Shadow Game

Written by Christine Feehan

Narrated by Tom Stechschulte

Publishers Weekly calls Christine Feehan's Shadow Game a "sensational offering" of supernatural romance. Scientist Lily Whitney is recruited by her father to help on a top-secret government experiment involving a group of psychic soldiers. Blessed with the gift herself, Lily is immediately drawn to the brooding Captain Ryland Miller. But when her father is murdered, Lily will need Ryland's help to catch the killer.

• Language: English
• Publisher: Recorded Books, Inc.
• Release date: May 14, 2010
• ISBN: 9781449814519

Christine Feehan

Christine Feehan is a #1 New York Times bestselling author, with over 90 published novels in seven different series: Dark Series, GhostWalker Series, Leopard Series, Drake Sisters Series, Sea Haven Series, Shadow Series, and Torpedo Ink Series. All seven of her series have hit the #1 spot on the New York Times bestseller list.

Reviews for Shadow Game

[Michelle Kugbola · Rating: 3 out of 5 stars]

A good start to the series. Really likable characters and I'm looking forward to the other books in the series.

[whiteravensoars · Rating: 5 out of 5 stars]

A great beginning to the epic series. I have all of Feehan's books and love to read them over and over. This book was a great start and she has this way of making you fall in love with the characters from the very beginning of the book. Making you want to learn more of their lives in the books that follow.

[gpangel_1 · Rating: 4 out of 5 stars]

This was the first Christine Feehan book I read. I know she has an extremely popular Vampire Romance series, and I will someday work my way through those, but the Ghostwalker series is not bad.This first one sets the stage for future novels in the series. The Ghostwalkers each have special paranormal abilities. The government would love to use those talents for their own purposes. So, the crew finds themselves on the run. But, they are captured and kept in cages while experiments are done on them. However, the man in charge of the experiments has a daughter helping him, and she herself is gifted. As she learns about her past, she helps the Ghostwalkers escape. Their lives are in danger from those that want to keep them imprisoned. This book does have some fairly ridiculous senarios. As is Feehan's trademark, the novel is part plot, part romance/sex scenes. The couple chose some really strange places to make love. That was the part that got on my nerves a bit. Also, too many sex scenes can distract from the plot, IMO.This is the best one in the series. I have read four of the other novels in this series. These can seem repetitive , especially if you read them too close together. Overall a B.

[addictofromance · Rating: 5 out of 5 stars]

I have very few complaint about Christine Feehan, and I have fallen in love with the 'Ghostwalker Series', this is the second time that I have read Shadow Game and it was good to read this one again, and I plan on reading the rest of the series. This is the first book in the Ghostwalker Series, with Cpt. Ryland Miller and Lily Whitney has the main characters. Lily has grown up with mental abilities and is a anchor and is able to help others that have issues controlling their mental powers. Her father Peter Whitney brings her on to his latest project. Peter Whitney brought in a group of men that were in the Special Op's division of the military, the best of the best literally. Peter manipulated their minds so that they had mental abilities, and put them in cages in a secured location. The moment that Ryland and Lily meet, the ground shifts and there is a instant connection between them. Ryland is amazed, because the moment Lily enters the room, all the pain in his head disappears, and he is able to concentrate clearly and efficiently. Ryland and Lily have a strong connected to each other, and are able to communicate mentally, and Ryland is desperate to get his men out of their prison and be free once more. Ryland is losing one of his men slowly one at a time, and knows that he and his men must escape as soon as possible, or they will all be dead. After Peter Whitney is killed, Lily although grief stricken, finds some truths about her father and her childhood that haunts her. However, despite all that she is suffering, she manages to help Ryland and his team escape, and transfer them to her house. One of his men Jeff, is injured, and she slowly helps him recover. Together as Ryland and Lily work toward the mysterious of Lily's past, the passion and the connection them becomes stronger and deeper than ever.This is a exciting adventure with twists and turns of intrigue and sizziling passions and intense suspense that keep you on the edge of your seat. Definitely a page turner, and the characters both main and minor characters, thoroughly charm its readers. I found myself being drawn to both Ryland and Lily, who are both strong characters and have powerful abilities, and are able to work together to discover the mysteries of Peter Whitney. Although Ryland hates the man, he fells what Lily feels and is able to help her in her grieving for her father whom she loved. Lily however discovers a powerful secret about her childhood. Lily and other young girls had natural mental abilities, which Peter Whitney forced them to use and hurt themselves in the process. It wasn't until Lily hurt her leg in a accident, that Peter Whitney finally faced himself and he found the other girl's homes and raised Lily as his own. This is a deep and emotional story that will tear your heart asunder but will endear you to the story and its captivating characters. This is definitely a read you don't want to miss out on!

[Khandygirl4 · Rating: 5 out of 5 stars]

Truly enjoyed this book. Onto the next one. Fasr moving and enjoyable. As usual it was well written and the narrating was great!

[ftbooklover · Rating: 5 out of 5 stars]

I loved this entire series, not only the characters, but the stories were dynamic with lots of twists, turns, and emotions.

[treehousereader · Rating: 5 out of 5 stars]

DESCRIPTION, NOT REVIEW: The brainchild of renowned scientist Peter Whitney and his brilliant daughter, Lily, the GhostWalker experiment was created to enhance the psychic abilities of an elite squadron, transforming their natural telekenetic powers into a unique military weapon. But something has gone wrong... In the isolated underground, the men have been dying, victims of bizarre accidents. Captain Ryland Miller knows he is next. When Dr. Whitney himself is murdered, Ryland has only one person left to trust: the beautiful Lily. Possessed of an uncanny sixth sense herself, Lily shares Ryland’s every new fear, every betrayal, every growing suspicion, and every passionate beat of the heart. Together, they will be drawn deeper into the labyrinth of her father’s past...and closer to a secret that someone would kill to keep hidden.

[mrslabraden · Rating: 5 out of 5 stars]

I loved this entire series, not only the characters, but the stories were dynamic with lots of twists, turns, and emotions.

[carol420 · Rating: 4 out of 5 stars]

The government is experimenting again and you guessed it, something has gone wrong. A specially recruited group of psychic men from the Special Forces headed by Captain Ryland Miller have agreed to have their psychic abilities enhanced, thus the "Ghostwalkers" are created. Greed breeds evil and when mixed with the military you can be assured their inherent need for secrecy will add another layer of problems. I didn't expect to like this book so much and it's obvious to me that she's setting up for another series with these characters. I'll be waiting for the next book.

[emblue-1 · Rating: 2 out of 5 stars]

Not my style of writing, maybe? Way more romance novel (like what I always pictured trashy romance novels to be like, but I haven't read them) feel to it than I expected. I liked the characters and the concept -- but it just wasn't believable to me (believable in the world of paranormal fiction), and I felt myself forced to keep reading just to finish. I'm confused about all the 5-star ratings....

[cynical_ames · Rating: 2 out of 5 stars]

Love the cover of this edition but when I opened it up to the first page, my heart dropped. The small font combined with almost non-existent line spacing made this reader-unfriendly. The words looked like they'd been desperately crammed on to the page and though environmentally friendly, using fewer pages, it's not something I'd expect from well-established publishers. It made this book seem almost never-ending considering the total number of pages.

Anyway, on to the actual story. This one was "love at first sight" and not the normal kind either, this was insta-love. I swear, if Lily's father and associates hadn't been in the room when Lily and Ryland met, they'd have been trying to get busy through the bars of his cell. No getting to know one another, no slow build up, just bang instant life-long partners.

Despite this unusual lack of romance considering the genre, the science behind these Ghostwalkers was intriguing and perhaps may even explain why there was no courting period: apparently it's possible Lily's father scientifically-engineered the incredibly strong attraction between his daughter and the Captain. Kind of scary to have no choice in the matter, huh?

That's the kind of man her father is, or was. The things he did in the name of his research, his selfish curiosity, were terrifying. He gave no thought to morals or ethics. That's not to say he did these things to be malicious, to take pleasure in others' pain, he only cared about results. If he had to bully a child, cause her pain, to get what he needed, it didn't matter to him. This made him by far the most interesting character and to see his past revealed to Lily, who was horrified but continued to love him in spite of his inhumane deeds.

I'll be continuing the series but hopefully we'll see more romance in the next one.

[bea_writer · Rating: 2 out of 5 stars]

This series has been hit or miss for me. The first book I barely finished. The female lead was not endearing, in fact she got on my nerves. Pretty much the entire series she annoys me. So, if you find that you do not like this book try the second one before you give up.

[tragicbutterfly · Rating: 4 out of 5 stars]

This is the first book I’ve ready by Christine Feehan and I must say, I waited too long! It was hard to get into during the first chapter but once the story got rolling I couldn’t put it down. The characters are rich, engaging, and emotionally identifiable. This is definitely a story to get lost in! I can’t wait to read the next book in this series.


**Warning**
I’m not a literary major & the above review is just my personal opinion. Anything that I may have said that offends you, your intelligence, your profession, or beliefs is unintentional and irrelevant to my personal review. If your opinion differs from mine, please, feel free to make your own comments and disagree.

[ravynwhyt · Rating: 5 out of 5 stars]

A great beginning to the epic series. I have all of Feehan's books and love to read them over and over. This book was a great start and she has this way of making you fall in love with the characters from the very beginning of the book. Making you want to learn more of their lives in the books that follow.

[ladyisis_1 · Rating: 5 out of 5 stars]

I read this story years ago when it first cam out. I loved it then and it was just a wonderful this time. I enjoy Ms. Feehan's writing very much and I have read books from all the series that she is or has worked on. She is very good at weaving intrigue, love and steamy sex together to come up with a can't put down stay too late at night to finish books. This is the first in the GhostWalker series and it is a nice setup for future stories in this series. I love visiting Ryland and Lily as they once again fell in love and worked to find who killed her father as well as the GhostWalkers. I also enjoyed getting to know the other GhostWalker men. They are all such characters even though they have been through some nasty trauma with the experiments that Dr. Whitney was doing on them. I highly recommend this book.

[natalie29_1 · Rating: 5 out of 5 stars]

This is a very interesting concept,it amazes me the things people can come up with for a book.

[seongeona · Rating: 2 out of 5 stars]

I first came across this series with Book 7 and decided I needed to read and own all the books. Back to the beginning, then.Surprisingly, I hated this book and I'm glad I didn't start with it else I wouldn't have loved the ones to follow. Lily is ridiculous - I kept having to remind myself she wasn't 12. Having read most of the "Dark/Carpathians" series by Feehan, I know that her males are often sexual teaches and her females are often virgins, so it was no surprise when that was the case here too. But I'm seriously getting a migraine rolling my eyes at the descriptions of these things especially when they are presented so unrealistically. I'd love to do a research study on how these kinds of books influence the expectations and experiences of the younger set of women who read them. I'm very glad this sort of literature wasn't readily available on the public library shelf when I was a teen. LOL.

[susanbevans · Rating: 4 out of 5 stars]

Something seems to be going wrong in the isolated underground labs at Donovans Corporation. Unexplained accidents and side effects from a classified military experiment, are claiming the lives of the brave elite soldiers in the care of Dr. Peter Whitney. These men, world-class warriors from the upper echelons of law enforcement and the armed forces, have volunteered to participate in a ground breaking experiment, to enhance their natural psychic abilities and turn them into a state-of-the-art military weapon. Dr. Whitney alone holds the powerful secret to the enhancement of the paranormal abilities of these chosen men, and someone desperately wants that secret. Afraid for his life and the lives of the brave men who have volunteered to participate in his experiment, Dr. Whitney enlists the help of his talented daughter, Dr. Lily Whitney. With a strong psychic sense of her own, Lily is immediately able to share the fears of the men, Captain Ryland Miller in particular. Caged like a rat, Ryland's psychic abilities have grown incredibly strong - much stronger than his captors realize - and Lily know she must help him control the sensory overload around him if he is to survive the experiment.When Dr. Peter Whitney disappears, Ryland and Lily know they must rely on each other to get to the bottom of a political conspiracy that may claim both their lives. Ryland and his men - the Ghostwalkers - must escape from the labs before they meet with a similar fate, and together, they must uncover the secrets of her father's past in order to preserve their own future.Murder, betrayal and greed, oh my! This book is incredibly exciting, and the plot is unique. Shadow Game, like most of Feehan's novels, is fabulously well-written, and a gripping page-turner from beginning to end. The supporting characters are wonderful - I can't wait to read the stories of some of the other Ghostwalkers from this book: Nico and "Gator in particular, and of course the lost little girls from Whitney's earlier experiments. I wasn't expecting to enjoy the Ghostwalkers series as much as I always have Feehan's Dark series, but I have been pleasantly surprised. I'm seldom disappointed with a Feehan novel and this one is no exception. The recurring theme in all her series' of strong men and the independent women who love them is one of the best reasons to read Shadow Game.

[samantha71020 · Rating: 3 out of 5 stars]

A book that I read awhile ago but haven't had the chance to review is Shadow Game by Christine Feehan. Shadow Game is the first in the "game" series (I believe) and introduces us to Lily and a bunch of men that are army trained for their psychic abilities. Lily has psychic abilities herself and forms a strong connection with Ryland the commander of these men. Danger lurks as there are others who don't want these men known as the Nightwalkers to exist. I'm going to cut to the chase and say that this one was just okay for me. I liked the idea behind the story but it didn't flow very well for me and I didn't connect with any of the characters. I don't mind reading about sex but even those scenes seemed forced in the book and not very realistic. There was almost too much emphasis on Lily and Ryland's sexual relationship and not enough on the actual storyline. I'll admit to being a bit disappointed with this one but curious enough to give the second book in this series a try. If that one doesn't work for me than I'll just figure that this series isn't for me. I know Feehan has other series that I can try as well but I'll have to wait and see.

[enbrethiliel · Rating: 3 out of 5 stars]

( JMJ ) I can't help comparing it to James Patterson's Maximum Ride books: it's inevitable that such similar premises share other elements. Yet I think that the first novel in Patterson's series is better than this first Shadow Walkers book--which isn't very complimentary to Christine Feehan because I thought Maximum Ride was just so-so. What I didn't like about this book was the dearth of internal conflict. The hero and heroine fall in love almost immediately and their happy ending is all but guaranteed before we're halfway done with the story. The heroine does have some insecurities (as well as some legitimate doubts), but all the hero has to do to overcome them is croon loving words to her over and over again . . . and that's not really conflict resolution, you know. I just think that a novel written in the great tradition of Mary Shelley's Frankenstein and H.G. Wells' The Island of Dr. Moreau must be ready to address some heavy ideas about the human body and those who would turn their fellow men into lab rats.

[msnikki · Rating: 2 out of 5 stars]

A military plan to create ultimate soldiers backfires and someone is trying to kill the test subjects. These ultimate soldiers have psychic abilities, they can read minds, move objects and control your behaviour.Head scientist Peter Whitney realizes something is wrong with his project, so he brings his daughter into the programme to consult on the project.Lily Whitney is a natural psychic, and she immediately forms a bond with the head of the psychic ultimate solider squadron. Neither expected the emotional weight of their bond, and Lily isn't sure if she could trust her feelings, but they must work together to find the one who is trying to kill them.Okay enough with the cliche synopsis! it's not a bad book, not so serious, just enough sex with an erotic twist and an mildly interesting story line...read this in between your more serious fare, or when work is just to much...it's fun!

[klarsenmd · Rating: 4 out of 5 stars]

a quick easy read

[wyvernfriend · Rating: 4 out of 5 stars]

The first book in this series. A group of soldiers have been experimented on in order to make them psionic and to work as a team. The leader is Ryland Miller and he's worried that they're not happy with the results, some of his team have disappeared and he wonders if he's next.Lily Whitney is the daughter of Peter Whitney, the man who is responsible for these experiments but when he dies she discovers some truths about her past that are difficult. Staying alive is the biggest thing. The two characters find themselves very attracted to each other.