The Taker

  • Author: Alma Katsu
  • Narrator: Laurel Lefkow
  • Publisher: Simon & Schuster
  • Duration: 14:47:58
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Synopsis

From the author of The Hunger—hailed by Stephen King as “deeply, deeply disturbing, hard to put down”—comes a hauntingly atmospheric tale replete with alchemy, lust, and betrayal.

True love can last an eternity...but immortality comes at a price...

On the midnight shift at a hospital in rural Maine, Dr. Luke Findley is expecting another quiet evening of frostbite and the occasional domestic dispute. But the minute Lanore McIlvrae—Lanny—walks into his ER, she changes his life forever. A mysterious woman with a past and plenty of dark secrets, Lanny is unlike anyone Luke has ever met. He is inexplicably drawn to her...despite the fact that she is a murder suspect with a police escort. And as she begins to tell her story, a story of enduring love and consummate betrayal that transcends time and mortality, Luke finds himself utterly captivated.

Her impassioned account begins at the turn of the nineteenth century in the same small town of St. Andrew, Maine, back when it was a Puritan settlement. Consumed as a child by her love for the son of the town’s founder, Lanny will do anything to be with him forever. But the price she pays is steep—an immortal bond that chains her to a terrible fate for all eternity. And now, two centuries later, the key to her healing and her salvation lies with Dr. Luke Findley.

Part historical novel, part supernatural page-turner, The Taker is an unforgettable tale about the power of unrequited love not only to elevate and sustain, but also to blind and ultimately destroy, and how each of us is responsible for finding our own path to redemption.

Chapters

  • TheTaker 21 Ch19

    Duration: 23min
  • TheTaker 22 Ch20

    Duration: 22min
  • TheTaker 23 Ch21

    Duration: 18min
  • TheTaker 24 Ch22

    Duration: 13min
  • TheTaker 25 Ch23

    Duration: 14min
  • TheTaker 26 Ch24

    Duration: 26min
  • TheTaker 27 Ch25

    Duration: 15min
  • TheTaker 28 Ch26

    Duration: 19min
  • TheTaker 29 Ch27

    Duration: 11min
  • TheTaker 30 Ch28

    Duration: 19min
  • TheTaker 31 Ch29

    Duration: 18min
  • TheTaker 32 Ch30

    Duration: 26min
  • TheTaker 33 Ch31

    Duration: 10min
  • TheTaker 34 Part3Ch32

    Duration: 05min
  • TheTaker 35 Ch33

    Duration: 23min
  • TheTaker 36 Ch34

    Duration: 20min
  • TheTaker 37 Ch35

    Duration: 19min
  • TheTaker 38 Ch36

    Duration: 06min
  • TheTaker 39 Ch37

    Duration: 25min
  • TheTaker 40 Ch38

    Duration: 18min
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