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Christine Feehan Christine Feehan (born Christine King in Ukiah, California) is an American author of paranormal romance, paranormal military thrillers, and fantasy. She is a #1 ''New York Times'', #1 ''Publishers Weekly'', and International bestselling author ...

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Dark Series This bibliography contains a is a list of works from American author Christine Feehan. The Carpathian Novels This series tells the stories of the Carpathians, an ancient race with near-immortal lifespans that feeds on human blood. However, the ...

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Fantasy novel Fantasy literature is literature set in an imaginary universe, often but not always without any locations, events, or people from the real world. Magic, the supernatural and magical creatures are common in many of these imaginary worlds. Fa ...

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Love Spell ''Love Spell'' is a Philippine fantasy and romance-based program airing on ABS-CBN that tells a different love story each season with a new couple. It was aired from July 9, 2006, to March 23, 2008. This series was streaming on Jeepney TV YouT ...

, release_date = 1999 , media_type = Print (hardback & paperback) Audio ( MP3, CD & Cassette) , pages = 314 pp (US paperback) , isbn = 0-505-52372-8 , preceded_by = , followed_by = Dark Desire ''Dark Prince'' is a

paranormal romance Paranormal romance is a subgenre of both romantic fiction and speculative fiction. Paranormal romance focuses on romantic love and includes elements beyond the range of scientific explanation, blending together themes from the speculative fiction ...

written by American author

. Published in 1999, it is the first book in her

, which to date has 33 titles.

Plot summary

''Dark Prince'' introduces the

Carpathians The Carpathian Mountains or Carpathians () are a range of mountains forming an arc across Central Europe. Roughly long, it is the third-longest European mountain range after the Ural Mountains, Urals at and the Scandinavian Mountains at . The ...

, a powerful and ancient race. They have many gifts, including the ability to shape-shift, and extended life spans, living well over many years. Though they feed on human blood, they don't kill their human prey, and for the most part live among them without detection. Despite their gifts, the Carpathians are on the edge of extinction. There have been few children born to them in the past few centuries, those that have been born are all male and often die in the first year. It has been more than 500 years since a female has been born. Without females, many of the males are turning, becoming vampires, the monsters of human legend. After 200 years, a male Carpathian loses the ability to feel emotions and see in color. These will only return to him when he finds his lifemate, the other half of his soul. Mikhail Dubrinsky, Prince of the Carpathians, has worked tirelessly for centuries to discover why so many of their children die in the first years. However, his efforts have come to no avail. It is at this time, when he is on the brink of despair and self-destruction that he meets a beautiful human psychic, Raven Whitney. Raven is a strong telepath, and has worked with the police to capture four serial killers. But her gift has come with a price: a life of isolation, and pain whenever she uses her gift. When he meets her, he is shocked and amazed when he suddenly is able to see colors in her presence; he realizes that she is his lifemate. Despite his joy, there is doubt in his mind. No human woman has ever been a lifemate to a Carpathian. All human females who were converted had become deranged creatures, feeding on children and had to be destroyed. But he knows she is the only woman for him, the other half of his soul. He is determined to live as a human with her and to die when she does. However, this is not to be. Raven is attacked by fanatics, and he is forced to convert her to save her life. Her survival brings new hope to him and his people, for if one psychic human female can be a lifemate, surely there are others.

Main characters

*Mikhail *Raven

Awards and nominations

*Winner of 3 out of the 9 1999 Pearl ParaNormal Excellence Awards in Romantic Literature **Best New Author of Paranormal Romance **Best Overall Paranormal Romance **Best Shape-Shifter *1999 All about Romance Readers Awards **Honorable Mention - Favorite New Author **Honorable Mention - Favorite 'Other' Romance **Finalist - Most Luscious **Finalist - Favorite Romance of the Year **Finalist - Favorite Villain-Rand **Finalist - Best New Discovery **Finalist - Best New Author *1999 Romance Journal's Francis Award **Semi-finalist - Best Other Paranormal Romance *1999 RBL Romantica Awards **Best Paranormal **Best Secondary Character (Gregori) *2000 Awards Romance Books and Readers **1st Place - Fantasy

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1999 American novels Novels by Christine Feehan American vampire novels