Affliction
core novel 2013 Anita Blake, Vampire Hunter
Record
| First published | 2013 |
|---|---|
| Original language |  EN |
| Work type | novel |
| Canon status | core |
| Reader rating | 4.07 (23,274 ratings, collected 2026-08-26) |
| First-edition ISBN | 9780515154276 |
| Internal chronology | 22 |
Synopsis
Affliction is the twenty-second novel in the Anita Blake series. It opens with Anita receiving news that Micah's estranged father is dying in Colorado after being bitten by a zombie, and she travels there with Micah, Nathaniel and a team of guards to be with the family. On arrival they discover the danger is far larger than a single bite: the town is being terrorized by a series of flesh-eating zombie attacks that leave the infected transformed into dangerous undead. As federal marshal and necromancer Anita works to identify the source of the infection and contain the growing outbreak, the situation escalates when someone close to her group is bitten in the field, forcing Anita into direct, personal danger from the very affliction she is trying to stop. The novel follows her efforts to protect Micah's family and the wider community while the crisis spreads.
Where it sits
- Universe: Anita Blake, Vampire Hunter
- Series: Anita Blake, Vampire Hunter core; position 22 of 30 in the series' recorded order
- Author: Laurell K. Hamilton
Notes
- From the series record (Anita Blake, Vampire Hunter): The long-running main sequence, mixing full novels and a few shorter novellas, following vampire hunter and necromancer Anita Blake; still active as of the latest update.
Neighbouring works
Publication order and internal chronology are tracked as two separate orderings, but they resolve to the exact same sequence for this book, so one combined line is shown instead of two identical ones.
- Reading order, within the series Anita Blake, Vampire Hunter: position 22 of 30: previous Kiss the Dead (2012) · next Jason (2014)
Sources
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