Reading order
| # | Title | Published | Author | Buy on Amazon |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Surrender the Dark | 2011 | L.A. Banks / Leslie Esdaile | Buy |
| 2 | Conquer the Dark | 2011 | L.A. Banks / Leslie Esdaile | Buy |
The Dark under the L.A. Banks / Leslie Esdaile byline presents the same two-book paranormal series: Surrender the Dark (2011) and Conquer the Dark (2011).
L.A. Banks was the pen name of Leslie Esdaile Banks, an author best known for the Vampire Huntress Legend series, which ran for twelve books. The Dark duology came out near the end of her career and features a battle between light and dark supernatural forces. Both books were published in 2011, the same year Banks passed away, making this one of her final works.
The two books are connected and should be read in order. Surrender the Dark sets up the conflict, and Conquer the Dark resolves it. Readers familiar with Banks’s Vampire Huntress work will recognize her approach to paranormal fiction, though The Dark has a different cast and setting from that longer series.