Crimson Death
core novel 2016 Anita Blake, Vampire Hunter
Record
| First published | 2016 |
|---|---|
| Original language |  EN |
| Work type | novel |
| Canon status | core |
| Reader rating | 3.93 (13,777 ratings, collected 2026-08-26) |
| First-edition ISBN | 9781101987742 |
| Internal chronology | 25 |
Synopsis
Crimson Death is the twenty-fifth novel in the Anita Blake series. It begins in St. Louis, where Damian, the vampire bound to Anita Blake as her servant, starts suffering unexplained supernatural afflictions that suggest something is badly wrong with his maker. When Anita's associate Edward asks for help with a wave of rogue vampire attacks terrorizing Ireland, Anita travels there with Damian and Nathaniel, suspecting the two crises are connected. Once in Ireland, Anita and her companions begin to piece together evidence that the ancient vampire who originally created and tormented Damian centuries ago is behind both the unrest abroad and Damian's deteriorating condition. As a federal marshal and necromancer, Anita must navigate unfamiliar territory and local authorities while trying to protect Damian and uncover exactly what this ancient predator wants with him after so many years.
Where it sits
- Universe: Anita Blake, Vampire Hunter
- Series: Anita Blake, Vampire Hunter core; position 25 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 25 of 30: previous Dead Ice (2015) · next Serpentine (2018)
Sources
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