title: The Darkest Torment: A spellbinding paranormal romance novel (Lords of the Underworld)
author:  Gena Showalter 
description: "Showalter always puts her characters through literal hell. Watching them survive and learn to thrive gives these action-packed stories real emotional punch." -RT Book Reviews<br /><br />"One of the premier authors of paranormal romance. Gena Showalter delivers an utterly spell-binding story!" -Kresley Cole, #1 New York Times bestselling author<br /><br />"Gena Showalter never fails to dazzle." -Jeaniene Frost, New York Times bestselling author<br /><br />"Showalter's signature blend of sizzling attraction, breathtaking worlds, and lethal stakes rocks me every time!" -Sylvia Day, #1 New York Times bestselling author<br /><br />"Showalter makes romance sizzle on every page!" -Jill Shalvis, New York Times bestselling author<br /><br />"A fascinating premise, a sexy hero and nonstop action, The Darkest Night is Showalter at her finest." -New York Times bestselling author Karen Marie Moning<br /><br />"Gena Showalter is a romantic genius." -San Francisco Book Review<br /><br />"Showalter writes fun, sexy characters you fall in love with!" -Lori Foster, New York Times bestselling author<br /><br />"The Showalter name on a book means guaranteed entertainment." -RT Book Reviews
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  SILVER:
  
  
  The Lost & Damned
  
  
  (Part One)
  
  Written By
  
  Keira Michelle Telford
  
  
  
  
  
  Copyright © Keira Michelle Telford 2012
  
  Venatic Press
  
  All Rights Reserved
  
  This is a work of fiction. Names, characters, businesses, places, events, and
  incidents are either the products of the author’s imagination, or used in a
  fictitious manner. Any resemblance to actual persons, living or dead, or
  actual events is purely coincidental.
  
  Chimera & Cover Artwork by
  
  Kitt Lapeña
  
  
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  Other Books in the Series…
  
  SILVER: Acheron (A River of Pain)
  
  
  
  
  
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  JOIN THE FIGHT
  
  
  
  
  
  “The degree of civilization in a society can be judged by entering its
  prisons.”
  
  \-- Fyodor Dostoyevsky
  
  
  
  
  
  Amaranthe & Surrounding Area
  
  (Circa 2348 CE)
  
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  Chimera
  
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  PROLOGUE
  
  
  
  
  
  CHAPTER ZERO
  
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  An Exo