The Killing Dance
core novel 1997 Anita Blake, Vampire Hunter
Record
| First published | 1997 |
|---|---|
| Original language |  EN |
| Work type | novel |
| Canon status | core |
| Reader rating | 4.13 (75,580 ratings, collected 2026-08-26) |
| First-edition ISBN | 9780441004522 |
| Internal chronology | 6 |
Synopsis
The Killing Dance is the sixth novel in Laurell K. Hamilton's Anita Blake, Vampire Hunter series. A leadership struggle within the local werewolf pack comes to a head after Richard Zeeman kills the pack's previous alpha, thrusting him into the role of pack leader and forcing him to defend that position against rivals who see him as unfit to rule. The upheaval tests Anita's loyalties as she watches Richard adapt, often uneasily, to the violent demands of lycanthrope leadership, while her own entanglement with Jean-Claude deepens further when circumstances lead the two vampires and Anita into a formal triumvirate bond, tying their fates and powers together in a way none of them can easily undo.
Where it sits
- Universe: Anita Blake, Vampire Hunter
- Series: Anita Blake, Vampire Hunter core; position 6 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 6 of 30: previous Bloody Bones (1996) · next Burnt Offerings (1998)
Sources
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