Smolder
core novel 2023 Anita Blake, Vampire Hunter
Record
| First published | 2023 |
|---|---|
| Original language |  EN |
| Work type | novel |
| Canon status | core |
| Reader rating | 3.86 (7,220 ratings, collected 2026-08-26) |
| First-edition ISBN | 9781984804501 |
| Internal chronology | 29 |
Synopsis
Smolder is the twenty-ninth novel in the Anita Blake series. Anita Blake, a federal marshal and necromancer, is in the midst of planning her wedding to the vampire Jean-Claude while continuing to manage her relationships with several other partners in St. Louis. The preparations are interrupted when an ancient evil emerges with designs on Jean-Claude's unique mystical connection to every vampire in America, a bond that, if exploited, could give the attacker unprecedented power over the vampire community nationwide. To meet the threat, Anita must join with Jean-Claude and werewolf pack leader Richard to form a triumvirate, combining their separate powers into a single defensive force. As the three navigate old tensions between them in order to work together, political pressures among the city's competing supernatural factions add further strain to an already difficult defense.
Where it sits
- Universe: Anita Blake, Vampire Hunter
- Series: Anita Blake, Vampire Hunter core; position 29 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 29 of 30: previous Rafael (2021) · next Slay (2023)
Sources
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