Illumination

The Penton Vampire Legacy, Book 5

By: Susannah Sandlin

Narrated by: Amy McFadden

He came to Penton seeking peace. Nik Dimitrou joined the Army to escape his family legacy, only to have his psychic abilities exploited as a weapon. Now, as a civilian, he turns to the bottle to veil the images that haunt his mind whenever he touches anyone - except vampires. With them, he has finally found a place. But as Penton moves into open warfare with the Vampire Tribunal, Nik finds himself a linchpin in the deepening conflict, not to mention a transformation in his own body more frightening than anything he's faced.

She wanted to change the world. Shay Underwood watched her Peace Corps parents move from one third world country to another until both died following an outbreak of fever. Driven to her own career in tropical medicine, Shay works to cure the disease that killed her parents - until a careless weekend outing draws her into a world far more dangerous than the diseases she studies: a vampire society engaged in human trafficking.

Two cities, two strangers, one world. With Penton rebellion leader Aidan Murphy making risky choices and chief vampire lieutenant Mirren Kincaid forced to take a leadership role for which he is unsuited, it will fall to two outsiders, Nik and Shay, to find a way for Penton - and themselves - to survive in this much-anticipated conclusion to the award-winning Penton Legacy series.

©2017 Suzanne Johnson (P)2017 Suzanne Johnson

Awesome!

Loved all five books. Each one one made me excited to get to the next one. This would be a great movie!

loved the book. wished the saga would continue.

loved it. wished the saga would continue. would love to see what happens in penton

Well written, satisfying conclusion to this series

I found this series by following the artistry of Amy McFadden. A wonderful combination of a talented author and narrator. Enjoy!

Get the whole series

It’s a great series, will try more from this author. They are working towards a cure to reverse the vaccine. Taking down evil vamps, and squeezing in some naughty bits as well.

Weird listening to a Pandemic story now

I love this series but I wish this last book didn’t come years after the last one. The events are so connected that I had to work to recall essential details.

At the end of last book, Aiden and the Penton Legacy residents barely escaped the devastating attack by the ruthless vampire Frank. They are still recovering and trying to rebuild when Frank resurfaced with yet another scheme to aid vampires in subjugating both the supernatural as well as the human citizens of the US.

This time, a new leader Nick Dimitru, emerged to guide when Aiden was still vulnerable. Nick was one of the new hybrids, shifter and vampire, so his strengths are still being figured out.Nick represented Aiden in a meeting and soon was front and center in this renewed fight with Frank.

Frank had begun a program where he was trying to breed super vampires and their first test subject was Shay Underwood who was kidnapped and impregnated. But she was no wilting flower. She was not going to be a willing participant her in this war. She fights back and soon Nick is there for the rescue.

I won’t tell you the rest but this battle was not an easy one. I was hoping the author would do more with Penton and the Omega series (spin-off) but it doesn’t look like it.
Either way, she wrapped up the series with the good guys prevailing.