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Narcissus in Chains
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Anita Blake: Vampire Hunter: Book 10

Narcissus in Chains (2001) (edit title/settings)

by Laurell K. Hamilton (Author) (edit contributors)

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The "steamy" ( Booklist ) Anita Blake, Vampire Hunter novel that took Laurell K. Hamilton to a whole new level is now in paperback. Includes a bonus excerpt from the next Anita Blake, Vampire Hunter novel, Cerulean Sins , coming in January 2003.

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Men are men. Jean-Claude and Richard are each something else entirely. Anita Blake, Vampire Hunter, torn between them, has been avoiding both vampire and werewolf for months. But when a kidnapper targets innocents she has sworn to protect, Anita turns to them for help, which will require... read more (warning: may contain spoilers)

Men are men. Jean-Claude and Richard are each something else entirely. Anita Blake, Vampire Hunter, torn between them, has been avoiding both vampire and werewolf for months. But when a kidnapper targets innocents she has sworn to protect, Anita turns to them for help, which will require harnessing both their powers--and their hungers ...

"The last thing on God's green earth that I needed was another man in my life ...

"I didn't have a clue what to do with the two I had already. The fact that they were, respectively, a Master Vampire and an Ulfric, werewolf king, was only part of the problem.... They both had my libido, but I was trying to decide who had my heart... "

Characters edit see section history

  • Anita Blake: Necromancer, Vampire Executioner, 1/3 of the Triumvirate
  • Jean Claude: Master (Vampire) of the City (St. Louis), 1/3 of the Triumvirate
  • Richard Zeeman: Teacher, Ulfric (Wolf King) of the Thronnos Rokke Clan, 1/3 of the Triumvirate
  • Veronica "Ronnie" Simms: Private Investigator, Anita's Best Friend
  • Narcissus: King of the Werehyenas
  • Asher: Master Vampire, Jean Claude's Second in Command
  • Jason: Werewolf, Jean Claude's "Pomme de Sang"
  • Micah: Nimar Raj (Leopard King) of the St. Louis Wereleopards
  • Nathaniel: Submissive Wereleopard
  • Gregory: Wereleopard of Anita's Pard
  • Merle: Wereleopard of Micah's Pard
  • Raina: Former Lupa of the Thronnos Rokke Clan, killed by Anita
  • Stephen: Werewolf
  • Dolph Storr: Commander of RPIT.
  • Claudia: Wererat, bodyguard of Anita and Jean-Claude
  • Gretchen: Vampire that loves Jean-Claude
  • Dr. Lillian: Wererat doctor
  • Chimera: Panwere (someone who can shift into many different animals), Ex Vampire Hunter
  • Vivian: Wereleopard
  • Bobby Lee: Werewolf
  • Caleb: Wereleopard
  • Jacob: Werewolf, trying to be Ulfric
  • Damian: Vampire who was raised twice by Anita
  • Rafael: King of the Wererats
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Quotes edit see section history

  • “I felt like I needed a button that said, 'No, I don't want to have a bondage three-way with you, thanks for asking, though.”
    Anita Blake
  • “Ours is not reason why, ours is but to do and die.”
    Marco
  • “Sometimes the greatest wounds are the ones we try the hardest not to inflict.”
    Anita Blake
  • “The true way to a man's heart is six inches of metal between his ribs. Sometimes four inches will do the job, but to be really sure, I like to have six. Funny how phallic objects are always more useful the bigger they are. Anyone who tells you size doesn't matter has been seeing too many small knives.”
    Anita
  • “Yeah, already dug. I was about half way to China and still throwing dirt in the air.”
    Anita Blake
  • “Sex, guys, turning thirty, vampires, werewolves. You know, the usual.”
    Anita Blake
  • “You look like a pornographic space man. If you were wearing street clothes, you might have gotten a hug.”
    Anita (to Jason)
  • “I would move all of hell to reach your side, you know that." "You French guys do talk pretty.”
    Asher (to Anita)
  • “The only term that came to mind was orgy-sized.”
    Anita
  • “As Jean-Claude's lady wishes, so shall it be.”
    Faust
  • “I never argue with a lady, especially one that can beat me at arm wrestling.”
    Igor
  • “His energy is very blue, and yours is very red, and they mingled." "So you got what, purple.”
    Rafael & Anita
  • “Love is such a bitch.”
    Anita
  • “The Nimir-Raj is not a pomme de sang, a mistress, a dessert, no matter how delectable. He is an entree, a very, very main course, and I wish to be the only entree at your table.”
    Jean-Claude
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Setting & Locations edit see section history

St. Louis, Missouri

Organizations edit see section history

  • RPIT: Regional Preternatural Investigation Team special police division.
  • Animators Inc.: Anita's place of employment; agency brings up zombies.

First Sentence edit see section history

June had come in like its usual hot, sweaty self, but a freak cold front had moved in during the night and the car radio had been full of the record low temperatures.

Table of Contents edit see section history

Chapters 1 - 65
Epilogue

Glossary edit see section history

  • “Ours is not reason why, ours is but to do and die.”: "The Charge of the Light Brigade" is an 1854 narrative poem by Alfred, Lord Tennyson about the Charge of the Light Brigade at the Battle of Balaclava during the Crimean War.
  • Ma Petite: In French it literally 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.
  • 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: Alpha of the werewolves.
  • Lupa: female head of the werewolves, submissive to the Ulfric.

Series & Lists edit see section history

This is book 10 of 24 in Anita Blake: Vampire Hunter. (standard series)

Preceded by Obsidian Butterfly, and followed by Cerulean Sins.

Authors & Contributors edit see section history

  1. Laurell K. Hamilton (Author)

Other Contributors:

  1. Craig White (artist) (Cover Artist)

First Edition edit see section history

Original Language: English
Publisher: Berkley Books
Country: USA
Publication Date: 2001
ISBN: 0425181685
Page Count: 424

Classification edit see section history

  • Library of Congress: PS3558.A443357 N37 2001
  • Dewey: 813.54

Notes for Parents edit see section history

Reading Level: Adults

Some sexually explicit scenes and profanity

Books with Additional Background Information edit see section history

   
  • Guilty Pleasures
  • The Laughing Corpse
  • Circus of the Damned
  • The Lunatic Cafe
  • Bloody Bones
  • The Killing Dance
  • Burnt Offerings
  • Blue Moon
  • Obsidian Butterfly

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