Slay
core novel 2023 Anita Blake, Vampire Hunter
Record
| First published | 2023 |
|---|---|
| Original language |  EN |
| Work type | novel |
| Canon status | core |
| Reader rating | 4.23 (6,508 ratings, collected 2026-08-26) |
| First-edition ISBN | 9780593637869 |
| Internal chronology | 30 |
Synopsis
Slay is the thirtieth novel in the Anita Blake series, picking up soon after the events that saw Anita, Jean-Claude and Richard's triumvirate withstand an ancient threat to Jean-Claude's power over America's vampires. With her wedding to Jean-Claude approaching and having already weathered doubters within the supernatural community, federal marshal and necromancer Anita Blake now faces a very different kind of challenge: introducing her devoutly religious human relatives to her vampire fiance. Anita has to navigate her family's conservative beliefs and their likely reaction to Jean-Claude and the rest of her unconventional household, all while continuing to balance her ongoing law-enforcement work and her relationships with Micah, Nathaniel, Richard and the others. The novel follows Anita as she tries to bring these two very different worlds together without letting either side alienate the other before the wedding can take place.
Where it sits
- Universe: Anita Blake, Vampire Hunter
- Series: Anita Blake, Vampire Hunter core; position 30 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 30 of 30: previous Smolder (2023)
Sources
- TL Branson: Anita Blake series in order
- https://www.penguinrandomhouse.com/books/723060/slay-by-laurell-k-hamilton/ebook/
- https://www.publishersweekly.com/9781984804495
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