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Lords of the Underworld #4.7
The Darkest Facts
New York Times bestselling author Gena Showalter has enthralled thousands of readers with her Lords of the Underworld series. Delve into this darkly sensual world with The Darkest Facts, a companion guide….I, Cronus, King of the Titans, powerful warrior god, defender of the people, hereby command you to read and enjoy this Lords of the Underworld guide. I am not mentioned nearly enough, but that is neither here nor there. What you will find in this guide notes from those vile fools, the Hunters; interviews with the Lords of the Underworld, as organized by that irreverent whelp William the Ever Randy; a candid discussion about the Lords of the Underworld among their women; answers to questions readers have been dying to know; and an intimate look at my very own sacred scrolls.As I said, you will read and you will enjoy. That is your mission. Nay, your honor. Do not disappoint me. You will not like the results. Just ask Aeron, keeper of the demon of Wrath. Bad things tend to happen.This Lords of the Underworld guide is also available in the anthology Into the Dark.Discover how the Lords of the Underworld series began in The Darkest Night, and look for the latest novel, The Darkest Seduction, available now.
186 pages, Kindle Edition
First published January 1, 2010
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Gena Showalter
265 books27.9k followersGena Showalter is the New York Times and USA TODAY bestselling author of over seventy books, including the acclaimed Lords of the Underworld series, the Gods of War series, the White Rabbit Chronicles, and the Forest of Good and Evil series. She writes sizzling paranormal romance, heartwarming contemporary romance, and unputdownable young adult novels, and lives in Oklahoma City with her family and menagerie of dogs and cats.
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November 18, 2017
@ilknur a.k.a iko hatunum sağ olsun yollamıştı bana.
Seriye başlamadan önce okunması karakterleri tanımak açısından çok iyi olur.
January 2, 2022
yıllar önce okudum ama niye eklemedim acaba diye ben de merak ediyorum bak :D:D:D:D (kübra yazana kadar fark etmedim.....)
bunun çıktısını falan alın hatta, bulunsun yanınızda :D:D:D:DD:DD bayağı yararlı çünkü karakterleri tanımak adına. özellikle dövmeleri fln nerde, kaşı gözü ne renk.
hehe :D:D:D
bunun çıktısını falan alın hatta, bulunsun yanınızda :D:D:D:DD:DD bayağı yararlı çünkü karakterleri tanımak adına. özellikle dövmeleri fln nerde, kaşı gözü ne renk.
hehe :D:D:D
May 30, 2017
Fun and informative!
August 30, 2015
The Darkest Facts appears in print in Dark Beginnings and Into the Dark.
The Darkest Facts contains:
- Behind the Scenes: Creating the Lords of the Underworld
- At home with the Lords of the Underworld
- Round table: the women of the underworld speak
- Frequently asked questions
- Sneak peek of The Darkest Passion
- The Sacred Scrolls
- Glossary of Characters and Terms
My full review.
The Darkest Facts contains:
- Behind the Scenes: Creating the Lords of the Underworld
- At home with the Lords of the Underworld
- Round table: the women of the underworld speak
- Frequently asked questions
- Sneak peek of The Darkest Passion
- The Sacred Scrolls
- Glossary of Characters and Terms
My full review.
November 28, 2017
Umm no fue la gran cosa tenia potencial por lo curioso me gusto la parte de la entrevistan a los señores pero me hubiera gustado que lo lanzará ahora que ya todos los señores tienen pareja asi que me dejo debiendo...
July 27, 2015
Hasta donde recuerdo no mostraba nada realmente nuevo, pero fue interesante leerlo mientars esperaba el siguiente
September 27, 2011
This lovely fun companion guide was written before the release of The Darkest Passion and The Darkest Lies. I’ve read both of them but I still found this to be helpful as well as a fun read. It’s pretty quick to get through and I think worth any avid LOTU fan’s time to check it out. Now I’m just going to talk a little bit about each section you get…
Twenty(ish) Questions with Kresley Cole
This was a really fun feature in this extras guide. You can see the friendship that Kresley and Gena have and it really seeped off the questions. I absolutely loved hearing about Gena’s favorite Lords, ladies and some up-coming ideas she has for the series (actually quite a few ides!!!!!). I loved finding out which book she loves the best so far and even what demon she would house if she had her choice! It made me giggle and kept me VERY excited about the future of the series. I love that Gena isn’t really a planner with her writing, that she lets things come to her and that is really interesting to think about with how entwined her books really are. It was also fun to hear that she talks to her characters, I know some people don’t understand that, but I think that it shows in Gena’s writing how much she really cares about her characters!
Favorite Quote: The second most requested is Torin. And I have a very special lady in mind for him… (is it me??!! Please say it’s me. Ok, maybe not but I can hope can’t I?!)
Classified: Files from the Private Records of Dean Stefano, the Hunters’ Second-in-Command
This was a fun and clever little section. It was fun to see from the POV of the Hunter’s for a little bit and get a little bit of a refresher on all of the Lords we’ve met so far. I actually found myself smugly laughing and rolling my eyes during some parts of this section with how wrong Stefano is in so may areas when it comes to the Lords. It also made me a little nervous because there were a couple of objectives that had me sweating a little bit…maybe they’ll play a part later in the series maybe they won’t, but you can tell the Hunter’s have done their homework.
Favorite Quote: Subject was created, not born, yet has a birthmark on the right side of his buttocks. Small, brown and jagged at the edges.
Behind the Scenes: Creating the Lords of the Underworld & Awakening Pandora
This section was fun to see all the different ideas that Gena had before getting to the actual story line of the Lords of the Underworlds. She had the ideas of using Pandora’s Box and especially the demon of Death. I actually wouldn’t mind seeing someone write a story about death going to Vegas to collect a soul that ends up being a sexy girl who he falls in love with and marries. Haha, that would be fun.
Now about Awakening Pandora, it was the first few chapters of the first book she had really started writing. I didn’t read all of the book only the prologue and chapter 1. It was just hard to get into it knowing that it isn’t ever going to be finished and that Maddox is the first person she talks about and how his woman is supposed to be Farrah…sorry in my mind Maddox is with Ashlyn and that can’t ever change!
At Home with the Lords of the Underworld
This was very funny and cleverly written. Basically our beloved William interviews all of the Lords and asks them general questions. Some of the answers were completely obvious and didn’t give us any new information but some of the answers were just hilarious. I caught myself giggling a lot. I can’t wait for Williams book now since we are still being set up that he’s going to fall for Gilly.
Round Table: The Women of the Underworld Speak
This part was also a lot of fun. Gilly ended up asking all of our lovely ladies questions about the guys and it was fun to continue to see all of their individual personalities and some more set-up for Gilly’s relationship.
Frequently Asked Questions
Great section that actually has answered some of my own questions! I love that Gena is thinking about getting a LOTU butterfly tattoo herself (if she hasn’t already) and I’ve been tossing around the same idea. I’m going to keep looking into it but I was thinking of getting it put on my right rib cage…what do you ladies think? Anyway, that’s off topic, this was a fun section I think everyone who is a fan of the series needs to read!
Sneak Peek
This was the first little part of The Darkest Passion…since I’ve already read the book I just skipped over it.
The Sacred Scrolls
So many of us know that Cronus gave the Lords a scroll that contains all the demons who are still out there and have yet to be found. They are supposed to go out and find them all…well be looking for Distrust, Greed, Hate, Indifference, Intolerance, Irresponsibility, Jealousy, Narcissism, Nightmares, Obsession, Selfishness and Strife! Yep that’s 12 MORE demons out there. We do find out about three of them in the next couple of books but that leaves 9 demons unaccounted for!!!!! How exciting.
Twenty(ish) Questions with Kresley Cole
This was a really fun feature in this extras guide. You can see the friendship that Kresley and Gena have and it really seeped off the questions. I absolutely loved hearing about Gena’s favorite Lords, ladies and some up-coming ideas she has for the series (actually quite a few ides!!!!!). I loved finding out which book she loves the best so far and even what demon she would house if she had her choice! It made me giggle and kept me VERY excited about the future of the series. I love that Gena isn’t really a planner with her writing, that she lets things come to her and that is really interesting to think about with how entwined her books really are. It was also fun to hear that she talks to her characters, I know some people don’t understand that, but I think that it shows in Gena’s writing how much she really cares about her characters!
Favorite Quote: The second most requested is Torin. And I have a very special lady in mind for him… (is it me??!! Please say it’s me. Ok, maybe not but I can hope can’t I?!)
Classified: Files from the Private Records of Dean Stefano, the Hunters’ Second-in-Command
This was a fun and clever little section. It was fun to see from the POV of the Hunter’s for a little bit and get a little bit of a refresher on all of the Lords we’ve met so far. I actually found myself smugly laughing and rolling my eyes during some parts of this section with how wrong Stefano is in so may areas when it comes to the Lords. It also made me a little nervous because there were a couple of objectives that had me sweating a little bit…maybe they’ll play a part later in the series maybe they won’t, but you can tell the Hunter’s have done their homework.
Favorite Quote: Subject was created, not born, yet has a birthmark on the right side of his buttocks. Small, brown and jagged at the edges.
Behind the Scenes: Creating the Lords of the Underworld & Awakening Pandora
This section was fun to see all the different ideas that Gena had before getting to the actual story line of the Lords of the Underworlds. She had the ideas of using Pandora’s Box and especially the demon of Death. I actually wouldn’t mind seeing someone write a story about death going to Vegas to collect a soul that ends up being a sexy girl who he falls in love with and marries. Haha, that would be fun.
Now about Awakening Pandora, it was the first few chapters of the first book she had really started writing. I didn’t read all of the book only the prologue and chapter 1. It was just hard to get into it knowing that it isn’t ever going to be finished and that Maddox is the first person she talks about and how his woman is supposed to be Farrah…sorry in my mind Maddox is with Ashlyn and that can’t ever change!
At Home with the Lords of the Underworld
This was very funny and cleverly written. Basically our beloved William interviews all of the Lords and asks them general questions. Some of the answers were completely obvious and didn’t give us any new information but some of the answers were just hilarious. I caught myself giggling a lot. I can’t wait for Williams book now since we are still being set up that he’s going to fall for Gilly.
Round Table: The Women of the Underworld Speak
This part was also a lot of fun. Gilly ended up asking all of our lovely ladies questions about the guys and it was fun to continue to see all of their individual personalities and some more set-up for Gilly’s relationship.
Frequently Asked Questions
Great section that actually has answered some of my own questions! I love that Gena is thinking about getting a LOTU butterfly tattoo herself (if she hasn’t already) and I’ve been tossing around the same idea. I’m going to keep looking into it but I was thinking of getting it put on my right rib cage…what do you ladies think? Anyway, that’s off topic, this was a fun section I think everyone who is a fan of the series needs to read!
Sneak Peek
This was the first little part of The Darkest Passion…since I’ve already read the book I just skipped over it.
The Sacred Scrolls
So many of us know that Cronus gave the Lords a scroll that contains all the demons who are still out there and have yet to be found. They are supposed to go out and find them all…well be looking for Distrust, Greed, Hate, Indifference, Intolerance, Irresponsibility, Jealousy, Narcissism, Nightmares, Obsession, Selfishness and Strife! Yep that’s 12 MORE demons out there. We do find out about three of them in the next couple of books but that leaves 9 demons unaccounted for!!!!! How exciting.
August 18, 2021
✨No es una opinión coqueta, en todo caso diría que es una revelación de chismes y chingos de spoilers✨
Las primeras preguntas fueron realizadas por su amada Kresley Cole a Gena y van desde: quién es su señor favorito, el menos favorito, ideas sobre los nombres que uso para los personajes, el desarrollo del personaje, la trama, los misteriosos artefactos y como nació la idea en general.
También contiene las primeras ideas y capítulos sobre los señores y el rumbo que tomaría la historia.
Honestamente me encantaron esos 3 capítulos sobre Maddox 😍 y realmente me habría gustado saber más y sumergirme en esa historia.
Contiene entrevistas bastante interesantes con los Señores y sus mujeres, realizadas por Willie y Gilly (está última por mandato de Willie 🤦🏽♀️, el amor es ciego dicen).
A demás de las fichas técnicas realizadas por Stefano, mano derecha de Galen y obviamente carece de muchos datos porque la mayoría de sus escritos son especulaciones o porque tuvo la suerte de secuestrar algunas víctimas y confirmar sus dudas.
Y como bien lo dice en la sinopsis nos cuenta pocas cosas sobre Chronos, Cronus, Cronos, como sea, la lista de los demonios que faltan y un chingo de spoilers que puede hagan explotar tu cabeza 🤐🤫.
Las primeras preguntas fueron realizadas por su amada Kresley Cole a Gena y van desde: quién es su señor favorito, el menos favorito, ideas sobre los nombres que uso para los personajes, el desarrollo del personaje, la trama, los misteriosos artefactos y como nació la idea en general.
También contiene las primeras ideas y capítulos sobre los señores y el rumbo que tomaría la historia.
Honestamente me encantaron esos 3 capítulos sobre Maddox 😍 y realmente me habría gustado saber más y sumergirme en esa historia.
Contiene entrevistas bastante interesantes con los Señores y sus mujeres, realizadas por Willie y Gilly (está última por mandato de Willie 🤦🏽♀️, el amor es ciego dicen).
A demás de las fichas técnicas realizadas por Stefano, mano derecha de Galen y obviamente carece de muchos datos porque la mayoría de sus escritos son especulaciones o porque tuvo la suerte de secuestrar algunas víctimas y confirmar sus dudas.
Y como bien lo dice en la sinopsis nos cuenta pocas cosas sobre Chronos, Cronus, Cronos, como sea, la lista de los demonios que faltan y un chingo de spoilers que puede hagan explotar tu cabeza 🤐🤫.
July 20, 2016
"Five Stars made of Awesomeness!!"
This is just an awesome FAQ book really helps to keep everything straight in your head (or mine anyway) it also gives you some glimpses inside the minds of other characters it was worth the money for sure... loved the snippets and the character profiles. Sometimes you just wanna remember something about one of the warriors and cannot for the life of you remember... well now just pull this handy dandy out and you will have your answer in no time.
A MUST for any true fan of Lords of the Underworld :)
This is just an awesome FAQ book really helps to keep everything straight in your head (or mine anyway) it also gives you some glimpses inside the minds of other characters it was worth the money for sure... loved the snippets and the character profiles. Sometimes you just wanna remember something about one of the warriors and cannot for the life of you remember... well now just pull this handy dandy out and you will have your answer in no time.
A MUST for any true fan of Lords of the Underworld :)
June 14, 2010
I read this LOTU bonus material/companion guide as part of the Into the Dark anthology, and it includes a funny question/answer section with authors Gena Showalter and Kresley Cole, provides some fun character bios/details, and gives deeper insight into the LOTU series. 4 stars.
April 17, 2024
Contents Overview
This companion guide includes notes from the Hunters, interviews with the Lords of the Underworld organized by William the Ever Randy, discussions among the women in the series, answers to burning reader questions, and insights from Cronus himself, offering an intimate look at the series' lore and characters.
Warning of Consequences
The guide is presented as a mission and an honor, with the implicit threat of dire outcomes for those who fail to comply.
Further Exploration
Readers are encouraged to explore the origins of the series in "The Darkest Night" and to dive into the latest installment, "The Darkest Seduction," for more thrilling adventures in the Lords of the Underworld universe.
This companion guide includes notes from the Hunters, interviews with the Lords of the Underworld organized by William the Ever Randy, discussions among the women in the series, answers to burning reader questions, and insights from Cronus himself, offering an intimate look at the series' lore and characters.
Warning of Consequences
The guide is presented as a mission and an honor, with the implicit threat of dire outcomes for those who fail to comply.
Further Exploration
Readers are encouraged to explore the origins of the series in "The Darkest Night" and to dive into the latest installment, "The Darkest Seduction," for more thrilling adventures in the Lords of the Underworld universe.
June 7, 2018
A catch all of stuff. Some fake interviews conducted by William and a "round table" for the women headed by Gilly. A two chapter short involving "Violence" aka Maddox. An interview of Kressly Cole by Gena Showalter and a Q&A section with fans questions answered. It was okay.
September 19, 2019
This facts book was extremely entertaining and I'm glad Gena wrote it i learned mornin this and I read on before ethis hook because I dodnt know it was even part of the series so now going back to read the novellas before i read book 12 The darkest torment.
October 30, 2021
I went into The Darkest Facts with absolutely no expectations and I was pleasantly surprised by it. I had a lot of fun with it and it’s good bonus for fans of the Lords of the Underworld series.
July 8, 2017
Love the lords!
September 25, 2017
Absolutely loved the interviews by William with the Lords. Very comical.
October 3, 2017
Fun companion to the LOTW
October 16, 2017
William: Zodiac sign?
Aeron: Sign? I’m not holding a sign. My hands are empty.
Aeron: Sign? I’m not holding a sign. My hands are empty.
January 31, 2019
William se lleva todos los méritos
January 3, 2020
This is not a book. It's just facts about the characters in the Series. Useless.
February 17, 2020
Cute little tidbits from the LOTU world. The interviews with William were my favorite! I like having the book about each Lord even if it was written by Dean.
March 10, 2020
A must read. I loved William's interviews. It really helps to see the list of all the characters. I also love the interview with Gena.
August 5, 2020
Las entrevistas de Will son lo mejor 🤣🤣
December 31, 2020
3,5 stars
March 7, 2021
3.5
Ame sobre todo las entrevistas a los personajes
Ame sobre todo las entrevistas a los personajes
April 28, 2021
I liked this and I especially loved the interviews with William, but I missed the actual plot lines
This entire review has been hidden because of spoilers.
May 31, 2021
read from into the dark
June 12, 2021
Good companion to the series.
February 7, 2022
This was really interesting and lots of fun to read
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