The Bitten: A Vampire Huntress Legend (Vampire Huntress Legends, 4) - Softcover

Banks, L. A.

Softcover

ISBN 10: 0312324081 ISBN 13: 9780312324087

Publisher: St. Martin's Griffin, 2005

Synopsis

The vampire civil war has been averted, deadly were-demons have been beaten back and now it Damali Richards and Carlos Rivera (now a Council level vampire) will finally have the chance to settle in and explore their deeper, sexier love. But Carlos and Damali should know by now that there is no rest for the saviors of the known world. One of the four topside Master vampires has stolen one of the Keys-the living blood of Christ---that opens the sixth seal as foretold in Revelations. He who possesses the Key and the Seal can decide to the outcome of the Final War, a.k.a. Armageddon. With a vampire in possession of the Key, the balance between the Light and the Dark have been thrown off and even Damali is deeply effected. She is now sporting a pair of fangs. In order to retrieve the Key, Carlos and Damali are quickly thrust into a web of vampire politics and intrigue. And when Carlos's secret drug, Oblivion, finds its way into the hands of the enemies, even the seventh level of Hell comes calling.

About this title

From the Back Cover:

"Tell me your darkest fantasy," she murmured. "Tell me what you really want..."

She is a woman who lives between pleasure and pain―the pure, scintillating pleasure of the flesh and the kind of pain that has rocked the world and left it strewn with chaos set to a hip-hop beat. Her name is Damali Richards. And when she makes love to a master vampire, it changes everything in a struggle between good and evil―with the future of humanity hanging in the balance... THE BITTENIn L.A. Bank's astounding new Vampire Huntress novel, an unforgettable scene of seduction touches off a violent race around the world―and into a realm beneath us. For Damali, once a pawn, has been given a new, pulsating power of her own―bitten by lover and vampire extraordinaire Carlos Rivera. Between them, they know how high the stakes have risen. A powerful lord of darkness has hijacked a mystical key containing the blood of Christ. And for a world where blood runs like a river, one drop of this blood will be the end...

"The stakes have never been higher, and the excitement and tension are palpable in this installment of Banks' complex, sexy series."
--Booklist

"Mixing religion with erotic horror dosed with a funky African-American beat...will delight established fans. Banks creates smokin' sex scenes."
―Publishers Weekly

From the Inside Flap:

Praise for L.A. Banks and the Vampire Huntress Series:

"Hip, fresh and fantastic."
- Sherrilyn Kenyon on The Hunted

"The well conceived and intricate rules of Bank's vampire-inhabited world provide endless opportunities for riffs on the meaning of power and sex that will please lovers of similar. . .philosophical musings found in the vampire tales of Anne Rice and Laurell K. Hamilton."
- Publishers Weekly on The Hunted

"A terrifying rollercoaster ride of a book."
- Charlaine Harris on The Hunted

"A spellbinding thrill ride."
- Zane on The Hunted

"Cutting edge wit and plenty of urban heat flies from the pages of this quick read."
- Philadelphia Sun on Minion

"Blade meets Buffy the Vampire Slayer. . .A pulsating blood-booster."
- Kirkus on Minion

About this edition

• Publisher: St. Martin's Griffin
• Publication date: 2005
• ISBN 10: 0312324081
• ISBN 13: 9780312324087
• Binding: Paperback
• Edition number: 1
• Number of pages: 448