She agrees to take the job, and takes Larry along to boost her powers, and as a training experience. In Anita's opinion, she is the only person in the world who might be able to raise that many ancient unmarked graves without a human sacrifice. The graves are unmarked and may contain corpses at least 100 years old, Anita finds out later there are some that are much older than that, which will make the raising very difficult. Bert explains that a law firm is soliciting bids to raise an entire graveyard in order to determine who owns a piece of land needed for a resort complex. This time, her manager, Bert, is calculating a possible bid for a mass zombie raising in Branson, Missouri. Like the previous novels, the novel opens with Anita considering a possible job. In this case, the restaurant itself is named after a character in the novel, Rawhead and Bloody Bones, making the title somewhat eponymous.īloody Bones begins on Saint Patrick's Day, shortly after the events of the previous Anita Blake novel, The Lunatic Cafe. Hamilton employed the practice of naming each novel after a fictional location within the story for most of the Anita Blake series. Within the book, "Bloody Bones" is the name of a restaurant that is operated by two of the principal characters in the novel, Magnus and Dorcas Bouvier. As with its predecessors, Bloody Bones blends elements of supernatural, hardboiled and police procedural fiction. This time, Anita travels to Branson, Missouri and is quickly enmeshed in a series of supernatural murders and disappearances that she and her vampire would-be lover, Jean-Claude must resolve. Hamilton, the fifth book in the Anita Blake: Vampire Hunter series.īloody Bones continues the adventures of Anita Blake. This audiobook has Excellent production and narration.Bloody Bones is a horror/mystery novel by American writer Laurell K. Years later, this one still sticks with me. It takes everything Anita has and is to escape the Master and her crew, who turn out to be the greatest threat of all. Anita demands Jean-Claude’s help in reaching out to the local Master of the City to request her help in tracking down their killer. Anita and Larry are caught up in a supernatural serial murder that shakes them both. Crew are understaffed and tied up in St Louis, so they call on Anita to respond to local police at a murder site.
More than just being an Animator, she’s learning what it means to be a Necromancer.
Anita is acknowledged as the only one with the strength and talent to do the job. Anita goes out of town with trainee Larry Kirkland to see if she, or they, can raise an entire burial ground partially dug up by bulldozers. It’s way more seriously dangerous and the innocent lives lost have more impact. To me, this story is when the series becomes more than rollicking good fun.
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