Danse Macabre
core novel 2006 Anita Blake, Vampire Hunter
Record
| First published | 2006 |
|---|---|
| Original language |  EN |
| Work type | novel |
| Canon status | core |
| Reader rating | 3.84 (48,896 ratings, collected 2026-08-26) |
| First-edition ISBN | 9780515142815 |
| Internal chronology | 14 |
Synopsis
Danse Macabre is the fourteenth novel in Laurell K. Hamilton's Anita Blake, Vampire Hunter series, unfolding over roughly a single day in St. Louis shortly after the events of the preceding novella Micah. Its title refers both to a visiting vampire ballet company hosted by Jean-Claude and to the tangled political maneuvering that surrounds the troupe's arrival, drawing several powerful visiting master vampires into the city and into Anita's orbit. Over the course of the day, Anita faces the possibility that she may be pregnant, along with signs that her shapeshifting abilities may be expanding to let her take multiple animal forms rather than just one. At the same time, she must manage the demands and suspicions of the visiting vampire dignitaries, whose presence raises the political stakes for Jean-Claude's rule even as Anita's personal and physical transformations continue to accelerate around her.
Where it sits
- Universe: Anita Blake, Vampire Hunter
- Series: Anita Blake, Vampire Hunter core; position 14 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 14 of 30: previous Micah (2006) · next The Harlequin (2007)
Sources
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