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From Dead to Worse
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Southern Vampire Mysteries: Book 8

From Dead to Worse (2008) (edit title/settings)

by Charlaine Harris (Author) (edit contributors)

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The supernatural community in Bon Temps, Louisiana, is reeling from two hard blows - the natural disaster of Hurricane Katrina and the man-made horror of the explosion at the vampire summit the month before in the up-north city of Rhodes. Sookie Stackhouse is safe but dazed, yearning for... read more

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Hurricane Katrina destroys most of New Orleans, the HQ of the Queen of Louisiana. After the bombing at the summit, she is badly injured.
Sookie meets her great-grandfather, Niall Brigant. She will help the Shreveport Were community in their conflict. Because of mysterious deaths of Were... read more (warning: may contain spoilers)

Hurricane Katrina destroys most of New Orleans, the HQ of the Queen of Louisiana. After the bombing at the summit, she is badly injured.
Sookie meets her great-grandfather, Niall Brigant. She will help the Shreveport Were community in their conflict. Because of mysterious deaths of Were women, she mediates between two warring factions, but a bigger plot will be discovered.
Soon after this, the vampires from Vegas are taking over Louisiana from Sophie-Anne Leclerq. All the sheriffs are dead, except Eric, who will accept the new regime.
Siegbert, the queens child, tries to kill Felipe de Castro-King of Nevada-and Eric because he thinks he is traitor. Sookie is alarmed by the blood-bond with Eric and arrives at the time to save them.

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  • “Eric’s Corvette could go pretty damn fast, and Eric wasn’t exactly sticking to the speed limit on the interstate. I wasn’t awfully surprised when I saw the blinking lights coming up behind us. I was only astonished the cop car could catch up with Eric.  “Ahum,” I said, and Eric cursed in a language that probably hadn’t been spoken out loud in centuries. Eric pulled over to the shoulder.  “With a vanity plate like BLDSKR, what do you expect?” I asked, not so secretly enjoying the moment.”
    Eric, Sookie
  • “You’ll feel better when you see me,” he said. Dammit, he was absolutely right.”
    Eric, Sookie Stackhouse
  • “People who sneak up on me when I'm alone at night, well, they deserve what they get.”
    Sookie Stackhouse
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  • “I want to be first. I know that’s selfish, and maybe unattainable, and maybe shallow. But I just want to come first with someone. If that’s wrong of me, so be it. I’ll be wrong. But that’s the way I feel.”
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  • “When you smell like that,” he said, “I just want to fuck you and bite you and rub myself all over you.”
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  • “Sitting here on your bed, smelling your scent,” he said in a voice so low I had to strain to hear it. “Sookie . . . I remember everything.”
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  • “I can’t believe I felt something so strongly and was so happy for the first time in hundreds of years,” Eric said with some dignity. “Give me some credit for that, too.”
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  • Eric was sitting on my bed, his face buried in his hands.
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  • “Know this: I will die for her. If you harm her, I’ll kill you.” Bill turned his dark eyes on Eric. “Can you say the same?” Eric plainly wouldn’t, which put him behind in the “Who Loves Sookie More?” stakes. At the moment, that wasn’t so relevant. “You must also know this,” Eric said to Victor. “Even more pertinently, if anything happens to her, forces you can’t imagine will be set into motion.”
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  • From his chair, Bill caught my eye and silently put his hand over his heart. It was a romantic and totally unexpected gesture, and for a moment I softened toward him.
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  • Eric took my hand as we walked across to the restaurant, and he ran his thumb absently across my palm. I was surprised to find out there was a direct line from my palm to my, my, hootchie.
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  • I suspected his outlook was, “I’ll take your eye ahead of time, just in case you want mine.”
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  • “Epicene.” Huh. Since I didn’t know what restaurant we were going to, and I didn’t know who we’d meet there, I picked my most comfortable option and wore a sky blue silk T-shirt that Amelia had said was too big for her, and some black dress slacks with black heels. I don’t wear a lot of jewelry, so a gold chain and some little gold earrings did the decorating for me. I’d had a tough day at work, but I was too curious about the evening ahead to feel tired.
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Setting & Locations edit see section history

  • Bon Temps, Louisiana
  • Merlotte's: Owned by Sam Merlotte, is a popular local hangout for residents of Bon Temps, Louisiana. Bar Sookie works at.
  • Shreveport, Louisiana
  • Fangtasia: A popular vampire bar in Shreveport, Louisiana owned by Eric Northman, and, in part, by Pam and Chow. It was presumably opened after the Great Revelation and serves as a hangout for vampires, "Fangbangers" and tourist.
  • Hotshot, Louisiana: A close knit and secretive community ten miles from Bon Temps. Inhabited by a pack of werepanthers.

Organizations edit see section history

  • Fellowship of the Sun: "FotS" - A church that preaches the message of "coming from the darkness into the light", and are a leading voice in anti-vampire politics in America. What the Klan is to African Americans, the Fellowship of the Sun is to vampires.
  • Extreme(ly Elegant) Events: "E(E)E"

First Sentence edit see section history

I was making a neat arrangement of liquor bottles on the folding table behind the portable bar when Halleigh Robinson rushed up, her normally sweet face flushed and tear-streaked.

Table of Contents edit see section history

Chapter 1 - 21

Glossary edit see section history

  • Halfie: One who was not born a Were. This person was bitten and became one. They are not able to fully change into a wolf, only partially.
  • FotS: Fellowship of the Sun
  • True Blood: Synthetic blood that allows vampires to exist without feeding on humans.
  • True death: When a vampire ceases to exist he/she meets his/her true death.

Series & Lists edit see section history

This is book 8 of 24 in Southern Vampire Mysteries. (standard series)

Preceded by All Together Dead, and followed by Dead and Gone.

This is book 12 of 22 in Sookie Stackhouse: Reading Order. (community list)

Authors & Contributors edit see section history

  1. Charlaine Harris (Author)

Other Contributors:

  1. Lisa Desimini (Cover Artist)

First Edition edit see section history

Original Language: English
Publisher: Ace Books
Country: United States
Publication Date: May 6, 2008
ISBN: 978-0441015894
Page Count: 336

Classification edit see section history

  • Library of Congress: PS3558.A6427 F76 2008
  • Dewey: 813.54

Notes for Parents edit see section history

Reading Level: Adults

Some sexually explicit scenes and profanity

Movie Connections edit see section history

More Books Like This edit see section history

   
  • Dead and Gone
  • Dead in the Family
  • Dead Until Dark
  • Club Dead

Books with Additional Background Information edit see section history

   
  • The Sookie Stackhouse Companion
  • Dead Until Dark
  • Living Dead in Dallas
  • Club Dead
  • Dead to the World
  • Dead as a Doornail
  • Definitely Dead
  • All Together Dead

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