Midnight Predator

2002 cover
Author	Amelia Atwater-Rhodes
Cover artist	Cliff Nielsen
Country	United States
Language	English
Series	Den of Shadows
Genre	Gothic, Horror, Vampire, Teen
Publisher	Delacorte Press, a division of Random House
Publication date	May 2002
Media type	Print (hardback & paperback)
Pages	248 pp (first edition hardcover)
ISBN	0-385-32794-3 (first edition hardcover)
Preceded by	Shattered Mirror (2001)
Followed by	Hawksong (2003)

Midnight Predator is a vampire novel written by Amelia Atwater-Rhodes, published in 2002 when the author was 18. The novel was an ALA Quick Pick and “a must-read” according to School Library Journal, who also wrote that “the plot and characters are so skillfully intertwined that each one moves the story to its thoughtful ending.” Fannie Heaslip Lea’s poem "The Dead Faith" appears in the beginning of the book.

Summary

Though she was once a happy teenager with a wonderful family and a full life, Turquoise Draka is now a hunter, committed to no higher purpose than making money and staying alive. In a deadly world of vampires, shape-shifters, and powerful mercenaries, she'll track any prey if the price is right. Her current assignment: to assassinate Jeshickah, one of the cruelest vampires in history. Her employer: an unknown contact who wants the job done fast. Her major obstacle: she'll have to mask her strength and enter Midnight, a fabled Vampire realm, as a human slave. Vulnerable and defenseless, she faces her greatest challenge ever.^[1]