SPECIAL APPEARANCES: The Lasaran (Aldebarian Alliance: Book 1) and The Segonian (Aldebarian Alliance: Book 2)
A late addition to the Immortal Guardians crew who is also classified as an Other
BIRTHPLACE: Unspecified. Like Seth, Zach, and David, however, he is thousands of years old and has lived long enough to have witnessed biblical events.
GIFT: If you asked the guards down at network headquarters, they’d tell you Jared’s greatest gift is the ability to talk your ear off. But he was actually born with the same gifts Seth and Zach were. The ones we’ve seen thus far in the series include teleportation, telekinesis, and shape-shifting. He’s a powerful telepath and can read minds even over long distances. He can also alter, bury, and erase memories. He can exert mind control over others and can influence their dreams when they sleep. He’s an empath who can read and manipulate the emotions of others without touching them. And he has precognitive dreams.
BIRTHPLACE: Ancient Egypt
GIFT: He has postcognitive (also known as retrocognitive) abilities. These differ from Cat Newcombe’s psychometric abilities. Cat can see the past of objects by touching them. Imhotep, on the other hand, can go to any location and see the events that transpired there in the recent past unfold as if they were happening in that moment.
BIRTHPLACE: United States
GIFT: Even as a mortal, he could heal wounds—even severe injuries—with his hands, something very rare among his generation of gifted ones.
BIRTHPLACE: United States
GIFT: She can manipulate plants with a touch, nourishing them and making them flourish.
David’s Second, a gifted one
BIRTHPLACE: United States
GIFT: Though I’ve only hinted at it in the series, Darnell has precognitive abilities… which is why he wins so many bets with the other Seconds and immortals.
SPECIAL APPEARANCES: None. But on an interesting note, I thought I’d mention something that intrigued members of my Dianne Duvall Books Group. In my mind, Darnell has always been the son of Grant, who is one of Bethany and Josh’s best friends in Rendezvous with Yesterday.
Sean’s Second, a gifted one
BIRTHPLACE: United States
GIFT: Though I’ve only hinted at it once in a scene that I ultimately ended up deleting to reduce the word count of Death of Darkness, she has minor precognitive abilities like Melanie. So if she starts to get a feeling of foreboding, Sean should pay attention.
Krysta and Sean’s mother, a gifted one
BIRTHPLACE: United States
GIFT: She’s an empath who can sense or feel the emotions of others who are nearby.
Krysta and Sean’s father, a gifted one
BIRTHPLACE: United States
GIFT: He has precognitive abilities and can see the future.
Marcus and Ami’s daughter
BIRTHPLACE: United States
GIFT: Until The Lasaran, Adira was the only alien/gifted one hybrid in the universe. The Immortal Guardians have only just begun to identify her gifts. So far they know she’s a telepath. She can project images and replay her own memories in other people’s minds. She connected with her Uncle Taelon on a psychic level over long distances before she was even born and saw his torture in her dreams. She has empathic abilities. And she has very strong telekinetic abilities, so strong that she can use them to defend herself.
SPECIAL APPEARANCES: The Lasaran (Aldebarian Alliance: Book 1)
Roland’s descendant, whom he and Sarah adopted
BIRTHPLACE: United States
GIFT: He has surprisingly strong telekinetic abilities and can move objects with his mind.
Leah’s stepfather
BIRTHPLACE: United States
GIFT: He has telekinetic abilities.
Leah’s nephew, Adira and Michael’s playmate
BIRTHPLACE: United States
GIFT: He, too, has telekinetic abilities and can move objects with his mind.
Leah’s brother
BIRTHPLACE: United States
GIFT: Though we have not seen him exercise his gift, Leah mentions it in Death of Darkness, describing it as a telekinetic ability that’s a bit different from that of his father. Ben’s ability enables him to manipulate matter, changing and reshaping it.
Thank you for reading An Immortal Guardians Companion. I hope you enjoyed it. I thought 2021 would be the perfect year to publish a companion to the Immortal Guardians series because it marks the tenth anniversary of the release of the first book and the launch of my writing career. I’ve had a lot of fun with these characters over the past decade and look forward to having even more in the years to come.
If you haven’t tried the two related series—Aldebarian Alliance and The Gifted Ones—I hope the character interviews you encountered in this companion will tempt you into giving them a peek. I admit I grin big whenever a reader tells me she usually doesn’t like sci-fi romance but loved The Lasaran or The Segonian or that historical romance isn’t really her cup of tea, but when she heard Seth made appearances in A Sorceress of His Own and Rendezvous with Yesterday she reluctantly gave them a listen and ended up loving them. I also grin big whenever men tell me they don’t usually read or listen to romance but are hooked on the Immortal Guardians and related series now thanks to their girlfriends, wives, moms, or even aunts who talked them into reading my books or listening to them on road trips.
In case you were wondering why I didn’t write a character interview for the Cliff’s Descent Blog Tour, I ultimately opted not to because I wanted to keep fans guessing regarding how the book would end. If Sheldon interviewed Emma and Cliff after the fact, then everyone would know even before diving into the story how it would end. And if Sheldon interviewed Emma and Cliff before their story concluded… Well, I like to keep the tone of the character interviews light and didn’t think that possible considering how Cliff was struggling. Sheldon can be pretty outrageous. So I could see him asking something along the lines of, “Cliff, do you ever use your insanity as a sort of Get Out of Jail Free card? Like, for example, if Emma complains about you leaving the toilet seat up, do you ever say, I can’t help it. The voices made me do it?” But somehow that didn’t seem appropriate.
Thank you again for reading An Immortal Guardians Companion. If you enjoyed it, please consider rating or reviewing it at an online retailer of your choice. As always, I appreciate your support so much and love seeing that one of my books or audiobooks made a reader happy. Ratings and reviews are also an excellent way to recommend an author’s books, create word of mouth, and help other readers find new favorites.
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Dianne Duvall is the New York Times and USA Today Bestselling Author of the acclaimed Immortal Guardians paranormal romance series, the Aldebarian Alliance sci-fi romance series, and The Gifted Ones medieval and time-travel romance series. She is known for writing stories full of action that will keep you flipping pages well past your bedtime, strong heroes who adore strong heroines, lovable secondary characters, swoon-worthy romance, and humor that readers frequently complain makes them laugh out loud at inappropriate moments. Reviewers have called Dianne's books "fast-paced and humorous" (Publishers Weekly), "utterly addictive" (RT Book Reviews), "extraordinary" (Long and Short Reviews), and "wonderfully imaginative" (The Romance Reviews).