Anita Blake

Anita Blake is the main character in the novel BLOODY BONES, by Laurel K. Hamilton. Anita is a necromancer, or someone who is able to raise the dead, as well as a licensed vampire executioner. Anita is a strong woman, though small in size, with a deep sense of justice and honesty. Hired by Raymond Stirling to raise the dead in a cemetery to prove ownership of the land, Anita becomes entangled in a series of events that force her to draw on her inner strength to persevere.

While on the scene in Branson Anita is called in to investigate a possible case of a vampire serial killer. The deaths lead Anita into a situation that puts her life as well as her soul into jeopardy. Blake is forced to call Jean Claude, the Master of the City of St. Louis for help in dealing with Serephina...