Once upon a time, there was a necromancer / animator /vampire executioner living in The Unmasqued World. She isn't just a run-of-the-mill animator, though, as she is powerful enough to become a necromancer. Anita also obtains her apprentice, Larry Kirkland. She's ultimately defeated by Anita in Hit List, despite Marmee Noir having the Harlequin assist her in this task. I just read pretty much 24/7 that holiday (and luckily so did my family!) She has a number of notable scars: On her collarbone, there's a large scar where a vampire bit through it. It also seems connected to being able to rise above negative views of oneself: "Her voice in my head held the first note of panic, as she said, 'If you take my power into you, you will be as I am.' However, The Harlequin appears not to be following its own rules, so by vampire law Jean-Claude's people can strike back. Will there be any more Anita Blake books? Anita Blake Books in Order. As Micah had said this earlier to her and Nathaniel, she accepts. Anita also leaves her former allies, the werelions, to potential death. A strong protagonist in the series, Anita is very direct and can come across as rude, and is considered highly competent in the professions she is involved in. For the urban fantasy series, see, Learn how and when to remove this template message, List of Anita Blake: Vampire Hunter characters, "Official Site of New York Times Bestselling Author Laurell K Hamilton", "Marvel Subscriptions ANITA BLAKE: THE LAUGHING CORPSE", "Laurell K. 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Anita has a pregnancy scare in (Danse Macabre), as the ardeur's control over her made it difficult to consistently use birth control during each feeding. Anita stands at 5' 3" and has long, curly black hair that has grown to reach her waist. Anita identifies the murderer, but by that point has sufficiently antagonized Nikolaos and her underlings that she expects to be killed. Guilty Pleasures Anita Blake, Book 1. She is trained in judo and kenpo, and knows how to use several weapons, including blades, but is most proficient with guns. Asking Anita to be his best man. Anita heads to Vegas, wheres shes joined by three other federal marshals, including the ruthless Edward. When the danger and the news coverage hit a climax at the same time, Anita and Jason are left carefully maneuvering around truck loads of drama and politics, not to mention just trying to survive. Anita is also pulled further into the lycanthrope world when she discovers the local wereleopards need her to take their former leader's place as protector. After making arrangements Micah decides he needs to take Nathaniel along. In Flirt, Anita refuses to raise the spouses of Tony Bennington, a grieving widower, and Natalie Zell, a wife that wished to take revenge on her dead husband. Anita also appears in the adaptation of The Laughing Corpse, and as of 2010 in the adaptation of Circus of the Damned, both produced by Marvel. The Killing Dance (1997) ISBN 0-425-20906-7, 7. Manage all your favorite fandoms in one place! Anita discussing this ability in Chapter 47 of Danse Macabre. Killing a vampire is murder, other than when there are legal exceptions. Anita and Edward know everything and nothing that will help catch the killers. In the first novel (Guilty Pleasures) Anita receives her first marks from the vampire Jean-Claude and begins to gain advanced healing powers and abilities. At the start of the series, she is an animator (a person who raises zombies) and a vampire executioner. But ever since she and master vampire Jean-Claude went public with their engagement, all she is to anyone and everyone is Jean-Claudes fiance. Anita Blake is a series of 32 books written by Laurell K. Hamilton. Total: 32 books. Blake's troubles with Marmee Noir continue in Skin Trade in which she is also attacked by the ancient vampire Vittorio, who attempts and fails to make her his Human Servant. "[11] The white tiger is "completely white. And while he has . This partiality stems from her often violent altercations with vampires and their human servants in the past, as well as her witnessing the death and misery that vampire attacks usually leave behind. Later, Anita gets empowered as a Federal Marshal, which broadens the range of her responsibilities but also makes her job easier in many ways. Series. Table of Contents show What order do you read the Anita Blake series? Meanwhile Anita also has to deal with the fragile ego of the ancient vampire Asher, whose jealous behavior threatens the physical and emotional well-being of all around him. Her formative experiences appear to be a series of traumas. Unusually for the novels of this series, a few kisses and briefly getting frisky with the stripper are the most sexual action that is directly displayed in this novel, even if sex and sexual preferences are discussed on several occasions. Her powers continue expanding, as Damian begins showing signs of being Anita's vampire servant. (plus the year each book was published) Home. When Edward arrives he mentions trying to set a date for his marriage. Donna does not know Edward is an assassin. Youd think Id get used to seeing such a beautiful man and knowing he was mine, but it never grew old, as if his beauty and the fact that he was mine, and I was his, would forever surprise me. Cyrus attacks Matthew over the table, but Zerbrowski's son, Greg, cools off the situation by dumping a glassful of ice water on the scuffling boys. Anita also appears in the Marvel Comics/Dabel Brothers adaptation of Guilty Pleasures. So . She lets him kiss her, and her inner lioness still likes him a lot as a potential mate, although Anita manages to convey the message that Olaf might be a 'cub-killer', which curbs the inner lioness' enthusiasm a bit. She has started a complex romantic and sexual relationship with Jean-Claude, Micah and Nathaniel, who she has begun to use as a source of food for the ardeur. When he touches Anita she temporarily steals his power and is able to also feed off of one of his memories. Becca's hand is broken, and 14-year-old Peter is raped. This brought her into contact with Ronnie Sims, a private detective, and Catherine Maison, a lawyer, both of whom she befriended. She is very direct and flippant in her speech, but is said to be highly competent in the professions she is involved in. However, under Vittorio's influence, Blake is once again forced to have sex with several were-tigers, one of which is a sixteen-year-old boy and virgin. ", - Anita kills Haven (lion Rex) for killing Noel (lion) while trying to kill Nathaniel (leopard), - Jade (Yiyu) becomes Anita's second Black Tiger to call, - Mephistopheles, aka: Devil, becomes Anita's Gold Tiger to call. Bullet (June 2010) ISBN 978-0425234334, 20. She learns that one of the guards is a shapeshifter who is a Harlequin spy put in place just at the time MoaD was waking up. Edward begins to think that the killers are a trick to try and lure Anita away from Jean-Claude and all his bodyguards, so that the Mother of all Darkness can either have her kidnapped try and takeover her body, or kill her. 1993. He's consolidating power in himself and those loyal to him, doing in America what Belle Morte did in Europe when she was at her height of power. But now Anita has fallen for the leader of a local pack of werewolves. Under this influence, Richard and Jean-Claude nearly kill each other, and Anita must also be repeatedly resuscitated. She frequently displays concern for innocents and victims and has a profound sense of loyalty to her friends, even to the point of compromising her ordinary morals. The themes of complex relationships and increasing power are continued in subsequent books in the series. Anita releases Richard from his anger and feeds on this anger. By sacrificing Silas, one of Jacob's men, she raises not only Ilsa Bennington but the the entire cemetery and uses them to kill Bennington. They manage to free themselves and take out their guards, and then the triplets help them to escape. One of the most notable inconsistencies concerning Anita is that she seems to count her relationship with Jean-Claude as having started when Jean-Claude first started circling her, instead of from any of the more usual relationship milestones, such as first date or first kiss. She plans to keep sleeping with women, because Jason can't meet that need, just like she can't meet Jason's need for rough sex and bondage. In Sucker Punch, Anita faces a new situation when Marshal Newman calls her in to his new hometown in the middle of nowhere, to assist with a warrant where it doesn't seem likely that the only wereanimal within a hundred miles has committed the crime he's locked up for. She also comes close to reconciling with Richard, but Richard ultimately leaves her after she uses the ardeur to feed on him, declaring that, like Anita herself, he will not allow himself to be used as food. Two weeks later she is kidnapped by two werelions named Jacob and Nicky, members of a pride hired by Tony Bennington to force her into raising his wife by threatening to kill Micah, Jason and Nathaniel. But when someone else sets his sights on her prey, she must save them both from the inferno. They all gain power, and Damian loses his inability to disobey Anita's commands. In Crimson Death Anita, Nathaniel, and Damian start to fix their triumvirate because Damian believes it's making him sick. The Harlequin (2007) ISBN 978-0425-21724-5, 16. Her mother died in a car accident when Anita was 8, which greatly impacted her throughout her childhood and adult years. The latest books have gone nowhere, they haven't brought the . The creation of such a link is four-step process; steps are called marks and its understood that a Master Vampire "gives" the marks to subjugate human or wereanimal. He was her first sexual experience. She shows little pity or remorse in killing vampires or lycanthropes she considers dangerous, even those who break down and cry right in front of her. I remember downloading the first book while on holiday and ended up finishing about the first 4 within a week! Even drugged, and moments before losing consciousness, Anita manages to bind Rodrigo as her leopard Bride, and through him the other two siblings of their triplet, Rodina and Ru. The Killing Dance is also a turning point for the series in several other ways: In Burnt Offerings Anita is pushed into the role of "Master of the City's girlfriend" in the press for PR purposes. As a jail couldn't hold a vampire, breaking the law means a warrant of execution for that vampire and any accomplices, human and vampire alike. The Laughing Corpse (1994) ISBN 0-425-19200-8, 3. ", "Raising the dead is easy. Anita Blake is a preternatural expert in both zombie animation and vampire slaying. Ultimately, Anita realizes that Richard's desire to remain "nice" and "normal" had placed himself and the others in even more danger, and she runs to Jean-Claude, who is at least able to protect himself from danger. Anita's metaphysical ties to Jean-Claude and Richard are strengthened during this battle; she "feels" his beast inside her. She almost owned Europe, and there was those who are determined that Jean-Claude won't do the same in America. As she becomes less "human," Anita worries that she will out-live her human friends (like Zerbrowskie), to the point that she even considers having them become vampires. Told from the perspective of the heroine, Anita Blake, the story begins with the undead community in a panic over the murders of several . In (The Killing Dance) Richard has become the Ulfric, or leader, of his pack after killing off the previous leader Marcus. I like the main characters professional competence and general badassery, cruelty/gore, that she rescues others more then she need a knight in shining armor and that men are allowed to be sexual objects. The plan is for Dr. Ellen to come to terms with the fact that even if Richard has needs that Ellen cannot meet it doesn't mean that Anita is going to steal Richard from her. Micah, who appears willing to accommodate any desire of Anita's, becomes part of a mnage trois with Jean-Claude, allowing Jean-Claude to feed on him. This page is dedicated to giving you the latest Anita Blake, Vampire Hunter #29 Smolder release information, along with Anita Blake, Vampire Hunter #29 Smolder book cover art, synopsis and more. I kill them.Anita Blake. Bloody Bones (1996) ISBN 0-425-20567-3, 6. Anita Blake has the highest kill count of any vampire executioner in the country. In communing with one of her captors, the werewolf who infected Karlton, Anita meditates on the ardeur, saying to him, "Id been told that the ardeurwas about lust, but my version was more about your hearts desire. It is revealed why Jason's dad gave him such a hard time growing up. Anita breaks his wrist in the hugging, drawing weapons and disarming scene that attends this meeting. Average 5. Only its worse than she thought. Anita is interrogated by the Harlequin who try to get her to lower her shields to admit the MoAD. question them for legal purposes. ", "You don't volunteer for slugfests with vampires, it shortens your life expectency. Like Kinsey Millhone and V.I. Anita finds the Irish police's attempts to treat vampires as just a medical emergency frustrating, and they find her unnecessarily bloodthirsty, but she's helpful enough that they don't send her immediately back. By the end of the book she has become instrumental in removing the previous Master Vampire of the City Nikolaos from power by killing her and has received two of the four marks necessary to become Jean-Claude's Human Servant. Her night job, and primary source of income, is the legal profession of re-animating the dead. There are 32 books in the anita blake series. It is during Narcissus in Chains that Anita develops the ardeur through Jean-Claude, a rare sexual power that allows Anita to draw power through lust but also initially requires that she has sex multiple times a day to keep it under control. She isn't at all happy with this prospect. This makes it impossible for Anita to separate herself from Richard or Jean-Claude, which is further exacerbated when Anita breaks her engagement with Richard and becomes Jean-Claude's lover after watching Richard eat Marcus and transform into his wolf form. J.J. doesn't understand why Jason isnt content to go elsewhere for a need she cant fulfil, so Jason asks Anita to help him explain. Average 6. During this book Anita also contracts several strains of lycanthropy after being injured by a wereleopard and Chimera, the split personality of Orlando King, a lycanthrope hunter. The 23rd book in the Anita Blake series looks back on the many events and changes Anita has gone through. ", "Ive earned my reputation, but if you really did your research on me then you also know that I dont raise zombies for kicks, or thrill seekers, or tormented relatives unless they have a plan". What comes after Bloodybones? book by Laurell K. Hamilton. This method of thinking, as of The Harlequin, has resulted in the injection of a rare feline lycanthropy to combat a recent infection due to attack. It is her only "prey" beast. Her relationship with Micah is focused on specifically in the novella of the same name. After graduating at the age of 21, Anita was recruited by Bert Vaughn to join Animators, Inc. as a professional zombie animator. She is trained in several forms of hand-to-hand combat as well as in the use of several firearms, with her firearm of preference being the Browning BDM. Take An Anita Blake Break Average 8. Anita's age does not correspond with the timing of the novels. ", "When the monsters are involved, its never just one dead body. The books no longer have strong mysterious plots, in fact, they don't have plots at all. I'll keep writing the books as long as the readers and I are enjoying ourselves." Anita also lacks tact, loses her temper, is insubordinate, and tends to be quite hypocritical in many regards. Walking into a backyard full of cops and their families with wereleopards Micah and Nathaniel both looking gorgeous on her arm wont be easy, even with almost-four-year-old Matthew Vespucci to break the ice. In the end they are fairly certain the accused didn't kill the victim and got another person to confess to the murder just to get around the warrant that is just about to run out of time, although that opens another legal can of worms for being completely unprecedented. [8], Anita's inner hyena has golden brown eyes like "a human color if the pupils hadn't been slitted like a cat's."[14][15]. In terms of her character and mental state, Anita displays signs of sadism and sociopathy in her dealings with vampires. He is frustrated. Later in the series Anita becomes increasingly entrenched among the ranks of monsters and distanced from regular humans, although she continues struggling with the concept. Newman comes with the news that Karlton is despondent because she's tested positive for lycanthropy. Anita's powers manifested during adolescence, causing various dead animals to reanimate and visit Anita's home, including her pet dog. Its wreaking havoc with her reputation as a hard assto some extent. During the events in First Death she met the vampire hunter Edward and received several of her scars, which includes a cross-shaped brand on her arm. Marianne and her pack's Ulfric, Verne, begin teaching Anita how to be a better leader of the wereleopards. 2. i. Detective Training: Though she rarely uses these skills in later novels, Anita has been involved with many investigations with RPIT and in the later books with the FBI. Her closeness with the supernatural world causes issues with her job as a U.S. Marshall, with Lt. Rudolph "Dolph" Storr expressing extreme disapproval of her romantic and sexual choices and attempting to have one of her lovers, Jason, imprisoned for being a shapeshifter. She also met Edward, and learned about weapons. At the end of the novel, Anita has yet to physically shift into any one form of lycanthrope. She discovers that her lengthy separation has caused significant damage to several of her friends and allies, both emotionally and also in terms of their supernatural powers. Anita is slender but curvy, and short but muscular. Anita drops her shields, hitting the MoAD first with the ardeur and then with a forces she acquired from a vampire in New Mexico, a force that sucks all the life out of her target. A number of complications to her attempts to repair this damage arise: Anita helps Damian to regain his sanity, assuming her position as Damian's master and rendering him the first "vampire servant" in centuries. In. At the end of Skin Trade Marmee Noir's body was destroyed, however in Bullet her spirit returns to attack Anita and the Vampire Council. Olaf is also in attendance, and decides he wants to play Sherlock Holmes to Anita's Irene Adler. She is rude. This page was last edited on 5 March 2022, at 19:10. Anita's powers include those characteristic of necromancers, animators, psychics, master vampires, panweres, human servants, and succubi. The situation is made worse because the weretigers in Seattle are not public about their existence, so when policeman Raborn questions Anita about what she's learned, she can't even talk about the weretigers never mind the murderers. Anita could 'see' ghosts, and raised her dead pet dog and even road kill, to her, her father and step-mothers dismay. Her father remarried a few years after, and had a son, Josh. [9] The blue tiger is "truly blue with black stripes, a deep cobalt color, almost black. There is little description of it as it hides within her and has small beady black eyes. Laurell K. Hamilton's bestselling series has captured readers' wildest imaginations and addicted them to a seductive world where supernatural hungers collide with the desires of the human heart . She is also a licensed vampire hunter/executioner in her own right, which sometimes gives her a wider range of possibilities than the police have at their disposal. All About Jason--an Anita Blake Character . I swam in the darkness of the ocean on a raft of hands, and bodies, and giving a damn what happened to them all. Narcissus In Chains opens with Anita's decision to re-establish her relationships with Jean-Claude and Richard. Anita Blake, Vampire Hunter Tough 7. Their pursuers reach them at the nearby village, where Damian joins them after escaping on his own and killing M'Lady's animal to call. With a vampire like Jean Claude around, its far too easy for Anita Blake to doubt her own appearanceand the hold it has on those who love her. Olaf is now a werelion and disappeared. Where are Anita, mami, mundin, grandparents and Lucinda staying? What is it that you want, you really want? . Each mark gives both sides of marking process new abilities. 3. They learn that the source behind the rotting zombies is Morte D'Amour, who was presumed dead but took some of Marmee Noire's power into him, her necromancy. Guilty Pleasures (1993) ISBN 0-515-13449-X, 2. The extended family includes at least Aunt Mattie, Grandmother Blake, Grandmother Flores, great-aunt Katerine, who died when Anita was a small child, great-uncle Otto, who is also dead but Anita still remembers his accent, and great-aunt Gertrude, who reportedly nagged Uncle Otto to death. Anita takes on further lovers through the next few books, partially due to the needs of the ardeur as well as to extend protection from other vampire Masters, as seen in (Cerulean Sins) where she takes Asher as a lover in order to outmaneuver Belle Morte. As the series begins, the Browning Hi-Power is her carry gun of choice, though later in the series she switches to the Browning BDM. On her forearm, there's a cross burn. 4. When a vampire serial killer sends Anita Blake a grisly souvenir from Las Vegas, she has to warn Sin Citys local authorities what theyre dealing with. For the first time, Anita begins to see Jean Claude as a person, not just a source of information. Anita Blake is the title and viewpoint character of the Anita Blake: Vampire Hunter series by Laurell K. Hamilton.The series takes place in a parallel world in which supernatural characters like vampires and werewolves exist alongside regular humans, with Blake's jobs including the re-animation of the dead as well as the hunting and executing of supernatural creatures (mostly vampires) that . The situation escalates into Dr. Ellen storming off and Richard not following. 1. This earned her early on a nickname among the vampires: The Executioner. Anita notes that panweres are very rare. View on Amazon. 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