A Brief Guide to Laurell K. Hamilton's Anita Blake: Vampire Hunter Series

There are currently 14 books in the story of Anita Blake, an ever evolving character who went from monster-hating zombie raiser and vampire executioner to the lover of a harem of sexy supernatural males, the human servant of the vampire Master of the City of St. Louis, master Necromancer, and...

Well, no one knows exactly what Anita has become, but she grows more troubled and more complex in each installment of this fantastic dark fantasy series.

This is a brief guide to the books of the "Anita Blake: Vampire Hunter" universe as of June, 2006, along with a brief synopsis of each.

Titles:
1. Guilty Pleasures (First Edition 1993) ISBN
2. The Laughing Corpse (First Edition 1994)
3. Circus of the Damned (First Edition 1995)
4. The Lunatic Cafe (First Edition 1996)
5. Bloody Bones (First Edition 1996)
6. The Killing Dance (First Edition 1997)
7. Burnt Offerings (First Edition 1998)
8. Blue Moon (First Edition 1998)
9. Obsidian Butterfly (First Edition 2000)
10. Narcissus in Chains (First Edition 2001)
11. Cerulean Sins (First Edition 2003)
12. Incubus Dreams (First Edition 2004)
13. Micah (First Edition 2006)
14. Danse Macabre (First Edition 2006)

Short Stories in Anthologies:

* "The Girl Who Was Infatuated With Death" in "Bite" - Set between "Blue Moon" and "Obsidian Butterfly"
* "Magic Like Heat Across My Skin" in "Out of This World" - a segment of "Narcissus in Chains"
* "Beyond the Ardeur" in "Cravings" - Actually several excerpts from "Incubus Dreams" edited together.

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1. Guilty Pleasures

In the first installment of this mega-blockbuster series, we meet Anita Blake, vampire executioner and animator. She's no fan of "the monsters" - the shapeshifters and vampires with which she shares her world - but she agrees to assist the Master of the City, Jean-Claude, by discovering the identity of someone who is murdering "innocent" vampires.

Back Cover Blurb: "I don't date vampires. I kill them"