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The all-new novel in the #1 bestselling Anita Blake, Vampire Hunter series. The triumvirate created by master vampire Jean-Claude, necromancer Anita Blake, and werewolf Richard Zeeman has made Jean-Claude one of the most powerful vampires in the U.S. He's consolidating power in himself... read more

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  • Anita Blake: Vampire Executioner, Animator, Necromancer, Federal Marshall, Jean-Claude's Human Servant, Nimir-Ra of the Blood Drinker's Clan, Lupa & Bolverk of Thronnos Rokke Clan, 1/3 of a triumvirate with Jean-Claude and Richard, 1/3 of a triumvirate with Damian and Nathaniel, Succubus, Damian's Master, Nicky's Master, Carries five strains of lycanthropy - wolf, leopard, lion, tiger and a mystery strain
  • Jean-Claude: Master Vampire, Master of the City of St. Louis, Anita's lover, Anita's Master, Richard's Master, 1/3 of a triumvirate with Anita and Richard, owns Guilty Pleasures, Circus of the Damned, The Laughing Corpse & Danse Macabre, Incubus
  • Asher: Master Vampire, Jean-Claude's second in command. Jean-Claude & Anita's lover
  • Micah Callahan: Wereleopard, Nimir-Raj of the Blood Drinker's Clan, Head of the Lycanthrope Coalition, Anita's live-in lover
  • Richard Zeeman: Werewolf, Ulfric of the Thronnos Rokke Clan, Junior High Science Teacher. He is keeping his lycanthropy a secret in order to keep his job. Jean-Claude's Wolf to Call, 1/3 of a triumvirate with Anita and Jean-Claude, Anita's ex-fiance, Anita's lover
  • Nathaniel Graison: Wereleopard, Member of the Blood Drinker's Clan, Anita's Leopard to Call, Stripper at Guilty Pleasures, 1/3 of a triumvirate with Anita and Damian, Anita's live-in lover, Jason's best friend.
  • Monica Vespucci: is a lawyer that handle Jean Claude's affairs, her husband was a vampire, and have a son named Matthew. Anita don't trust her.
  • Jason Schuyler: Werewolf, Member of the of the Thronnos Rokke Clan, Jean-Claude's pomme de sang, Stripper at Guilty Pleasures, Nathaniel's best friend, Anita's Wolf to Call, Anita's lover
  • Damian: Vampire, Anita's vampire servant, 1/3 of a triumvirate with Anita and Nathaniel, Dancer at Danse Macabre
  • Noel: is a werelion under Anita's protection
  • Nicky: Werelion, Anita's "Bride"
  • Stephen: is a werewolf, twin of Gregory
  • Jake: a member of the Harlequin and the council's assassins and also a werewolf
  • Travis: is a werelion under Anita's protection
  • Matthew: is Monica's son
  • Claudia: is a wererat and bodyguard to Jean Claude and Anita
  • Dino: is a wererat and a bodyguard
  • Auggie: is the Master of City in Chicago
  • Mephistopheles: a gold weretiger hiding in secret from Mother of Darkness
  • Vivian: is a wererat and a healer that heal wereanimals at a clinic
  • Jamil: is one of the bodyguard for Richard and werewolf
  • Finnegan: is a police officer in Atlanta
  • Bibiana: the wife of the Master of City in Las Vegas and a weretiger
  • Bram: is a wereleopard and a bodyguard
  • Lisandro: is a wererat and bodyguard
  • Fredo: is a wererat and bodyguard
  • Gregory: is a wereleopard and bodyguard
  • Domino: is a mixed weretiger of the black and white clan
  • Kelly Reeder: is a black weretiger and her master is a member of the Harlequin
  • Bobby Lee: is a wererat and bodyguard
  • Belle Morte: is a powerful vampire, who's a member of the council in Europe, Jean Claude and Asher's sire, and her line rule w/ sex. Wolf is her animal to call
  • Gina: A wereleopard
  • Crispin: White Weretiger
  • Rafael: king of wererat
  • Valentina: a vampire who looks like 7 year old little girl
  • Graham: werewolf, works as a bodyguard for Jean Claude
  • Merle: wereleopard in Anita's pard
  • Cynric: The last know blue weretiger
  • Max: Master of the City of Las Vegas
  • Padma: one of the council member and master of beast
  • Marmee Noir: queen of darkness
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  • “Sometimes the monsters are real, Anita. Sometimes they're real and the only way to defeat them is to be a bigger monster.”
    Bibiana
  • “If you do evil for a good reason, it doesn't become good.”
    Anita Blake
  • “'I'm a big boy now, 'Nita. I kiss like a big boy now.' Cheek kisses had been fine until about two weeks ago, and now Matthew was very certain that cheek kisses were baby kisses.”
    Matthew, Anita
  • “I cleaned up well, but Jean-Cleade made me feel like I'd sneaked into the Louvre and stolen a masterpiece off the wall so I could roll around on it naked.”
    Anita Blake
  • “I really wanted to get dressed, and I was really kicking myself that I'd given up so easily on finding my weapons in the living room, but it was a mess. So many of us had been armed that there were holsters and weapons scattered among the passed-out bodies like mercenary prizes in a fleshy Cracker Jack box.”
    Anita Blake
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First Sentence edit see section history

"I was worming my way through a mass of parents and children with a tiny clown hat clutched in my had."

Table of Contents edit see section history

Chapter 1 - 48

Glossary edit see section history

  • Ma Petite: French: When used as an adjective it translates to honey-sweet. It is also a cute double entendre that refers to Anita's height.

Series & Lists edit see section history

This is book 19 of 26 in Anita Blake: Vampire Hunter. (standard series)

Preceded by Flirt, and followed by Hit List.

This book is in Vampire (community list). (community list)

Authors & Contributors edit see section history

  1. Laurell K. Hamilton (Author)

Other Contributors:

  1. Jody Ake (Cover Artist)

First Edition edit see section history

Original Language: English
Publisher: Berkley Hardcover
Country: USA
Publication Date: June 1, 2010
ISBN: 0425234339
Page Count: 356

Classification edit see section history

  • Library of Congress: PS3558.A443357 B85 2010
  • Dewey: 813.54

Notes for Parents edit see section history

Reading Level: Adults

Sexually explicit material

Links to Supplemental Material edit see section history

More Books Like This edit see section history

   
  • Flirt
  • Skin Trade
  • Guilty Pleasures
  • Danse Macabre
  • The Killing Dance
  • Cerulean Sins
  • Obsidian Butterfly
  • Blood Noir
  • Anita Blake, Vampire Hunter: The First Death
  • Ardeur
  • The Laughing Corpse
  • Circus of the Damned
  • Narcissus in Chains
  • Incubus Dreams
  • Micah
  • Burnt Offerings
  • Strange Candy
  • The Harlequin

Books with Additional Background Information edit see section history

   
  • Guilty Pleasures
  • The Laughing Corpse
  • Circus of the Damned
  • The Lunatic Cafe
  • Bloody Bones
  • Burnt Offerings
  • The Killing Dance
  • Blue Moon
  • Obsidian Butterfly
  • Narcissus in Chains
  • Cerulean Sins
  • Incubus Dreams
  • Micah
  • Danse Macabre
  • The Harlequin
  • Blood Noir
  • Skin Trade
  • Flirt

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