In fact, Steve learns that they are related, after a fashion. They are aelven, beings that our myths of elves are founded upon. And the white-haired killers were alben - aelven that have been infected with what they call the Curse. This infection turns them into vampires, thus giving rise to humanity's myths of vampires. The alben crave blood and khi, what we would call chi, or energy. Like the aelven, the alben have the ability to control their victim's mind, allowing them to kill with little risk if discovery by any but other aelven, who can sense their khi.
Steve is recruited into the inner circle of this small group. They are trying to find a cure for the Curse, and need the help of the humans. However, they are trying to keep this as far off the radar as possible, so there are very few humans they trust to ask, even with a non-disclosure agreement in place to help protect them. Steve agrees, and eventually figures out he was selected because they knew of his feelings for Lomen, and that he would never do anything to hurt him.
Steve meets the rest of the group over time, though this particular group is small. They also introduce him to Pirian, who is infected with the Curse, as well as Manda's lover Savhoran, who was just recently infected. The Curse really is aptly named, for aelven liven exceptionally long lives, long enough that they often resort to suicide when it all becomes too much to bear. Combine those problems with their incredibly low birthrate and the aelven are a dying species, which Steve finds absolutely unacceptable. He is ready to devote his entire life to helping find a cure for the disease, and helping find a way to raise the birthrate, though that is not part of the original mission statement.
The arc of this story is well designed, combining action and character development so smoothly that there is never a dull moment. Be it attempts to track down the murdering alben in town, or the simple discovery that Lomen shares feelings for Steve, something is always happening to keep Steve on his mental toes. With all his many ideas Steve is the breath of fresh air that these aelven need, whether they knew it or not. He is the perfect vessel to explore different types of relationships, biases, and prejudices as he has often been on the receiving end of such cruel emotions, and is therefore more inclined to do his best to see any issue from all sides before reaching judgment.
While this book is the third in the series, I feel that I've lost nothing by not having read books one and two - other than the pleasure reading them will bring to me. And read them I will, for I've thoroughly enjoyed this book and expect I will feel the same way about the first two as well. Plus, there is still far too much that is unresolved, leading me to suspect at the very least one more book in the series to pull everything together, though I'm betting there will actually be more than one.
March 30, 2014
I really enjoyed this book. It is an interesting premise to have alien beings living among us and not knowing about them. I found the characters intriguing, and sometimes complicated, but they were all interesting and well developed. Although I read this book first as I only found out afterwards that there are two in the series before it, I did not feel as if I had missed anything by not reading them in order. I look forward to the further adventures of Steven, as I would love to see the results of his experiments. The book is well written, the plot intriguing and well paced, and definitely ready for an exciting sequel. I look forward to reading that. That said, there are some homosexual scenes in the book, which some people might find offensive, but they are not terribly graphic and do not detract from the book. However, if you are offended by this, it is best to be warned.
March 29, 2014
I received this from Library Thing to read and review. From the get-go, I will admit that this is not the type book I generally read, and I found this one difficult to get into. I do not care for books about beings other than human who prey on humans and I do not particularly enjoy reading about male relationships. This book was no different. I will admit I only got about one-third through the book before I stopped reading. Based on other reviews I have read, there is a definite audience out there. I am just not part of it. However, it was well written, and for that, I am giving it three stars.
October 3, 2014
Intriguing Series
This is the third book of this series I've read. The concept and setting are my favorite parts. I'm not wild about the first person voice in this book. There was a lot of blow by blow action--cooking, eating, filler info--while I waited for the story to continue. I enjoy the details, but to an extent wished some had been edited out for more relevant or interesting ones. One scene in particular involved hunting for real estate, it seemed to involve so much detail, yet the final action sequence didn't.
Of course I'm now awaiting the next one in the series! As I said, I like this storyline.
This is the third book of this series I've read. The concept and setting are my favorite parts. I'm not wild about the first person voice in this book. There was a lot of blow by blow action--cooking, eating, filler info--while I waited for the story to continue. I enjoy the details, but to an extent wished some had been edited out for more relevant or interesting ones. One scene in particular involved hunting for real estate, it seemed to involve so much detail, yet the final action sequence didn't.
Of course I'm now awaiting the next one in the series! As I said, I like this storyline.
Displaying 1 - 4 of 4 reviews