Atlantis Unleashed

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“Alyssa Day's Atlantis is flat-out amazing—her sexy and heroic characters make me want to beg for more! I love the complex world she's created!”

—National bestselling author Alexis Morgan

 

“The legend comes to life. Alyssa Day's superb writing, fascinating characters, and edge-of-your-seat story bring the legend of Atlantis to life. I cannot wait until the next installment.” —Award-winning author Colby Hodge

 

 

 

“Alyssa Day creates an amazing and astonishing world in
Atlantis Rising
you'll want to visit again and again.
Atlantis Rising
is romantic, sexy, and utterly compelling. I loved it!”

—
New York Times
bestselling author Christine Feehan

 

“The Poseidon Warriors are HOT!! Can I have one?”

—
USA Today
bestselling author Kerrelyn Sparks

 

“Alyssa Day's characters grab you and take you on a whirlwind adventure. I haven't been so captivated by characters or story in a long time. Enjoy the ride!”

—
New York Times
bestselling author Susan Squires

 

“Alyssa Day has penned a white-hot winner!”

—
New York Times
bestselling author Gena Showalter

 

“Wow! Alyssa Day writes a marvelous paranormal romance set on Earth.”

—
USA Today
bestselling author Susan Kearney

 

“Inventive and electrifying. An exhilarating new series!”

—
Romantic Times

 

“Alyssa Day roars onto the paranormal scene with this tense and magnetic read.”—
Romance Junkies

 

“Fascinating and intriguing . . . Fantastic reinvention of Atlantis.”—
Huntress Reviews

 

“Breathtaking paranormal romance.”—
Fresh Fiction

 

“Wow! What a spectacular series opener . . . The love scenes are sizzling hot.”—
OnceUponARomance.net

 

“The world-building is superb . . . The Warriors of Poseidon are a sexy, chivalrous, and dangerous team [who] create an atmosphere of testosterone so thick you can cut it with a knife; the interaction between this brawny bunch is priceless.”—
ParaNormal Romance Reviews

 

“A cast of sexy but tormented alpha heroes.”

Atlantis Rising
High Prince Conlan's Story

 

“Wild Hearts in Atlantis” from
Wild Thing
Bastien's Story

 

Atlantis Awakening
Lord Vengeance's Story

 

“Shifter's Lady” from
Shifter
Ethan's Story

 

Atlantis Unleashed
Lord Justice's Story

 

 

 

Don't miss
Atlantis Unmasked
, Alexios's story,
and
Atlantis Redeemed
, Brennan's story,
coming soon from Berkley Sensation!

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ATLANTIS UNLEASHED

 

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To Debbie Wooley,
who came up with the title
Atlantis Unleashed
.
Thank you!

 

 

To the best editor and agent on the planet, Cindy Hwang and Steve Axelrod. What can I say? You're like dark chocolate and little fluffy bunnies all rolled up into one. Except not chocolate-covered fluffy bunnies, because that would be gross. And wrong.

To Prudence Scott, friend and archaeologist from Australia, who helped with scientific details about Keely's profession. Any errors are entirely mine and were made in spite of her careful and detailed assistance.

To Leis Pederson, Lori Antonson, and Elsie Turoci, who do the heavy lifting.

To the friends who keep me out of the rubber room during cross-country moves, leaking roofs, and mommy crises: Barbara Ferrer, Cindy Holby, Michelle Cunnah, and Eileen Rendahl: none of my books would ever get written without you.

And especially to Ann Thayer-Cohen and my wonderful reader group at [email protected] and my friends at MySpace who keep me laughing, keep me inspired, and keep me supplied with wonderful titles for my upcoming books—you
rock.

Dear Readers,

 

Welcome back to the world of the Warriors of Poseidon! Thank you for your patience while I worked on this book—Justice is a complex man, which made for a complicated book! Thanks also for continuing to read my books and for writing to let me know how much you're enjoying these stories of the Atlantean warriors and the women who've touched their hearts.

Although the important archaeological find of the Mayan mural at San Bartolo is real and was discovered by Dr. William Saturno as I described, I have taken liberties with the location of nearby villages (and, as far as I know, no rogue vampires have taken over the site in real life).

You can see amazing streaming video of the Mayan mural at
www.pbs.org/wgbh/nova/sciencenow/3401/03.html
, under the Nova ScienceNOW section, if you're a history and archaeology junkie like I am. Scientists speculate that the Mayan civilization in that area at one point exceeded the population of modern-day New York City. But then, over a few short decades, almost everyone simply vanished—and nobody knows exactly why. One theory is that they overbuilt their natural resources. (I'm pretty sure I'm the first to think that vampires had anything to do with it, but then again, I write fiction, so I can imagine anything I want.)

Creation myths, art, and ancient legends from vastly disparate cultures all around the world have so many unex plainable commonalities that it is plain to me that one over-arching, advanced civilization, such as that of Atlantis, could have played a part in these astonishing similarities. They say truth is stranger than fiction, but for me, truth infuses fiction and makes the world of Atlantis so exciting. Thanks for coming along for the ride!

Please be sure to look for Alexios's story,
Atlantis Unmasked
, and Brennan's story,
Atlantis Redeemed
, in book-stores soon and visit me at
www.alyssaday.com
for excerpts, bonus short stories, and downloadable screensavers for members only, or friend me at
www.myspace.com/authoralyssaday
!

 

Hugs,
Alyssa