by Jeri Smith-Ready (2010)
"Recovering con artist Ciara Griffin seems to finally have it all. A steady job at WVMP, the Lifeblood of Rock 'n' Roll. A loving relationship with the idiosyncratic but eternally hot DJ Shane McAllister. A vampire dog who never needs shots or a pooper-scooper. And after nine years, it looks as if she might actually finish her bachelor's degree! But fate has other plans for Ciara. First she must fulfill her Faustian bargain with the Control, the paranormal paramilitary agency that does its best to keep vampires in line. Turns out the Control wants her for something other than her (nonexistent) ability to kick undead ass. Her anti-holy blood, perhaps? Ciara's suspicions are confirmed when she's assigned to a special-ops division known as the Immanence Corps, run by the Control's oldest vampire and filled with humans who claim to have special powers. To a confirmed skeptic like Ciara, it sounds like a freak fest. But when a mysterious fatal virus spreads through Sherwood--and corpses begin to rise from their graves--Ciara will not only get a crash course in zombie-killing, but will be forced to put her faith, and her life itself, in the hands of magic."--P. [4] of cover.
L.H. Maynard, M.P.N. Sims
They have existed since before man walked the earth. They are the Breathers, a species of vampirelike creatures that feed on human souls. They have evolved over the centuries and now are split into two warring factions. Robert Carter and Department 18 are caught in the middle. They are all that stand between the two sides and their unsuspecting prey. Us.
Kristen Painter
Augustine lives the perfect life in the Haven city of New Orleans. He rarely works a real job, spends most of his nights with a different human woman, and resides in a spectacular Garden District mansion paid for by retired movie star Olivia Goodwin, who has come to think of him as an adopted son, providing him room and board and whatever else he needs. But when Augustine returns home to find Olivia's been attacked by vampires, he knows his idyllic life has comes to an end. It's time for revenge -- and to take up the mantle of the city's Guardian.
Charlaine Harris
"Para Sookie Stackhouse, las actividades del dia a dia de los vampiros y cambiantes de la comunidad de Bon Temps y alrededores, en Luisiana, son de vital interes. Tiene un vinculo de sangre con el rey de los vampiros, es amiga del grupo de cambiantes local, trabaja para un hombre que puede transformarse en cualquier animal y tiene un hermano pantera. Aunque para la mayor parte de la poblacion humana, los vampiros son criaturas misteriosas y seductoras, y eso que ni siquiera saben de la existencia de los cambiantes-- Hasta ahora. Se han decidido a seguir la linea de los no muertos y revelar por fin su existencia al resto del mundo. Al principio todo parece ir como la seda pero el cuerpo mutilado de una pantera aparece en el parking del Merlotte's. Sin embargo, un peligro todavia mayor que el susodicho asesino amenaza Bon Temps. Una raza de seres mayores, mas sabios y mucho mas reservados que los vampiros o los cambiantes, se prepara para una guerra. Y Sookie se vera convertida en el titere humano de todos ellos en su batalla."--Back cover.
Darren Shan
As Darren faces the final showdown with his archenemy, Steve Leopard, he seeks a way to trick destiny and avoid the requirement that one of them die and the other become Lord of the Shadows, fated to destroy the world.