The Taker

"Readers won't be able to tear their eyes away from Katsu's mesmerizing tale."

- Starred Booklist

"Alchemy and love prove a volatile mix in Katsu's vividly imagined first novel...Katsu shows considerable skill in rendering a world where Adair's unspeakable evilness and Lanny's wild passion make the supernatural seem possible. The result is a novel full of surprises and a powerful evocation of the dark side of romantic love."

- Publishers Weekly

"Alma Katsu's searing tale of otherworldly lovers and eternal obsession will seduce you from page one. With its elegant prose and riveting plot, The Taker is as irresistible as the hauntingly beautiful, pleasure-seeking immortals who scorch its pages. A wicked, sensuous, shattering love story that I can't recommend enough. You have to experience it for yourself!"

-Kresley Cole, #1 New York Times bestselling author

"Alma Katsu's addictive tale of immortal love is brutal, wrenching, and ultimately moving.

Gothic and richly detailed, The Taker it is an astonishing good read."

-Meg Waite Clayton, bestselling author of The Wednesday Sisters

"Alma Katsu takes the reader by surprise in the first chapter of her mesmerizing debut and never stops delivering. What a wonderful book! A dark, gothic, epic worth savoring. A sweeping story that transcends time as it moves effortlessly from the tempestuous past to the frightening present.

Enchanting and enthralling! No question-I was taken!

-M.J. Rose, International Bestseller

"This is a great book. And by great, I mean, devastatingly so, like reading The Scarlet Letter, while riding a roller coaster, on acid. Seductive, daring, soaring, and ultimately gut-wrenching, The Taker is a lush, historical rendering of transcendent love, paranormal beings, and the depths of pain that can

be felt by immortal hearts."

-Jamie Ford, New York Times bestselling author of Hotel on the Corner of Bitter and Sweet

"Alma Katsu's The Taker is a frighteningly compelling story about those most human monsters-desire and obsession. It will curl your hair and keep you up late at night."

-Keith Donohue, author of The Stolen Child

"A centuries-spanning epic that will keep you turning pages all night. This marvelous debut is a

thinking person's guilty pleasure."

-Scott Westerfeld, New York Times bestselling author of Leviathan

"The Taker is a sexy, dark romance. Alma Katsu's tale of immortality and unrequited love covers hundreds of years but never strays from this question: What price are we willing to pay

to completely possess another?"

-Alexi Zentner, author of Touch

"Beneath the trappings of undead lore is a love story that's deeply old-fashioned."

-Kirkus

"Like the hybrid love-child of a vampire novel and a historical classic,

The Taker could be described as Twilight for grown-ups."

-Steph Zajkowski, TVNZ