Eve of Darkness

A Marked Novel Book 1

by S. J. Day

Tor Books

Science Fiction / Fantasy

May 29, 2018

ISBN-10: 125016589X

ISBN-13: 9781250165893

Available in: Paperback, Audio, e-Book (reprint)

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Eve of Darkness
by S. J. Day

From Sylvia Day, the #1 New York Times and international bestselling author of the Crossfire® series comes this steamy series starting with Eve of Darkness.

Years ago, Evangeline Hollis spent a blistering night with a darkly seductive man she can’t forget. But that evening of addictive pleasure has become a disaster of biblical proportions: She’s been branded with the Mark of Cain.

Thrust into a world where sinners are marked and drafted to kill demons, Eve’s former one-night stand, Cain, is now her mentor—and his equally sexy brother Abel is her new boss.

Now Eve has become the latest point of contention in the oldest case of sibling rivalry in history…

Cursed by God, hunted by demons, desired by Cain and Abel… All in a day’s work.

Originally published May 2009 in mass market paperback and reissued January 2013 in trade paperback and eBook.



S. J. Day's Bio

I've been a published author for over three years now and have been blessed to have sold 17 novels and several novellas to several different publishers during that time. I've won many awards for my writing and a few of my books have been national bestsellers, but the MARKED series is a whole 'nother animal altogether. It's the most ambitious, exhausting, over-my-head project I have ever had the fortune to tackle. I love it and was once again blessed when I found my editor Heather Osborn and publisher Tor-Forge, who loved the concept as much as I do. They asked me to write the first three books together so they could release them back-to-back in Spring 2009. I'm incredibly grateful for their enthusiasm and faith.

So here I am, a veteran feeling like a newbie. New name, new genre, giant hopes and expectations. I hope you'll try the MARKED series when it releases in May, June and July 2009. I can promise I put my heart and soul into these books, and I think they're my best work yet.

No matter what genre I write in, I have a few storytelling "trademarks" — strong but sympathetic heroine, moments of humor, plot twists, sexual tension (one of my strengths, if I say so myself), vivid descriptions, and breakneck pacing.

I was born in South Central Los Angeles and moved to Orange County, CA when I was in the fourth grade. I stayed until my early-20's, when I joined the U.S. Army Military Intelligence as a Russian Linguist/Interrogator. My family still lives in Orange County. I live a bit further inland now, in a wine valley. (However, I don't drink wine. It gives me a headache.) You'll see a lot of this history and these settings in the MARKED series, so in many ways it's very personal. From my heart to your hands, you could say.