Part of Anita Blake, Vampire Hunter, book 21
First published 2012
A fifteen-year-old girl vanishes, taken by vampires. U.S. Marshal Anita Blake takes the case and tracks down the missing teenager. What she discovers defies everything she knows about vampire hierarchies. The kidnappers are newly turned vampires from ordinary backgrounds. Kids, grandparents, soccer moms. All of them choose death over serving a vampire master. They would rather become martyrs than submit to the traditional vampire power structure. More martyrs will follow their example. Anita realizes she faces a new kind of threat. These vampires represent a dangerous shift in vampire society. Even vampires themselves fear certain monsters. Anita Blake has become one of those monsters they dread.
Genres: mystery, fantasy, horror, thriller
Vibes: dark, fast-paced, suspenseful
Tropes: monsters, social-commentary
359 pages · Hardcover · The Berkley Publishing Group
Content warnings: violence