I love the Anita Blake series! I've read about 5 so far. Anita Blake is a vampire hunter and more! She's also a reanimator (she can raise the dead!), member of the St. Louis "spook squad" (licensed to slay!), weapons expert (the real and supernatural ones), and - in this book - a zombie slayer! This book is great. There's plenty of blood & guts, voodoo, slaying, and plot for any vampire fan. She's Buffy the Vampire Slayer but more violent and dark. I recommend this book to any vampire fan. The book is so tight you can almost read this one first. It will have you checking to make sure your windows are locked. What an AWESOME SERIES!LewisHenry