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Charlaine Harris
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Publisher | Gollancz | ||
ISBN | 978-057508396 | ||
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Ann
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Synopsis
The supernatural community in Bon Temps, Louisiana is reeling from two hard blows: the natural disaster of Hurricane Katrina, and the manmade horror of the explosion at the vampire summit in the up-north city of Rhodes. Sookie Stackhouse is safe but dazed, and she's yearning for things to get back to normal. But that's just not happening. Too many vampires - some friends, some not - were killed or injured, and her were-tiger boyfriend Quinn is among the missing. It's clear that things are changing, whether the weres and vamps like it or not. And Sookie, Friend to the Pack, blood-bonded to the leader of the local vampire community, is caught up in those changes. She's about to find herself facing danger and death and, not for the first time, betrayal by someone she loves. And when the fur has finished flying and the cold blood has stopped flowing, Sookie's world will be forever altered .
Review
The continuing adventures of human telepath Sookie Stackhouse, set in modern times in the Deep South of the USA.
The remainder of the Supes - supernatural beings such as werewolves, fairies, wiccans etc - are becoming more active and seem likely to follow the lead of the vampires in making their existence known to the human population. In this story the werewolves take centre stage and Sookie, as a designated friend of the local pack, becomes involved in their vicious pack wars. Bon Temps must start ranking with Midsomer for the number of murders !
A good tale - developing the known characters and introducing interesting others, like Sookie's faerie great grandfather.
As the first book in this series has now been successfully televised (True Blood - great music by the way), there is bound to be a greater audience for these tales, and this latest does not disappoint.
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