Dead and Gone
core novel 2009 The Southern Vampire Mysteries
Record
| First published | 2009 |
|---|---|
| Original language |  EN |
| Work type | novel |
| Canon status | core |
| Reader rating | 4.02 (196,617 ratings, collected 2026-08-26) |
| First-edition ISBN | 9780441018512 |
| Internal chronology | 9 |
Synopsis
The ninth Southern Vampire Mysteries novel opens as weres and shifters across the country follow the vampires' earlier example and publicly reveal their existence to humanity, a disclosure that sends waves of social upheaval through the small town of Bon Temps. Sookie, her employer and shifter Sam Merlotte, vampire Eric Northman, and Felipe de Castro, the King of Nevada who has newly seized control of Louisiana, all find themselves navigating the fallout as public reaction to the supernatural community turns hostile in places. Eric, seeking to shield Sookie from the political dangers posed by Felipe's new regime, maneuvers her into a formal vampire marriage for her protection, complicating her already tangled relationships.
Where it sits
- Universe: The Southern Vampire Mysteries
- Series: The Southern Vampire Mysteries core; position 9 of 13 in the series' recorded order
- Author: Charlaine Harris
Notes
- From the series record (The Southern Vampire Mysteries): Also known as the Sookie Stackhouse novels; the basis for the television series True Blood.
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 The Southern Vampire Mysteries: position 9 of 13: previous From Dead to Worse (2008) · next Dead in the Family (2010)
Sources
- Charlaine Harris: Sookie Stackhouse series page
- https://www.penguinrandomhouse.com/books/300711/dead-and-gone-by-charlaine-harris/
- https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Dead_and_Gone_(novel)
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