Anita Blake: Vampire Hunter
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Anita Blake: Vampire Hunter is a series of dark fantasynovels by Laurell K. Hamilton, narrated in first person, hard-boiled detective style by the title character, Anita Blake. Anita lives in a fictional Saint Louis much like our own, save that, not only are things like vampires, werewolves and ghosts real, but everyone knows that they're real and they are considered citizens of America, much like normal humans. Living in a world where the supernatural doesn't hide itself, Anita herself is neck-deep among Things That Go Bump in the Night:
- Since she has a natural affinity for the dead (in the books, she refered to as a necromancer), her day job (so to speak) is as an animator, working for Animators, Inc.
- Having a Bachelor of Science in preternatural biology, she is on retainer as consultant with the Regional Preternatural Investigation Team of the Saint Louis Police (otherwise known as "The Spook Squad").
- She is the licensed vampire executioner for the state of Missouri. Ever since the United States Supreme Court granted vampires civil rights, a warrant is required to kill a vampire, and the only person who can carry out such a warrant is someone who is licensed to do so. In the United States, Anita is the human with the most legal vampire kills (as well as a large number of illegal kills as well), and is known among vampires as "The Executioner".
With these three different jobs, Anita has plenty of opportunities for running into supernatural trouble.
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Books
- Guilty Pleasures (1993)
- The Laughing Corpse (1994)
- Circus of the Damned (1995)
- The Lunatic Cafe (1996)
- Bloody Bones (1996)
- The Killing Dance (1997)
- Burnt Offerings (1998)
- Blue Moon (1998)
- Obsidian Butterfly (2000)
- Narcissus in Chains (2001)
- Cerulean Sins (2003)
- Cravings (2004) [1 Anita story with 3 short stories by other authors]
- Incubus Dreams (2004)
Characters
Humans
- Anita Blake - tough as nails vampire hunter, with major emotional issues. Herione of the novel series.
- Ronnie - Anita's best friend. Dating a lyncanthrope.
- Dolph - Head of the spook squad and friend to Anita.
- Zerbrowski - another friend and member of the spook squad.
- Charlotte Zeeman - Richard's mother.
- Daniel Zeeman - Richard's brother.
- Katie - Zerbrowski's wife (mentioned only).
Vampires
- Jean Claude - attractive French vampire. Anita's lover in the later books.
- Asher - another attractive vampire and another one of Anita's lovers. Also Jean Claude's lover in the past.
- Damien - red haired, viking and a vampire. Anita's vampire servant and eventual lover.
- Belle-Morte- the fountain of blood towards Jean-Claude and Asher
Lycanthropes
- Richard - Lycanthrope - Werewolf. Ulfric of the werewolves. Anitas boyfriend in earlier books and on again off again lover in the later books. Richard and Jean Claude in frequent competition for Anita's affections.
- Marcus - Lycanthrope -Werewolf. Former Ulfric, now dead.
- Raina - Lycanthrope - Werewolf. Lupa of the werewolves, and lover of (among others) Marcus and Richard. Extreme sadist. Now dead, her munin (or spirit) now "haunts" Anita.
- Nathaniel - Lycanthrope - were-leopard. Anita's live-in lover. Submissive of the BDSM scene.
- Micha - Lycanthrope - Were-leopard. King (Nimir-Raj) to Anita's queen (Nimir-Ra - Leopard Queen). Also her live in lover and her "mate".
- Jason - Lycanthrope - Werewolf. One(ish) time lover on Anita. He likes to take one for the team
- Gregory- Lycanthrope - Were-leopard. He was sexualy abused by his father
- Stephen- Lycanthrope - Werewolf. Gregory's brother and was also abused by his father
- Louie- Lycanthrope - Were-rat. Richards Best friend - dating Ronnie, Anita's best friend.
- Rafael- Lycanthrope - Were-rat. He is the Rat king and one of Anita's friends, and because Anita saved his life he offers her body-guards when she needs them
- Claudia - Lycanthrope - Were-Rat. body-guard for Anita
- Igor- Lycanthrope - Were-Rat. body-guard for Anita
- Merle - Lycanthrope - Were-leopard. He WAS the Nimir-Raj but thought that Micha would be better for the job, so gave it to him without a fight. Now bodyguard to Micha.
- Cherry - Lycanthrope - Were-leopard. Was a nurse before they found out she was a lycanthrope
- Zane - Lycanthrope - Were-leopard. Is dating Cherry
- Gabriel - Lycanthrope. Former Nimir-Raj, now dead.
- Reece - Lycanthrope - Swan king.
- Sylvie - Lycanthrope - Werewolf. Richards Second in Command and a good friend to Anita
- Jamil - Lycanthrope - Werewolf. Richards Bodyguard.
- Shang-Da - Lycanthrope - Werewolf. Richards Bodyguard, dislikes Anita alot.
External links
- The Page of Eternal Life (http://www.timber-wolf.net/blake/) (requires Flash plugin)
- The Anita Blake Compendium (http://halo-productions.com/anita/)
- The Official LKH Website (http://www.laurellkhamilton.org)