Deliverance

A gut-kick of a read, with non-stop action and as inventive a world as Ive ever seen.Vicki Pettersson, New York Times bestselling author of the Signs of the Zodiac series Great characters who jump from the page; a smart, layered plot, and pacing that screams. This is the kind of book that makes you look forward to a rainy day.John Gilstrap, author of Nathans Run Readerswill devour Bankss clever and compelling Mortal Path series. Assassins, demons, and danger, oh my!Lisa Gardner, #1 New York Times bestselling author of Love You MoreDakota Banks has taken the supernatural thriller and given it a breathtaking new twist! Deliverance is the third book in Bankss relentlessly exciting urban fantasy series, Mortal Path, featuring heroine Maliha Crayne, once a demons henchwoman and paranormal assassin now determined to atone for her centuries of murderous acts. A cross between Tomb Raiders Lara Croft and Marvel Comicss Elektra, Maliha finds her powers are rapidly fading in Deliverance, and discovers that her quest to avoid eternal damnation has put those she loves most in gravest peril. Bankss Deliverance delivers suspense and edge-of-your-seat adventurea non-stop paranormal roller coaster ride that fans of Jeaniene Frost, James Rollins, Vicki Pettersson, and Indiana Jones, wont want to miss.

Kill . . . or be damned.

A demon's assassin for centuries, Maliha Crayne has gone rogue, determined to save a life for every one she's destroyed in order to free herself from an eternity of enslavement, damnation, and excruciating torment. But as the powers that sustained her in the past fade, she is wary of trusting those closest to her?especially her lover, Jake. And her closest friends are beginning to disappear, one by one. Amid her anger, suspicion, and sorrow, her life is spiraling out of control.

Worse still, a beautiful Renaissance murderess is recruiting Maliha as her new assassin. Maliha is turning into a lethal puppet with an evil Immortal pulling the strings, forced to kill innocents or see her missing friends die horribly. Suddenly trapped in a moral no-man's-land, Maliha is damned if she does and damned if she doesn't . . . and time is rapidly running out.

Autorentext

Growing up in a converted 1890s funeral home, complete with blood gutters in the basement floor, fueled Dakota Banks' interest in the paranormal. She's no ghost whisperer, but she keeps an open mind. She's fascinated with both archaeology and the paranormal, especially when the two intersect, as they do in Mortal Path. Dakota is a member of the Horror Writers Association and the International Thriller Writers. She lives in a St. Louis suburb with her husband, two sons adopted from Peru and Ethiopia, and a couple of cats who keep her writing on track.