Part of Anita Blake, Vampire Hunter, book 2
First published 2005
Harold Gaynor approaches Anita Blake with an extraordinary proposition. He will pay her one million dollars to raise a zombie that died three hundred years ago. Anita knows this ancient resurrection requires human sacrifice. She refuses the job. Soon corpses begin appearing around the city. Someone else accepted Gaynor's offer and completed the raising. The three century old zombie now walks among the living and kills without mercy. Anita must use her necromantic abilities to stop both the murderous undead creature and the voodoo priestess who commands it. She discovers that some mysteries should remain buried in the past. Some deaths should be permanent.
Genres: mystery, fantasy, horror, thriller
Vibes: dark, suspenseful, thought-provoking
Tropes: ancient-mysteries, supernatural-abilities
Setting: City
Period: 300 Years Ago
304 pages · Paperback · Penguin Publishing Group
Content warnings: violence