The Vampire Library

Series: The Vampire Chronicles (#3) Author: Anne Rice Publisher: Alfred A. Knopf Year Published: 1988 Pages: 448 ISBN: 0-394-55823-5 In 1976, a uniquely  seductive world of vampires was unveiled in the now-classic Interview with the Vampire ... in 1985, a wild and voluptuous voice spoke to us, telling the story of The Vampire Lestat ... and now, Anne Rice continues her extraordinary "Vampire Chronicles" with The Queen of the Damned . It is a feat of mesmeric story-telling, a chillingly hypnotic entertainment in which the oldest and most powerful forces of the night are unleashed on an unsuspecting world.    Three brilliantly colored narrative threads intertwine as the story unfolds: The rock star known as Vampire Lestat, worshiped by millions of spellbound fans, prepares for a concert in San Francisco. Among the audience--pilgrims in a blind swoon of adoration--are hundreds of vampires, creatures who see Lestat as a "greedy fiend risking the secret prosperity of al...

Series: The Vampire Chronicles (#2) Author: Anne Rice Publisher: Alfred A. Knopf Year Published: 1985 Pages: 481 ISBN: 0-394-53443-3 "If you surrender and go with her, you have surrendered to enchantment, as if in a voluptuous dream," said the Boston Globe  of Anne Rice's Interview with the Vampire . Now, returning to the hypnotic world she so brilliantly created, she demonstrates once again her power to enthrall. With the same richness of drama, atmosphere and incident, she tells the fantastic story of the vampire Lestat, whom we first perceived as the seductive devil-vampire of Interview with the Vampire  and whom we now follow through the ages as he searches for the origin and meaning of his own dark immortality. And who, more and more, engages our sympathy until he stands revealed as a questing romantic, a vampire-hero with his own strange and passionate courage and morality.    As the novel opens, Lestat, having risen from the earth after a fifty-five year...

Series: The Vampire Chronicles (#1) Author: Anne Rice Publisher: Alfred A. Knopf Year Published: 1976 Pages: 310 ISBN: 0-394-49821-6 The time is now.    We are in a small room with the vampire, face to face, as he speaks--as he pours out the hypnotic, shocking, moving, and erotically charged confessions of his first two hundred years as one of the living dead....    He speaks quietly, plainly, even gently... carrying us back to the night when he departed human existence as heir--young, romantic, cultivated--to a great Louisiana plantation, and was inducted by the radiant and sinister Lestat into the other, the "endless" life... learning first to sustain himself on the blood of cocks and rats caught in the raffish streets of New Orleans, then on the blood of human beings... to the years when, moving away from his final human ties under the tutelage of the hated yet necessary Lestat, he gradually embraces the habits, hungers, feelings of vampirism: the detachment,...

Author: Kazuki Sakuraba Publisher: Viz Media Year Published: 2017 Pages: 237 ISBN: 978-1-4215-9541-2 What are the Bamboo? They are from China. They look just like us. They live by night. They drink human lifeblood but otherwise keep their distance. And every century, they grow white blooming flowers.    A boy named Kyo is saved from the precipice of death by a Bamboo, a vampire born of the tall grasses. They start an enjoyable yet strange shared life together, Kyo and the gentle Bamboo. But for Bamboo, communication with human beings is the greatest sin.

Series: Vampire Princess of St. Paul (#3) Author: Tate Hallaway Publisher: New American Library Year Published: 2012 Pages: 306 ISBN: 978-0-451-23566-4 To say half-vampire, half-witch Ana Parker has boy trouble is putting it lightly--something to which her text-messaging bill can attest. Her rocker ex-boyfriend is trying to heat things up again, and high school hockey star Matthew wants her to try out with him for the Renaissance Festival. At least her sort-of boyfriend, Elias, isn't hounding her cell--considering the vampire knight is currently living in her basement.    Ever since her father banished Elias and Ana from the court of the Northern vampires, Ana has been trying to live a normal life. But when the prince of the Southern Region vampires informs Ana that they're on the brink of war and she accidentally offers up Elias as a peace offering, the princess knows that she's going to need some help to get out of the situation.    With Ana's boy-drama meter...

Series: Vampire Princess of St. Paul (#2) Author: Tate Hallaway Publisher: New American Library Year Published: 2011 Pages: 273 ISBN: 978-0-451-23311-0 Ever since high school student Anastasija Parker discovered she was vampire royalty, her life has been sort of crazy. The half vampire/half witch just wants some normalcy, and trying out for the spring musical seems like the perfect fix. But things are a little different this year since Nikolai Kirov--vampire hunter in training and Ana's sometimes boyfriend--and his rock band are lending the musical a harder edge.    But in between worrying about tryouts and her uncertain status with a boyfriend who's learning the best way to kill her, Ana has an even bigger problem: The magical ancient talisman that stands between vampire freedom and slavery to witches has been stolen from the Minnesota Historical Society. Now Ana has to track down the dangerous talisman before someone uses it to make this year's curtain call her last...

Series: Vampire Princess of St. Paul (#1) Author: Tate Hallaway Publisher: New American Library Year Published: 2010 Pages: 241 ISBN: 978-0-451-23057-7 On her sixteenth birthday, Anastasija Parker's present winds up being the shock of a lifetime. When her mom referred to her absentee dad as a deadbeat, it was actually half true--he's a vampire. And a king, no less. A king who wants his daughter to assume her rightful position at his side. But, thanks to Ana's mother, the blood of a witch also runs through her veins.    Too bad vampires and witches are mortal enemies.    With her parents gearing up for an all-out brawl over her destiny, Ana's about ready to scream. But things get even crazier when a male witch and a brooding bad-boy vampire start vying for her affections. Then the barely leashed tension between the vampires and the witches starts to boil over, and Ana has to figure out once and for all whether she wants to become heir to her dad's throne. And d...

Author: Holly Black Publisher: Little, Brown Year Published: 2013 Pages: 419 ISBN: 978-0-316-21310-3 Tana lives in a world where walled cities called Coldtowns exist. In them, quarantined monsters and humans mingle in a decadently bloody mix of predator and prey. And once you pass through Coldtown's gates, you can never leave.    One morning, after a perfectly ordinary party, Tana wakes up surrounded by corpses. The only other survivors of this massacre are her exasperatingly endearing ex-boyfriend, infected and on the edge, and a mysterious boy burdened with a terrible secret. Shaken and determined, Tana enters a race against the clock to save the three of them the only way she knows how: by going straight to the wicked, opulent heart of Coldtown itself.

Series: The Watchers (#5) Author: Veronica Wolff Publisher: Veronica Wolff Year Published: 2016 Pages: 217 ISBN: 978-1-9410-3507-8 Annelise's slaying of Vampire Dagursson has thrown the Isle of Night--and her own heart--into chaos. Though she shares a bond with the vampire Carden, her connection to Ronan grows deeper as he protects her from those who seek justice for and power from Dagursson's death.    But there's one thing Ronan can't protect her from--his sister, Charlotte, who is alive and sworn to destroy Annelise and everyone she holds dear. Now Annelise must decide who she trusts as she embarks on a suicide mission to rescue the most important woman she's never met: her mother.    Trapped in a deadly game against an ancient evil, not everyone will be left standing as Annelise faces the final reckoning. Precursor to the book: Dark Craving (The Watchers #4.5)

Series: The Watchers (#4.5) Author: Veronica Wolff Publisher: Veronica Wolff Year Published: 2016 Pages: 110 ISBN: 978-1-9410-3500-9 Tracer Ronan has cared for only one person in his life: Charlotte, his sister. With her death, a consuming desire for revenge and destruction ignited in his heart. But when new recruit Annelise Drew arrives on the island, Ronan finds he craves more than revenge. She is a threat to his mission, his sanity, and his heart.    Now Ronan will need every ounce of will and strength to avenge his sister and prove where his true allegiance lies.    Tracer Ronan shares his secrets with no one. But will he survive his darkest cravings? Precursor to the book: The Keep (The Watchers #4) What to read next: Reckoning (The Watchers #5)

Series: The Watchers (#4) Author: Veronica Wolff Publisher: New American Library Year Published: 2013 Pages: 324 ISBN: 978-0-451-41636-0 Drew has just started her second year on the Isle of Night, and the weather isn't the only thing changing drastically. She has ascended to the rank of Initiate. She's also found an intimate love in the handsome vampire Carden. But most important, she no longer dreams of escape. She dreams of vengeance.    Her friend Emma was brutally wounded by the savage vampire Alcantara and may have been taken to the dreaded castle, from which none of the living returns. With so many different stories from so many people with so many of their own deceits and machinations, Drew can't be sure of anything--except that she must find a way into the castle to discover the truth and take down Alcantara once and for all.    But Drew isn't the only one out for revenge. Someone very dangerous on the island is also out for blood...    Hers.....

Series: The Watchers (#3) Author: Veronica Wolff Publisher: New American Library Year Published: 2012 Pages: 290 ISBN: 978-0-451-23703-3 It's the start of the fall semester, and a new crop of Acari and Trainees has descended on the Isle of Night. Watcher training has intensified, and Drew has a new roommate named Mei-Ling. But Mei-Ling harbors a dangerous secret that drove the vampires to abduct her against her will. Drew knows she shouldn't get involved, but she can't seem to leave her roommate to fend for herself.    Luckily, Drew has other things on her mind--like vampire Carden. A blood bond to a brawny eighteenth-century Scottish bad boy tends to preoccupy a girl. And though she's still figuring out what this bond means, one thing has become clear: She craves him in a major way.    But then bodies start turning up on the island. All the evidence points to the existence of a rogue vampire, and sinister vampire Alcantara is gunning for Carden, even though Dre...

Series: The Watchers (#2) Author: Veronica Wolff Publisher: New American Library Year Published: 2012 Pages: 292 ISBN: 978-0-451-23572-5 By her wits, blood, and sacrifice, so far Drew has survived the intense training on the Isle of Night. She's a second-year Acari, and her ultimate goal is to become a Watcher. Now she has a shot at her first mission... except nothing is as it seems. The vampire Alcantara is as sinister as he is sexy. Drew's mentor, Ronan, is more distant than ever, and it turns out that there are other vampires out there. Bad ones.    Ancient, bloodthirsty, and powerful, these undead are really  old-school. They've captured one of the Watcher vamps and are torturing him for information. The only chance to save him is to infiltrate a major summit the baddies are holding on their own island. There will be mortals serving as butlers, maids, and various hired help. Drew had better brush up on her skills as a serving girl, because she's about to go un...

Series: The Watchers (#1) Author: Veronica Wolff Publisher: New American Library Year Published: 2011 Pages: 302 ISBN: 978-0-451-23462-9 When Annelise goes off to college, it means good riddance to her abusive father and stepmother, but a bureaucratic screwup leaves her without a high school diploma, flat broke, and facing a future that seems more elusive than ever. Then she meets Ronan--tall, dark, and way too seductive for her  own good. He promises Annelise a new life... if she has the courage to chance the unknown. One look at him, and she certainly has the desire. He offers her a lift, and, sure enough, accepting rides from strangers does  yield surprises.    Whisked away to a mysterious island in the North Sea, Annelise is pitted against other female recruits in tests of skill, smarts, and strength. To win is to become a member of the Watchers, a unique elite partnership with vampires that dispatches its teams on the most dangerous missions imaginable. It...

Based on the series: Caster Chronicles (#1) Author: Mark Cotta Vaz Publisher: Little, Brown Year Published: 2013 Pages: 142 ISBN: 978-0-316-24519-7 The first book in this spellbinding Southern gothic series was brought to the silver screen by acclaimed screenwriter and director Richard LaGravenese, with stunning visuals and an all-star cast.    Now New York Times  bestselling author Mark Cotta Vaz gives fans an exclusive behind-the-scenes look at the screenwriting process, costume design, magical sets, and more. Full-color photographs and exclusive interviews with the cast, the creative team, and the authors let you immerse yourself in the world of the Casters.    This deluxe visual companion offers an intimate glimpse at the filmmaking process and unveils the secrets behind the bewitching tale's journey to the big screen!

Series: Caster Chronicles Authors: Kami Garcia, Margaret Stohl, Cassandra Jean Publisher: Yen Press Year Published: 2013 Pages: 238 ISBN: 978-0-316-18271-3 Ethan Wate, who has been counting the months until he can escape from Gatlin, is haunted by dreams of a beautiful girl he has never met. When Lena Duchannes--a girl unlike anyone Jackson High has ever seen--moves into the town's oldest and most infamous plantation, Ethan is inexplicably drawn to her and determined to uncover the connection between them.    In a town with no surprises, one secret could change everything.    This atmospherically illustrated adaptation of Kami Garcia and Margaret Stohl's bestselling debut novel, faithfully rendered by artist Cassandra Jean, allows readers to reexperience the star-crossed romance of Lena Duchannes and Ethan Wate in an entirely new light. Graphic novel to the series: Caster Chronicles (#1)

Series: Dangerous Creatures (#2) Authors: Kami Garcia, Margaret Stohl Publisher: Little, Brown Year Published: 2015 Pages: 293 ISBN: 978-1-316-37034-9 After a disastrous car crash outside New York City, Ridley Duchannes--Dark Caster, Siren, and bona fide bad girl--has gone missing. Her wannabe rocker and quarter Incubus boyfriend, Wesley "Link" Lincoln, was driving, and when he comes to, Ridley is nowhere to be found. The only clue is the giant raven emblazoned on the hood of the truck that hit them, which can mean only one thing: Silas Ravenwood is back. And he has Ridley.    Determined to find her, Link reunites with old friends John Breed and Liv Durand, his New York bandmates, and the mysterious Lennox Gates--who has his own reasons for tracking down Ridley. Together they travel through the Caster Tunnels and the Deep South to New Orleans, where they uncover the truth about the infamous Ravenwood labs and exactly what Silas has been doing within those walls. By the ...

Series: Dangerous Creatures (#1) Authors: Kami Garcia, Margaret Stohl Publisher: Little, Brown Year Published: 2014 Pages: 327 ISBN: 978-0-316-37031-8 Ridley Duchannes is nobody's heroine. She's a Dark Caster, a Siren. She can make you do things. Anything. You can't trust her, or yourself when she's around. And she'll be the first to tell you to stay away--especially if you're going to do something as stupid as fall in love with her.    Lucky for Ridley, her wannabe rocker boyfriend, Wesley "Link" Lincoln, never listens to anyone. Link doesn't care if Rid's no good for him, and he takes her along when he leaves small-town Gatlin to follow his rock-star dream. He teams up with a ragtag group of Dark Casters, and when the band scores a gig at a hot Underground club, it looks like all of Link's dreams are about to come true.    But New York City is a dangerous place for both Casters and Mortals, and soon Ridley realizes that Link's ban...

Series: Caster Chronicles (#4) Authors: Kami Garcia, Margaret Stohl Publisher: Little, Brown Year Published: 2012 Pages: 451 ISBN: 978-0-316-12353-2 Ethan Wate has spent most of his life longing to escape the stiflingly small Southern town of Gatlin. He never thought he would meet the girl of his dreams, Lena Duchannes, who unveiled a secretive, powerful, and cursed side of Gatlin, hidden in plain sight. And he never could have expected that he would be forced to leave behind everyone and everything he cares about. So when Ethan awakes after the chilling events of the Eighteenth Moon, he has only one goal: to find a way to return to Lena and the ones he loves.    Back in Gatlin, Lena is making her own bargains for Ethan's return, vowing to do whatever it takes--even if that means trusting old enemies or risking the lives of the family and friends Ethan left to protect.    Worlds apart, Ethan and Lena must once again work together to rewrite their fate, in this ...

Series: Caster Chronicles (#3) Authors: Kami Garcia, Margaret Stohl Publisher: Little, Brown Year Published: 2011 Pages: 519 ISBN: 978-0-316-12352-5 Ethan Wate thought he was getting used to the strange, impossible events happening in Gatlin, his small Southern town. But now that Ethan and Lena have returned home, strange  and impossible  have taken on new meanings. Swarms of locusts, record-breaking heat, and devastating storms ravage Gatlin as Ethan and Lena struggle to understand the impact of Lena's Claiming. Even Lena's family of powerful Supernaturals is affected--and their abilities begin to dangerously misfire. As time passes, one question becomes clear: What--or who--will need to be sacrificed to save Gatlin?    For Ethan, the chaos is a frightening but welcome distraction. He's being haunted in his dreams again, but this time it isn't by Lena--and whatever is haunting him is following him out of his dreams and into his everyday life. Even worse, Ethan...

Series: Caster Chronicles (#2) Authors: Kami Garcia, Margaret Stohl Publisher: Little, Brown Year Published: 2010 Pages: 503 ISBN: 978-0-316-07705-7 Ethan Wate used to think of Gatlin, the small Southern town he had always called home, as a place where nothing ever changed. Then he met mysterious newcomer Lena Duchannes, who revealed a secret world that had been hidden in plain sight all along. A Gatlin that harbored ancient secrets beneath its moss-covered oaks and cracked sidewalks. A Gatlin where a curse has marked Lena's family of powerful Supernaturals for generations. A Gatlin where impossible, magical, life-altering events happen.    Sometimes life-ending.    Together Ethan and Lena can face anything Gatlin throws at them, but after suffering a tragic loss, Lena starts to pull away, keeping secrets that test their relationship. And now that Ethan's eyes have been opened to the darker side of Gatlin, there's no going back. Haunted by strange visions only ...

Series: Caster Chronicles (#1) Authors: Kami Garcia, Margaret Stohl Publisher: Little, Brown Year Published: 2009 Pages: 563 ISBN: 978-0-316-04267-3 Lena Duchannes is unlike anyone the small Southern town of Gatlin has ever seen, and she's struggling to conceal her power and a curse that has haunted her family for generations. But even within the overgrown gardens, murky swamps, and crumbling graveyards of the forgotten South, a secret cannot stay hidden forever.    Ethan White, who has been counting the months until he can escape from Gatlin, is haunted by dreams of a beautiful girl he has never met. When Lena moves into the town's oldest and most infamous plantation, Ethan is inexplicably drawn to her and determined to uncover the connection between them.    In a town with no surprises, one secret could change everything. What to read next: Beautiful Darkness (Caster Chronicles #2)

Series: Anita Blake Vampire Hunter Authors: Laurell K. Hamilton, Jess Ruffner-Booth, Ron Lim, etc. Publisher: Marvel Year Published: 2012 Pages: 168 ISBN: 978-0-7851-4692-6 St. Louis' future hangs in the balance when master vampires Alejandro and Jean-Claude pit their dark forces against each other in a battle for control of the city's vampires! Only Anita Blake holds the key to turning the tide of this war, but can either vampire leader be trusted not to make her a slave of desire? And that's just her day job. Anita gets back in the game when she agrees to a date with science teacher Richard Zeeman, but this seemingly normal hunk is conspicuously cool with the dangers of Anita's profession and the horrific exploits of her associates like Jean-Claude. Will sparks fly, or is this regular guy too good to be true? Graphic novel to the series: Anita Blake Vampire Hunter (#3)

Series: Anita Blake Vampire Hunter Authors: Laurell K. Hamilton, Jess Ruffner-Booth, Ron Lim, etc. Publisher: Marvel Year Published: 2011 Pages: 120 ISBN: 978-0-7851-4690-2 The morgue is usually a quiet place--but in Anita Blake's world, it's a battlefield! Anita's hunt for the master vampire continues, and what she discovers challenges everything she knows about the undead creatures. When a body that should have remained dead rises and transforms into a powerful and animalistic vampire resistant to Anita's control, the monster turns the hospital morgue into his personal buffet--with the armed security guards as the main course!    Anita investigates a second bloodless victim with multiple bite wounds--evidence that more than one vampire has feasted on the body--and she realizes her understanding of group vampire attacks is all wrong. While she believed the victim of a group attack could not rise, the truth is far more terrifying.    Now, the first multiple-bit...

Series: Anita Blake Vampire Hunter Authors: Laurell K. Hamilton, Jess Ruffner-Booth, Ron Lim, etc. Publisher: Marvel Year Published: 2011 Pages: 120 ISBN: 978-0-7851-4688-9 Anita Blake has had a busy life as a professional necromancer. After a year of non-stop action, Halloween is fast approaching and there's no time off for someone who raises the dead for a living.    Worn out, all she wants is eight hours of sleep--but the cases keep coming, including a surprise call from the St. Louis Police Department to investigate a vampire victim with bite marks from at least three different vampires.    But nothing goes by the book for Anita, and this isn't the typical vampire-related case. For starters, the victim was completely drained of his blood--an unusual modus operandi for a vampire. Plus, vampires being solitary hunters, the only way they would hunt in a pack is if they were under the spell of a master vampire. Anita must figure out who is behind these bizarre ...

Series: Anita Blake Vampire Hunter Authors: Laurell K. Hamilton, Jess Ruffner-Booth, Ron Lim, etc. Publisher: Marvel Year Published: 2010 Pages: 112 ISBN: 978-0-7851-3634-7 As an animator with the power to raise the dead, trouble has a way of finding her. But even the tough-as-nails Anita gets in over her head on her latest case, when mob-connected businessman Harold Gaynor makes her an offer she can't refuse: one million dollars to raise a three-centuries-old corpse!    And if getting caught in the web of a deep-pocketed criminal wasn't enough, the hunt for a missing boy leads Anita to a new adversary: the ruthless voodoo priestess Dominga Salvador. Anita needs Dominga's help to find the missing child, but Dominga may be asking for more than Anita's willing to give.    Anita's investigation points to a superhumanly powerful undead killer. But who exactly is strong enough to raise such a fiend? And can Anita find out before she becomes the next victim? Graphic...

Series: Anita Blake Vampire Hunter Authors: Laurell K. Hamilton, Jess Ruffner, Ron Lim, etc. Publisher: Marvel Year Published: 2009 Pages: 134 ISBN: 978-0-7851-3633-0 In the heart-pounding conclusion of The Laughing Corpse Book 1: Animator , Anita came face-to-face with the most superhumanly strong zombie ever let off its leash, a one-creature-killing crusade that viciously slaughtered entire families--and was about to add Anita to its body count!    Now, after that zombie attack left her physically and emotionally shaken. Anita has some business to take care of. And that means three items to check off the list:    Anita knew she should have never tangled with Dominga Salvador. The voodoo priestess and animator isn't exactly someone you fool around with--even if you're an experienced vampire hunter like Anita Blake. She may look like a sweet old granny, but Anita now knows that Salvador is as vindictive as they come, having sent out a zombie force to take her o...

Series: Anita Blake Vampire Hunter Authors: Laurell K. Hamilton, Jess Ruffner-Booth, Ron Lim, etc. Publisher: Marvel Year Published: 2009 Pages: 112 ISBN: 978-0-7851-3632-3 Smack dab in the middle of the country, St. Louis is home to the Gateway Arch--an iconic representation of the city's renown as the nexus point between East and West, and all those who would travel between the two halves of America. But in Laurell K. Hamilton's world of bestselling novels, it hosts a thriving community of undead, all of whom live out in the open with full civil rights and the protection of the law. It's also home to Anita Blake, a vampire hunter par excellence--an equalizer for humans when the vamps get out of line!    But Anita's day job is as an Animator, able to resurrect the dead in the form of the walking dead--zombies! It is this talent that's suddenly made her very popular: First, local fat cat and reputed mob boss Harold Gaynor requests her services to raise a parti...

Series: Anita Blake Vampire Hunter Authors: Laurell K. Hamilton, Jessica Ruffner, Brett Booth, Ron Lim, etc. Publisher: Marvel Year Published: 2008 Pages: 144 ISBN: 978-0-7851-2580-8 Anita Blake's hunt to discover the identity of the mysterious killer stalking St. Louis' vampires plunges her deeper into a subculture of were-creatures, undead and the humans who follow them, as she goes undercover at a perverse Freak Party and has another encounter with her employer: the city's Mast Vampire Nikolaos, whom Anita is increasingly convinced will slay her once her usefulness ends. Meanwhile, the assassin Edward is hunting Nikolaos, making it clear he doesn't intend to wait much longer for Anita to voluntarily inform him where he can find the city's Master--and the vampire killer decides to take the fight to Anita before she can identify him. And what of Jean-Claude, the suave vampire owner of Guilty Pleasures, who has forged a mysterious and unwanted bond with Anita-...

Series: Anita Blake Vampire Hunter Author: Laurell K. Hamilton, Brett Booth, Stacie M. Ritchie, Jess Ruffner-Booth, etc. Publisher: Marvel Year Published: 2007 Pages: 164 ISBN: 978-0-7851-2969-1 New York Times -bestselling author Laurell K. Hamilton is no stranger to seeing her books enjoy wild success with critics and fans alike, and this retelling of the first novel in her signature series offers readers a brand-new experience in the world of  Anita Blake: Vampire Hunter , with a stunning visual flair by fan favorite artist Brett Booth!    Fusing mythology, werewolves and vampires with a story loaded with mystery, action and romance, the Anita Blake novels take place in a world where vampires, werewolves and other creatures of nightmare have been declared legal citizens of the United States. Anita Blake is an "animator"--a profession that involves raising the dead for a living. But Anita is also known as a fearsome hunter of criminal vampires, and she moonlights by ...

Series: Anita Blake Vampire Hunter Authors: Laurell K. Hamilton, Jonathon Green, Wellinton Alves, Brett Booth, etc. Publisher: Marvel Year Published: 2007 Pages: 96 ISBN: 978-0-7851-2941-7 For more than a decade Laurell K. Hamilton's vampire-slaying heroine Anita Blake has excited fans through a series of heart-pounding novels set in a world where the undead have won civil rights and come out from the shadows, a world where someone has to execute those undead who cling to their murderous heritage. An "animator" by trade, raising the dead for a living, Anita Blake is the person the cops call in when they get a case too macabre for them to handle alone, and the woman the vampires call "the Executioner." Now, for the first time ever and exclusive to comics, Hamilton pens a tale set before  the first Anita Blake novel, Guilty Pleasures , to reveal how Anita's career began! In a story co-written by husband Jonathon Green, illustrated by Wellinton Alves, and...

Authors: Laurell K. Hamilton, Leah Wilson, etc. Publisher: BenBella Year Published: 2010 Pages: 197 ISBN: 978-193377147-2 Laurell K. Hamilton's Anita Blake, Vampire Hunter series is a literary sensation, thanks to its strong female hero and unabashed attitude toward sex. The world Hamilton has created is powerfully compelling and stunningly complex--and it gets deeper, richer, and more perilous with every book.     Ardeur  takes you further into Anita's world. Inside you'll rediscover:    Why the ardeur  is the very best thing that could have happened to Anita (even aside from all the sex it requires her to have with hot men)    The series' dark humor, from Nikolaos' bad breath to the occasional absurdities of juggling so many men    Anita's journey from monster-killer to "monster" in her own right, and how her transformation to sympathetic succubus turns the traditional horror genre upside down    Plus the language, the v...

Author: Laurell K. Hamilton Publisher: Berkley Year Published: 2006 Pages: 257 ISBN: 0-425-21201-7 From a woman who marries into a family of volatile wizards to a couple fleeing a gang of love-hungry cupids, from a girl who seeks sanctuary in the form of a graceful goose to the disgruntled superhero Captain Housework, you'll revel in the many twists and turns of fortune in these unique, sometimes surreal visions. Even hardened vampire hunter and zombie animator Anita Blake gets blindsided by the disturbing motives of her clients in the never-before-published "Those Who Seek Forgiveness" and in "The Girl Who Was Infatuated with Dead."    Sweet and spicy, the stories in Strange Candy  are a treat for longtime fans and newfound readers--and will leave you with a craving for more. Series to check out: Anita Blake Vampire Hunter (#0.5)

Authors: Laurell K. Hamilton, William McCaskey, Patricia Briggs, Kevin J. Anderson, etc. Publisher: Berkley Year Published: 2020 Pages: 418 ISBN: 978-0-593-09920-9 A collection of sixteen sci-fi and fantasy stories edited by #1 New York Times  bestselling author Laurell K. Hamilton and debut author William McCaskey.    A child's wish for her father comes true. The end of the world has never been so much fun. Conquering personal demons becomes all too real. It's not always about winning; sometimes it's about showing up for the fight. It's about loving your life's work, and jobs that make you question everything.    In this anthology, seventeen authors have woven together brand-new stories that speak to the darkness and despair that life brings while reminding us that good deeds, humor, love, sacrifice, dedication, and following our joy can ignite a light that burns so bright the darkness cannot last. Series to check out: Anita Blake, Vampire Hunter (#26.5);...

Authors: Laurell K. Hamilton, MaryJanice Davidson, Eileen Wilks, Rebecca York Publisher: Jove Year Published: 2004 Pages: 358 ISBN: 0-7394-4433-6 Surrender to the pleasure of four tales of otherworldly passion. In Beyond the Ardeur , who will Anita, the wereleopard Queen, choose to satisfy her hungry desires: Micah, the wereleopard King, the kind shapeshifter Nathaniel, or Damian the sexy vampire? In Dead Girls Don't Dance , Daniel finds thrilling danger when he runs into an old friend--lonely vampire Andrea. Originally Human  tells the tale of Molly, a succubus, who draws energy--and pleasure--from Michael, a gorgeous artificial man. And in Burning Moon , Grant, a werewolf with a broken heart, finds solace in a beautiful tarot card reader.    In the heat of the night, anything goes. Boundaries are crossed and secret yearnings take shape. Creatures stalk the shadows, surrendering to their wildest needs--and satisfying hungers that take their victims beyond fear to th...

Authors: Laurell K. Hamilton, Charlaine Harris, MaryJanice Davidson, Angela Knight, Vickie Taylor Publisher: Jove Year Published: 2005 Pages: 297 ISBN: 0-515-13970-X Follow a vampire hunter who can be as deadly as her prey. Meet a down-home southern girl who's found out, much to her chagrin, that vampires are her type. Feel the euphoria of fear in the shadow of a reluctant Queen of the Undead. Step closer to the hot-blooded edge of passion as a strange new mythology of the night is unveiled.    The bite is back in vampire fiction as today's most provocative authors cast their irresistible spells on you... Series to check out: Anita Blake Vampire Hunter (#8.5); Sookie Stackhouse (#6.1); Undead (#2.5)

Series: Anita Blake Vampire Hunter (#30) Author: Laurell K. Hamilton Publisher: Berkley Year Published: 2023 Pages: 404 ISBN: 978-0-593-63784-5 Necromancer Anita Blake is small, dark, and dangerous. Her turf is the city of St. Louis. Her job: U.S. Marshal--Preternatural Branch. She's faced horrifying monsters and brutal killers and comes out the other side still standing.    Considering how things in her life tend to go, Anita never expected her walk down the aisle with Jean-Claude to go smoothly. They've already been confronted with naysayers and a power-hungry ancient evil, but now Anita has to do the one thing that actually scares her: introduce her very religious, very human relatives to her fiancé--the newly crowned vampire king of America.    As Anita tries to keep the peace between the family she left behind and the family she's chosen, dark forces jump at the chance to take advantage of the chaos. With her happy-ever-after at risk and everyone's immorta...

Series: Anita Blake Vampire Hunter (#29) Author: Laurell K. Hamilton Publisher: Berkley Year Published: 2023 Pages: 372 ISBN: 978-1-9848-0449-5 Anita Blake is engaged to Jean-Claude, the new vampire king of America. Humans think she's gone over the side of the monsters. The vampires fear that their new king has fallen under the spell of the most powerful necromancer in thousands of years.    In the midst of wedding preparations--including getting Edward, aka U.S. Marshal Ted Forrester, fitted as best man--Anita gets a call that the local police need her expertise at the scene of a brutal murder linked to a nationwide slaughter of vampires and humans, dubbed the Sunshine Murders.    But there is more than just a murderer to catch: An ancient evil has arrived in St. Louis to challenge Jean-Claude for his crown, his life, Anita, and all they hold dear. Even Jean-Claude's new powers as king and Anita's necromancy aren't enough; they must embrace their triumvirate o...

Series: Anita Blake Vampire Hunter (#28) Author: Laurell K. Hamilton Publisher: Jove Year Published: 2021 Pages: 258 ISBN: 978-0-593-33291-7 Rafael, king of the wererats, must fight to the death to defend his crown. He wants Anita Blake, one of his closest allies, with him as he faces an opponent unlike any he's faced before. He will ask Anita to risk everything to be at his side...    But some of the wererats fear that Rafael depends too much on Anita and her ties to the vampires. They believe that there is only room in America for one supernatural king, and Rafael will turn them into nothing more than food for the bloodsuckers.    Among his enemies, a new challenger has arisen who is younger, hungrier, and has dark secrets that could destroy both the wererats and the vampires. Rafael will go into the magical heart of his people to find the power and violence that he needs to save them all, or die trying. Precursor to the book: Sucker Punch (Anita Blake Vampi...

Series: Anita Blake Vampire Hunter (#27) Author: Laurell K. Hamilton Publisher: Berkley Year Published: 2020 Pages: 609 ISBN: 978-1-9848-0443-3 When a fellow U.S. Marshal asks Anita Blake to fly to a tiny community in Michigan's Upper Peninsula on an emergency consult, she knows time is running short. When she arrives, there is plenty of proof that a young wereleopard killed his uncle in the most gruesome and bloody way possible. As the mounting evidence points to him, a warrant of execution is already under way.    But something seems off about the murder, and Anita has been asked for her expert opinion on the crime scene. Despite escalating pressure from local cops and the family's cries for justice for their dead patriarch, Anita quickly realizes that the evidence doesn't quite add up.    Time is against Anita, as the tight-knit community is up in arms and its fear of supernaturals is growing. She races to uncover the truth and determine whether the Marshals...

Series: Anita Blake Vampire Hunter (#26) Author: Laurell K. Hamilton Publisher: Berkley Year Published: 2018 Pages: 486 ISBN: 978-0-425-25568-1 A remote Florida island is the perfect wedding destination for the upcoming nuptials of Anita's fellow U.S. Marshal and best friend, Edward. For Anita, the vacation is a welcome break, as it's the first trip she gets to take with wereleopards Micah and Nathaniel. But it's not all fun and games and bachelor parties...    In this tropical paradise, Micah discovers a horrific new form of lycanthropy, one that has afflicted a single family for generations. Believed to be the result of an ancient Greek curse, it turns human bodies into a mass of snakes.    When long-simmering resentment leads to a big blowup within the wedding party, the last thing Anita needs is more drama. But it finds her anyway when women start disappearing from the hotel, and worse, her own friends and lovers are considered the prime suspects. There's a ...

Series: Anita Blake Vampire Hunter (#25) Author: Laurell K. Hamilton Publisher: Berkley Year Published: 2016 Pages: 708 ISBN: 978-1-101-98773-5 Anita has never seen Damian, her vampire servant, in such a state. The rising sun doesn't usher in the peaceful death that he desperately needs. Instead, he's being bombarded with violent nightmares and blood sweats.    And now, with Damian at his most vulnerable, Anita needs him the most. The vampire who created him--who subjected him to centuries of torture--might be losing control, allowing rogue vampires to run wild and break one of their kind's few strict taboos.    Some say love is a great motivator, but hatred gets the job done, too. And when Anita joins forces with her friend Edward to stop the carnage, Damian will be at their side, even if it means traveling back to the land where all his nightmares spring from... a place that couldn't be less welcoming to a vampire, an assassin, and a necromancer.   ...

Series: Anita Blake Vampire Hunter (#24) Author: Laurell K. Hamilton Publisher: Berkley Year Published: 2015 Pages: 566 ISBN: 978-0-425-25571-1 Anita Blake has the highest kill count of any vampire executioner in the country. She's a U.S. Marshal who can raise zombies with the best of them. But ever since she and master vampire Jean-Claude went public with their engagement, all she is to anyone and everyone is Jean-Claude's fiancée.   It's wreaking havoc with her reputation as a hard-ass--to some extent. Luckily, kin professional circles, she's still a go-to expert for zombie issues. And right now, the FBI is having one hell of a zombie issue.    Someone is producing zombie porn. Anita has seen her share of freaky undead fetishes, so this shouldn't bother her. But the women being victimized aren't just mindless, rotting corpses. Their souls are trapped behind their eyes, signaling voodoo of the blackest kind.    It's the sort of case that can leave a m...

Series: Anita Blake Vampire Hunter (#23) Author: Laurell K. Hamilton Publisher: Jove Year Published: 2014 Pages: 292 ISBN: 978-0-515-15607-2 "Enjoying pain with your pleasure is something either you get, or you don't. If you get it, then you don't really need it explained, because you know how good it feels, and if you don't get it, then no amount of talking is going to convince you it makes sense."    But sometimes you have to explain the unexplainable, especially if the love of your life needs to understand or she'll leave you. Jason Schuyler is one of Anita Blake's best friends and favorite werewolves, with benefits. J.J. is his ladylove, an old flame from childhood who dances at one of the top ballet companies in New York. She's accomplished and beautiful, and she's crazy about him, too. Neither of them wants to be monogamous, so what could go wrong?    J.J. is enthusiastically bisexual, with an emphasis on the female side of things. She ...