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Phantom Game (A GhostWalker Novel)
Two predators collide with unbridled passion in this intoxicating GhostWalker novel from #1 New York Times bestselling author Christine Feehan.
Jonas "Smoke" Harper has watched his brothers find their perfect mates, never imagining he'd actually meet someone who complements every part of him-even the monster that lurks within. But his instant connection with Camellia goes far beyond wanting the intelligent, beautiful, and lethal woman in his bed. They are two parts of a whole, linked to each other and to a larger network that exists everywhere around them.
Camellia has lived on her own for a long time, relying on her unique psychic abilities to keep her safe. She knows that Jonas was literally made for her, and that makes their addictive connection more dangerous than a thousand enhanced super soldiers. Once the larger threat looming over them is dealt with she's going to get far away as fast as she can. Life has taught her that the only one she can truly trust is herself.
Jonas can sense Camellia is going to run-and the hunter inside doesn't want to let go. Not when he knows how good they'll be together. So he'll just have to use all of his considerable skills to convince her to stay....
Jonas "Smoke" Harper has watched his brothers find their perfect mates, never imagining he'd actually meet someone who complements every part of him-even the monster that lurks within. But his instant connection with Camellia goes far beyond wanting the intelligent, beautiful, and lethal woman in his bed. They are two parts of a whole, linked to each other and to a larger network that exists everywhere around them.
Camellia has lived on her own for a long time, relying on her unique psychic abilities to keep her safe. She knows that Jonas was literally made for her, and that makes their addictive connection more dangerous than a thousand enhanced super soldiers. Once the larger threat looming over them is dealt with she's going to get far away as fast as she can. Life has taught her that the only one she can truly trust is herself.
Jonas can sense Camellia is going to run-and the hunter inside doesn't want to let go. Not when he knows how good they'll be together. So he'll just have to use all of his considerable skills to convince her to stay....
Readers Top Reviews
cmt222Kindle jan
I didn't think Christine Feehan could expand these warriors any further. I was wrong! Jonas and Camellias dynamic is, as expected, magical and enthralling. If somewhat unexpected. It reminds us all there are two sides to every story. Just because you don't know the reason for someone's actions, it doesn't mean those actions are wrong even if they cause hurt and betrayal. This was a beautiful story that kept me turning pages till the end and wanting more when it finished.
Kindle cmt222Kin
Another great story in the Ghostwalker series. I've got them all and each one gets better. Christine is a fantastic story teller. You are never disappointed in any of her books. If you haven't tried any, start from book 1 in any of her series. You'll be glad you did, they are addictive.
Mary HeronKindle
A question often asked of authors is where do you get your idea from. I would love to hear Christine Feehans answer. The Ghostwalker series is on of my top five series. Soldiers (who volunteer as it's a military project) experimented on by as evil scientist who is supposed to enhance their latent psychic ability. Only Peter Whitney does far more than that, he works on their brains yes, but he also spliced their D.N.A. With that of various animals (something they didn't volunteer for) . He began by experimenting on little girls ( orphans which he bought from around the world) what he did to them was despicable and Lilly is determined to find these women and make sure they are not suffering. Turns out though that's not the worst of it, as the series continues it becomes apparent that Whitney went farther still manipulating the women and the modified soldier so each has their perfect genetic match. Lilly's is Ryland Miller leader of team one and with each book we meet another couple. We also see a steady progression in the skills and abilities Whitney has implanted in them. There are four teams (so far) and as with each team there are less problems/side effects from the genetic manipulation, but what Whitney has implanted in them keeps getting more and more out there. This the 18 th book in the series and sees us back with Team 1 after a long break. It's great to catch up with them after so long, to see how they are coping now with what was done to them. What Camillia and Jonas are capable of will blow your mind. Lilly and Rylands story is the.first book in the series Shadow Game.
Carol BMary Heron
I LOVED this book. I didn't even wait for the library to have it. I had to have it now. Jonas and Camellia were the main characters with lots of friends thrown in. Kyle and Jeff of course were the main two others we got to visit, but to see Ryland and Lily again was wonderful. In the midst of him finding the person that was perfect for him, someone was trying to kill all of Team one and Two. Lots of betrayal and people thinking they are being betrayed. An excellent story and one of the bes Ghostwalker stories.
WendyInWVCarol BM
"Phantom Game" is probably the best book in her "Game" series. They're all well-written, but this one really stands out. This book is very much story-driven, as well as being a bit different in another way: it's not one "get naked & pretend we're rabbits" scene after another. Not even a kiss until page 108, and they don't get down to serious bedroom business until page 258. To be honest, I think that's part of what made this an awesome read-- a bit like going to a banquet and no one gets "dessert first". Jonas and Camellia are very believable characters, and their actions & reactions progress logically and smoothly throughout the story. You *know* they will have problems and difficulties, but you *want* them to make it, to be able to build a life together. Ms. Feehan makes you suspend reality and enter into the world she's created. You almost hate to get to the last page! I won't give any "spoilers", but if you've read any of Ms. Feehan "Game" series, you will almost certainly enjoy this one. A. Lot. If I could give this book more than 5 stars, I would. It was, fun, interesting, compelling, emotional, and leaves the reader with a sense of satisfaction at the end.
Short Excerpt Teaser
1
The mountains rose up, climbing higher and higher, towering all around, the peaks reaching for the clouds. All along the mountainsides and in the valleys between, red cedar, whitebark pine and spruce trees vied for space. This was true forest, two million acres of actual wilderness, most of it, left to the animals that were native to the area. Grizzlies, black bears, mountain lions, moose, timber wolves, mountain goats, elk, bighorn sheep and mule deer all made the vast forest home, along with a range of smaller animals.
Jonas "Smoke" Harper, Dr. Kyle Forbes and Jeff Hollister, three of the genetically and psychically enhanced members of GhostWalker Team One, continued along the nearly nonexistent game trail they'd been traveling for the past three hours.
"You still getting that bad feeling in your gut, Jonas?" Jeff asked.
Jonas scanned the dense forest with narrowed eyes, maintaining his purposefully relaxed gait while keeping his hand close to his weapon. "Yep."
Kyle sighed. "You sure it isn't just a stitch in your side?"
"Yep."
"You did notice that the higher we climb, the more bear scat we're coming across," Jeff said.
"Yep."
"Just thought I'd point that out." A small grin lit Jeff's face.
"I'm not sure he actually knows how to talk, Jeff," Kyle said. "Ryland did warn us. Said if we volunteered to come with him, we'd hear nothing but grunts for days."
"Wait." Smile fading, Jeff halted abruptly and glared at his companions. "You volunteered? Ryland ordered me to come with you two. Said I had to protect your asses."
Jonas and Kyle stopped as well, and Jonas took the opportunity to study Jeff without appearing to do so. It had been a couple of years since Jeff had recovered from a stroke that would have put any normal soldier out of commission for good. Jeff had fought his way back.
Jeff, like most men in the government's GhostWalker program, wasn't anyone's definition of a normal soldier anymore. These men were, instead, the products of a military experiment that hadn't quite gone as expected. They had gone into the program volunteering for psychic enhancements with the expectation of being of more use to their country, but along with removing filters in their brains, Dr. Peter Whitney had also performed experimental gene coding on them. That part they had not signed up for.
Worse, the first of Whitney's gene-coding experiments had been illegally performed on young orphan girls, with disastrous results. Those initial failures hadn't stopped Whitney though. Instead, he'd forged ahead with similar gene modifications on the soldiers, believing that grown men could better handle the pressures of the enhancements than the female children had. Team One had lost several of the men in their unit, and Jeff had suffered a brain bleed and stroke. He was fully recovered, but the entire team tended to watch over him, Jonas especially.
The survivors of Whitney's experiments were all admittedly stronger, and they now possessed some very incredible abilities, but those benefits had come at a steep price. They were all continuing to learn just how steep that price could be. Lily Whitney-Miller, Peter Whitney's adopted daughter, who was now married to their team leader, Captain Ryland Miller, had given them all exercises to do to strengthen the barricades in their minds. That allowed the ones who had been wide open to be able to be in public without an "anchor"-one who drew emotion and psychic overload from them-at least for short periods of time.
Jeff looked good to Jonas, but still, he glanced at Kyle just to make certain. Kyle would be better at making an assessment. If the doc thought Jeff needed a break, he'd find an excuse to take one. Jeff never shirked the physical therapy designed to strengthen the weaker side of his body or the mental exercises to strengthen the barriers in his brain. He stayed in therapy the brain surgeon recommended to ensure the psychic talents he used didn't bring on another bleed. He was one of the hardest-working GhostWalkers Jonas knew-and that was saying a lot.
Their unit, GhostWalker Team One, was tight. They looked out for one another. They trusted few others, and those they brought in, they did so slowly and carefully. Years ago, their team had been set up for murder, separated and held in cages, essentially waiting to die. Ryland had planned their escape, and Lily had hidden them at her estate until they could get to the bottom of the conspiracy against them. In the end, they had managed to come out on t...
The mountains rose up, climbing higher and higher, towering all around, the peaks reaching for the clouds. All along the mountainsides and in the valleys between, red cedar, whitebark pine and spruce trees vied for space. This was true forest, two million acres of actual wilderness, most of it, left to the animals that were native to the area. Grizzlies, black bears, mountain lions, moose, timber wolves, mountain goats, elk, bighorn sheep and mule deer all made the vast forest home, along with a range of smaller animals.
Jonas "Smoke" Harper, Dr. Kyle Forbes and Jeff Hollister, three of the genetically and psychically enhanced members of GhostWalker Team One, continued along the nearly nonexistent game trail they'd been traveling for the past three hours.
"You still getting that bad feeling in your gut, Jonas?" Jeff asked.
Jonas scanned the dense forest with narrowed eyes, maintaining his purposefully relaxed gait while keeping his hand close to his weapon. "Yep."
Kyle sighed. "You sure it isn't just a stitch in your side?"
"Yep."
"You did notice that the higher we climb, the more bear scat we're coming across," Jeff said.
"Yep."
"Just thought I'd point that out." A small grin lit Jeff's face.
"I'm not sure he actually knows how to talk, Jeff," Kyle said. "Ryland did warn us. Said if we volunteered to come with him, we'd hear nothing but grunts for days."
"Wait." Smile fading, Jeff halted abruptly and glared at his companions. "You volunteered? Ryland ordered me to come with you two. Said I had to protect your asses."
Jonas and Kyle stopped as well, and Jonas took the opportunity to study Jeff without appearing to do so. It had been a couple of years since Jeff had recovered from a stroke that would have put any normal soldier out of commission for good. Jeff had fought his way back.
Jeff, like most men in the government's GhostWalker program, wasn't anyone's definition of a normal soldier anymore. These men were, instead, the products of a military experiment that hadn't quite gone as expected. They had gone into the program volunteering for psychic enhancements with the expectation of being of more use to their country, but along with removing filters in their brains, Dr. Peter Whitney had also performed experimental gene coding on them. That part they had not signed up for.
Worse, the first of Whitney's gene-coding experiments had been illegally performed on young orphan girls, with disastrous results. Those initial failures hadn't stopped Whitney though. Instead, he'd forged ahead with similar gene modifications on the soldiers, believing that grown men could better handle the pressures of the enhancements than the female children had. Team One had lost several of the men in their unit, and Jeff had suffered a brain bleed and stroke. He was fully recovered, but the entire team tended to watch over him, Jonas especially.
The survivors of Whitney's experiments were all admittedly stronger, and they now possessed some very incredible abilities, but those benefits had come at a steep price. They were all continuing to learn just how steep that price could be. Lily Whitney-Miller, Peter Whitney's adopted daughter, who was now married to their team leader, Captain Ryland Miller, had given them all exercises to do to strengthen the barricades in their minds. That allowed the ones who had been wide open to be able to be in public without an "anchor"-one who drew emotion and psychic overload from them-at least for short periods of time.
Jeff looked good to Jonas, but still, he glanced at Kyle just to make certain. Kyle would be better at making an assessment. If the doc thought Jeff needed a break, he'd find an excuse to take one. Jeff never shirked the physical therapy designed to strengthen the weaker side of his body or the mental exercises to strengthen the barriers in his brain. He stayed in therapy the brain surgeon recommended to ensure the psychic talents he used didn't bring on another bleed. He was one of the hardest-working GhostWalkers Jonas knew-and that was saying a lot.
Their unit, GhostWalker Team One, was tight. They looked out for one another. They trusted few others, and those they brought in, they did so slowly and carefully. Years ago, their team had been set up for murder, separated and held in cages, essentially waiting to die. Ryland had planned their escape, and Lily had hidden them at her estate until they could get to the bottom of the conspiracy against them. In the end, they had managed to come out on t...
