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Publisher's Blurb

"Readers cannot get enough of the #1 "New York Times" bestselling author.
A favor for Jason, vampire hunter Anita Blake as werewolf lover, puts her in the center of a fullblown scandal that threatens master-vampire Jean-Claude as reigna and makes her a pawn in an ancient vampire queen as new rise to power."

"What the Da Vinci Code did for the religious thriller, the Anita Blake series has done for the vampire novel."
-- USA Today

"[A] wildly popular paranormal series."
-- Entertainment Weekly

Publication Date(s)

Debuted May 27th, 2008

ISBN

0-425222-195(HC)

Covers and Cover Art:

This is the proposed cover was from the US Hardcover of the book. The jacket design is by Judith Murello, the photograph itself is by (c) Jody Ake/Jupiterimages, and the photograph of the author on the back of the book is by Richard A. Nichols. Additional cover designs for North America and the UK can be seen here.

Synopsis

Now the old bastard's dying and I won't have time to forgive him before he goes...

Jason Schuyler is a werewolf. He's also one of Anita Blake's best friends, and sometimes her lover. And right now he needs her --not to be a vampire hunter, or a federal marshal, or a necromancer, or even for her rank in the werewolf pack, but because his father's dying. He needs Anita because she's a pretty woman who loves him, who can make him look like an everyday guy, who agrees to go home with him and help him say good-bye to the abusive father he never loved. The fact that Jason is about as much an everyday guy as Anita is a pretty woman is something they figure they can keep under the wraps for a couple of days in a small town. How hard can that be?

Really, by now, Anita Blake should know better.

Marmee Noir, ancient mother of all vampires, picks this weekend to make a move. Somehow, she has cut the connection that binds Anita and Jean-Claude, leaving Jean-Claude unable to sense what is happening. Dangerous even as she sleeps, buried in darkness for a thousand years somewhere beneath the old country of Europe, Marmee Noir reaches out toward power. She has attacked Anita before, but never like this. In Anita she senses what she needs to make her enemies tremble...
(from book jacket of Blood Noir)

For a more detailed summary of the book see here.


Primary Characters

• Anita Blake
• Jason Schuyler

Recurring Characters

Richard Zeeman
Nathaniel Graison
Jean-Claude
Irving Griswold
Jamil
Shang-Da
Micah
Marmee Noir
Gretchen
Perdita 'Perdy'

New Characters

Alex Pinn- a weretiger that is a closeted news reporter
Crispin- a white weretiger from Las Vegas
Iris Schuyler- Jason's mother
Roberta 'Bobbi' Schyler- Jason's oldest sister
Julia Schuyler- Jason's youngest sister
Franklin 'Frank' Schuyler- Jason's father
Governor Summerland- Governor of North Carolina, father of Keith Summerland and Kelsey Summerland
Keith Summerland- groom of Lisa Bromwell
Chuck Ralston- 'yes man' of Governor Summerland
Peterson- guard for Governor Summerland
Lisa Bromwell- bride of Keith Summerland
Trish- friend of the bride
Shadwell- guard for Governor Summerland
Rowe- guard for Governor Summerland
Jen- friend of the bride, Jason's ex-girlfriend
Jenna- friend of the bride, Jason's ex-girlfriend
J. J.- friend of the bride, Jason's ex-girlfriend
Ashley- friend of the bride, Jason's ex-girlfriend
Kris- friend of the bride, Jason's ex-girlfriend
Price- guard for Governor Summerland
Sanchez- guard for Governor Summerland
Maximillian- Master of the City of Las Vegas
Lucian- plays Jean-Claude in a Las Vegas show
Lorna- wife of the Master of Charleston, South Carolina
Edmond 'George'- human servant to the Master of the City of Charleston

Character Deaths

Edmond- killed by Anita
Two unknown vampires working for the MotC of Charleston- killed by Anita
Master of the City of Charleston- died when Edmond died

Important Revelations

• Anita's actions in the past few books have been making Jean-Claude look weak; some vampires have been making noises about killing Jean-Claude and taking Anita and St. Louis over.
• Jean-Claude must appear to punish Anita and Jason in an effort to 'bring his house in order'.
• Jason's real father is Governor Summerland, who is running for President.
• If one Master of the City harms another's pomme de sang, the injured MotC has the right to demand another pomme de sang or declare a duel with the first.

Explanation of the title:

<Hamilton employs a practice of titling the novels after a location within each novel for most of the books in the series. List that reference here.>

Information on this Page has been Gathered from the Following Sources:

1. The Laurell K. Hamilton section on the Penguin Putnum Publishing website. See Links section for a web link
2. The Book: Blood Noir
3. Others, such as Wikipedia, the AB Compenium, LKH's site, etc.

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