Millenia ago, the Greek gods created immortal warriors as their guardians. But when they gave a box containing demons who escaped hell to the female warrior Pandora to guard, the other warriors became angry. To show that Pandora wasn't good enough for the job, they stole the box and opened it, thereby freeing the demons. In the following chaos, the box was lost and the demons were out of control, so the gods decided to punish the warriors be forcing them to carry the demons (death, disease, wrath, etc.# inside them. Then they were banished to earth, were they were soon despised and ruthlessly hunted by the Hunters, a group of humans secretly led by another demon. The Lords of the Underworld tells the stories of these immortal warriors.


Anya, the goddess of anarchy, has fallen in love with Lucien, the immortal warrior who is possessed by the demon Death. He's also attracted to her, but unfortunately for both of them, an enemy god wants her dead and threatens Lucien's friends if he doesn't follow his orders and kills her. At the same time, she could help Lucien find hidden artifacts that might help the Lords regain Pandora's box. If their enemies should get it first, they will kill the Lords by extracting their demons. The race is on...

I didn't particularly like this book in the series, mostly because both Anya and Lucian treat each other really badly for most of the book. They are emotionally and physically cruel to each other. The rest of the series - so far - is good, but this novel was disappointing.

Lords of the Underworld: the series so far
1. The Darkest Fire #2008#, in Into the dark and in Dark beginnings #anthologies#
2. The Darkest Night #2008#
3. The Darkest Kiss #2008#
4. The Darkest Pleasure #2008#
5. The darkest prison, in Into the dark and in Dark beginnings #anthologies#
6. The Darkest Whisper #2009#
7. The darkest angel, in Heart of darkness and in Dark beginnings #anthologies#
8. The Darkest Passion #2010#
9. The Darkest Lie #2010#
10. The Darkest Secret #2011#
11. The Darkest Surrender #2011)