Micah: An Anita Blake, Vampire Hunter Novel

Anita and Micah embark on a whirlwind zombie-raising escapade to Philadelphia, where romance blooms like a macabre bouquet and body parts fly faster than their witty banter. Between raising the undead and dodging arterial sprays, they uncover the juicy backstory of Micah's mysterious past—because nothing says "love" quite like necromancy and near-death experiences.

This book is a prize! My only complaint is that I wanted it to go on much longer. As, who am I kidding....I want all these books to never end! I love the intrigue, the fighting, the supernatural aspects, and the love that she finds with each of the men with whom she shares herself. Anita is one lucky girl, but no more lucky than the men in her life; even if her issues get in the way sometimes....ok a lot of times. But it is reassuring that she does her best to learn from her experiences, which adds to the lives of everyone in her life. Recommended for those with an open mind on what constitutes love.

... well, I'm probably exaggerating a bit with the ratings, but in contrast to _Incubus Dreams_, this is ... a masterpiece. The book is 288 pages, the last 30-odd being a preview of Danse Macabre. And rather than the densely spaced tiny text, this is normal-sized text, double-spaced. It's like reading a Parker _Spenser_ novel -- and it reads nearly as fast. Short chapters -- even short sentences -- and, wonder of wonders, a plot that doesn't center on, or even consist primarily of (a) Anita having sex with people, (b) Anita learning she has new and terrible powers. Well, there's a bit of that, but it's a continuation of the previous volume. But most of what we get is a straightforward story, with a limited cast (only some of whom we've met), much of which centers around animating a zombie for the FBI. There's sex, yeah, but that's just sort of a blip in the middle of things. We learn some interesting stuff about the titular character (and some goofy stuff as well, dealing with how he, like the majority of the men in Anita's life, is Extraordinarly Well-Endowed). We get some gunplay. We get some personal conflicts not having to do with vampiric or lycanthropic politics. And we get something that resembles the original novel in the whole series far more than the past several volumes. I don't know if all of this was the result of Hamilton suddenly getting some editorial advice, having a contractual obligation to produce a book and limited time or inclination to do so, or if she just had only a short nubbin of a story idea and decided not to embellish it with ... well, the seemingly obligatory multiple sex scenes. This novel (practically a novella) restores my faith in the series, at least to some degree. Decent (well, recommendable) stuff.

Book series purchased for my granddaughter. She loves this series

It was nice to get to know learn more about the background to Micah and how he came to be what he is. It was also great to read a story line that had only Micah and Anita as the main to people in the story line and how even on what on the surface looks like a straight forward job nothing goes as it should for her and that her life is on the line again. I have and wolud recomend this book to freinds and family and to anyone else that likes the Anita Blake, Vampire Hunter books really enjoyed reading this book and will read it again.

Anita was to take a trip to raise a zombie in Philadelphia to cover for Larry Kirkland when His wife Tammy went into premature labor. First trip with Micah and to keep the ardeur from coming at an embarrassing moment. Zombie raising can be dangerous. Well-written with well-developed characterization. This paranormal erotic romance with action thriller is worth the read.

Micah is the first sign that hopefully the Author is going back towards Story driven Sex rather than Sex driven Story. If such is the case I applaud this and am eagerly looking forward to the next book. I really liked this one. Short cohesive story that dealt with little things that many wondered about Micah's past, without getting so bogged down with trying to make up excuses for sex (Incubus Dreams). One sex scene in the whole story with Micah.... and while it ran a bit long, it at least worked into the story. Anita emotional hang-ups are becoming more excuses for turmoil than character quirks.... however it's good to see that Micah has his own problems, rather than being cardboard cutout man ;) The Mystery/Adventure to it was a bit shorter than I like.... it started the mystery and solved it all in the last 80 pages of a 245 page book.... Everything else was interpersonal relationship drama and finding out about Micah.... it wasn't a supernatural suspense or mystery or even adventure up until those last 80 pages and even then... kinda light on anything more than a quickie in courtroom drama form... Lots of lead up, everything fell together all of a sudden, a few pages of action, and then resolution and end of story....Left you feeling satisfied that it was an ending, but it was kind of short on story and long on personal information. Okay now the bad part.... This was /NOT/ a novel... 245 pages that should have been maybe 100 and that's being generous. This is nothing about the Author, and all about the publisher... 2 FULL pages of blank space for the chapter break so between 2 and 3 pages added for every chapter depending on if the last page of the previous chapter was odd or even... Double spacing everything, huge footer space, couple points larger fonts, half again larger margins than any of the other books and big thick top and bottom borders for every page... The Publisher should be ashamed of itself for packaging a short story in the form of a novel by pulling cheap high school level tricks that would have dropped you 2 letter grades automatically on a Term Paper without someone having even read it, just for insulting the teacher's intelligence. Thus the 3 instead of 5 star rating. I don't mind paying $8 for a book I like even if it is short, but don't treat us like we're idiots by packing a book so full of sophomoric editing tricks that it looks longer than it actually is and then labeling it a 'NOVEL'. If you didn't visit LKH's website and know this was a short story, you'd definitely feel ripped off by the false feel and size of the book, the label of Novel and the $8 price tag. Definitely buy used, the Publisher doesn't need to be encouraged to pull this sort of stunt again.

I sent them to my son who is prison so I don't exactly when & if he has rec'd them all yet. But I'm sure he has or he would have called by now. It made a big difference in cost so that was awesome!! I am going to start buying my books thru Amazon as well. So it looks like I will be a regular customer. Thanks Terrie Upton

短すぎです。一冊の本にするには短すぎです。行間は空いているし、ページ上下の空白は何なんでしょう。次巻のプレヴューでページを間に合わせた感があります。ハードカバーで出ないのも納得。 タイトル通りMicahがたっぷりと描かれています。FBIの証人をゾンビとして甦らせる仕事をLarryの代わりにAnitaが引き受けることになり、Micahを同伴してフィラデルフィアに向かいます。"Obsidian Butterfly"に出てきたあの人が再登場します。 Micahの過去が語られるぐらいで、シリーズ全体に影響を与えるような出来事はありません。登場人物も少ないので番外編として読めます。読み応えは全くありませんが、Micahファンにはオススメ。

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Bit shorter than her other books for Anita around the same time, but still worth a read.

je dit stop, stop au personne qui critique ce livre et les dernier tome d anita blake,je pense qu il ne faut pas oublier que les personnages de c est livres sorte de l imagination de sont auteur et qu elle est en droit dans faire se qui lui plait avec, sa dit parlons de se tome. j ai aime sa reste du anita pur et dur alore oui c est court l intrigue n est pas des plus interessante mais sa reste pour moi un tres bon livre on en apprend plus sur micah et on le voit sous un autre jour se qui est plutot pas mal. je conseille se livre a tous les fan d anita blake les pur et dur qui se laisse emporter par sont monde et sont evolution plutot d essayer de retrouver les sentation des debut car comme dans la vrai vie le monde et les gens evolue et c set pareil pour notre anita et c est tant mieu.

Love Anita Blake, whether it's the first or third time reading . Always fun to read. Never disappointing. Can't wait for the next book