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Description edit
The dead obey her. The undead fear her. Anita Blake, animator and vampire hunter, lives a dual life - and a dual love life.
Dating both a vampire and a werewolf isn't easy. But just to complicate Anita's already messy life, someone has put a price on her head. Love cannot save her this...
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Summary edit
These days my life is a cross between a preternatural soap opera and an action-adventure movie.
The first hit man came after me at home, which should be against the rules. then there was a second, and a third. Word on the street is that Anita Blake, expert on creatures of the night and... read more (warning: may contain spoilers)
Characters edit
- Anita Blake: vampire executioner, animator
- Jean Claude: Master (vampire) of the City (St. Louis)
- Richard Zeeman: junior high school teacher, werewolf
- Edward: A human assassin/bounty hunter that chose to hunt supernatural targets as "normal" humans were too easy
- Marcus: He was the former Ulfric of the werewolf pack.
- Raina: A fantastically beautiful werewolf. She was the lupa of the werewolves, "psychotic bitch", and an extreme sadist. She often used her sexuality to manipulate other wolves into doing her bidding.
- Stephen: One of the strippers at Jean-Claude's club Guilty Pleasures (stage name "Harlow") and serves as one of Jean-Claude's personal wolves.
- Cassandra: a werewolf
- Sabin: A master vampire of Belle Morte's line.
- Dominic: Human Servant to Sabin
- Dolph: Head of the RPIT
- Gabriel: The alpha of the St. Louis pard, The Blood Drinkers
- Damian: Green eyed, red haired Viking vampire.
- Willie: A small-time hood turned vampire. The first vampire friend of Anita's, he is one of only two or three vampires Anita has known before and after being turned.
- Mrs. Pringle: Anita's neighbor
- Zerbrowski: member of RPIT
Quotes edit
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“I am sincere, ma petite, even when I lie.”
Jean-Claude -
“Lust may die that easily, but love doesn't. True love is a harder beast to kill.”
Anita Blake -
“You admit that you have treated me like some guilty secret, hidden away. Exiled from your true feelings while you cuddle with Richard and his living flesh.”
Jean-Claude to Anita Blake -
“The lukoi call sex the killing dance. We use the same phrase for battles of succession.”
Richard to Anita Blake -
“Take a piece of advice from an old lady. Don't screw up.”
Dr. Lillian -
“Will the real monster please stand up?”
Anita Blake -
“We are in a ... ticklish position.”
Jean-Claude -
“I have lived for over three hundred years. In that time, the ideal of beauty has changed many times. Large breasts, small, thin, curved, tall, short, they have all been the height of beauty at one time or another. But in all that time, ma petite, I have never desired anyone the way I desire you.”
Jean-Claude -
“Don't you realize by now, Richard, that ma petite is either your equal or your master? She knows no other way to be.”
Jean-Claude -
“You prejudiced little werewolf, you.”
Anita -
“I would say it's not what it looks like, but it is.”
Anita -
“There is nothing that you could ever do that would make me not desire the touch of your body”
Jean-Claude -
“Why are you staring at me?" "You are the scariest motherfucker in the room." "Now I know you can't see.”
Anita & Harley -
“You look amazing." "I look like a biker slut from hell meets soldier of fortune pinup." "That, too.”
Stephen & Anita
Organizations edit
- RPIT: Regional Preternatural Investigation Team special police division
- Animators, Inc: company that raises zombies; Anita's place of employment
First Sentence edit
THE MOST BEAUTIFUL corpse I'd ever seen was sitting behind my desk.
Table of Contents edit
Acknowledgements
Chapters 1 - 46
Glossary edit
- triumvirate: this is a specialized term within this series to refer to a grouping of a Master vampire, her/his human servant, and the Master's beast to call. Jean-Claude, Richard, and Anita are one triumvirate
- Ulfric: MALE head of the werewolf pack
- Lupa: female head of the werewolf pack, submissive to the Ulfric
- Ma Petite: In French it literaly means "my child" Jean Claude uses 'Ma Petite' as a term of endearment for Anita Blake"Petite" meaning small in French is maybe a reference to her size.
Series & Lists edit
This is book 6 of 24 in Anita Blake: Vampire Hunter. (standard series)
Preceded by Bloody Bones, and followed by Burnt Offerings.
This book is in Vampire (community list). (community list)
Authors & Contributors edit
- Laurell K. Hamilton (Author)
Other Contributors:
- Craig White (artist) (Cover Artist)
First Edition edit
Original Language: English
Publisher: Ace Books
Country: USA
Publication Date: 1997
ISBN: 0441004520
Page Count: 387
Publisher: Ace Books
Country: USA
Publication Date: 1997
ISBN: 0441004520
Page Count: 387
Awards edit
Classification edit
- Library of Congress: CPB Box no. 416 vol. 14
- Dewey: 813.54
Subjects edit
- Books › Literature & Fiction › Authors, A-Z › ( H ) › Hamilton, Laurell K.
- Books › Literature & Fiction › Genre Fiction › Horror › Dark Fantasy
- Books › Literature & Fiction › Genre Fiction › Horror › Vampires
- Books › Science Fiction & Fantasy › Authors, A-Z › ( H ) › Hamilton, Laurell K.
- Books › Science Fiction & Fantasy › Fantasy › Contemporary
- Books › Science Fiction & Fantasy › Fantasy › Dark
- Books › Science Fiction & Fantasy › Fantasy › Urban
- Books › Science Fiction & Fantasy › Fantasy › Series
- Books › Romance › Vampires
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