title: Queen of Shadows (A Novel of the Shadow World)
author:  Dianne Sylvan 
description: Starred Review. Sylvan's powerful debut is packed with startling action, sensual romance, and delightfully nerdy vampires. An empathic gift is slowly killing Austin musician Miranda Grey, who uses her talents to influence her audience. After four men gang-rape her, Miranda uses her untrained powers to kill them with visions of their previous victims. Exhausted and traumatized, she's taken in by David Solomon, the steely but quirky leader of the South's vampires, whose no-kill laws have created unrest among his subjects. As David teaches Miranda to control her abilities and the two grow closer, a vampire civil war looms. Sylvan's compelling take on vampirism, her endearing characters, and a complex, unabashedly feminist plot will have readers hungry for a sequel. (Sept.) <br />(c) Copyright PWxyz, LLC. All rights reserved.
zlib_text: **PRAISE FOR**
  
   **SHADOWFLAME**
  
  “I absolutely loved this book! It was almost like I had been waiting for this
  story and it simply fel into my lap. I am hooked. Fans of vampire books
  everywhere, I have found the next big thing, and it is the Shadow World series
  by Dianne Sylvan. The twists and turns that Sylvan placed in this book kept me
  flying through the pages … Queen Miranda is one of the strongest female
  characters I have come across, and hands down this series is going to be
  sensational! I cannot rave enough over this one. The magic, mystery, intrigue,
  and each and every one of the characters have been wel developed.
  _Shadowflame_ gave me al the high-impact action, romance, and gore that I want
  in a book.”
  
  — _Fresh Fiction_
  
  “Dianne Sylvan’s writing is captivating. She creates a world that wil suck you
  in from the get-go. Her writing style is fluid and unrelenting.
  
  _Shadowflame_ fol ows the same near-flawless writing style that book one did …
  I enjoyed the suspense and Dianne 