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| Series | Anita Blake: Vampire Hunter #5 |
|---|---|
| Language | English |
| Author | Laurell K. Hamilton |
| Year | Ace, 1996 |
| First Published | 1996 |
| ISBN | 0-441-00374-5 |
| Goodreads ID | 1111640 |
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When Anita Blake’s boss at Animators, Inc., informs her that she’s expected to raise 300–year–old zombies from a field of jumbled bones just to settle a land dispute, she’s understandably annoyed. But as soon as she arrives in Branson, Missouri, to do the deed, the job gets more interesting. A psychotic sword–wielding vampire starts committing multiple murders in the area, and Anita must call on Jean–Claude, her powerful fanged suitor, for help. As always, Anita prevails over the undead, keeping Jean–Claude at arm’s length, clearing the cemetery land of an ancient enchantment, and nailing the vampiric killer in one fell swoop.
“First, there were the dead in the graveyard — two–hundred years dead. I’d been hired to raise them to settle a dispute over who owned the land they were buried in.
Then there were the three dead teenagers in the woods, slaughtered in a way I had never seen before.
And then they found the dead girl, drained of blood and left in her bed.
I knew what that meant, all right. It didn’t take a degree in preternatural studies to figure out that something was very wrong in and around Branson, Missouri. My name is Anita Blake. Welcome to my life …