New in the “addicting” New York Times bestselling series featuring Sookie Stackhouse.

After the natural disaster of Hurricane Katrina and the manmade explosion at the vampire summit, everyone—human and otherwise—is stressed, including Louisiana cocktail waitress Sookie Stackhouse, who is trying to cope with the fact that her boyfriend, Quinn, has gone missing.

It’s clear that things are changing—whether the weres and vamps of her corner of Louisiana like it or not. And Sookie—Friend to the Pack and blood-bonded to Eric Northman, leader of the local vampire community—is caught up in the changes.

In the ensuing battles, Sookie faces danger, death, and once more, betrayal by someone she loves. And when the fur has finished flying and the cold blood finished flowing, her world will be forever altered.

And with HBO's launching of an all-new show, True Blood, based on the Southern Vampire novels, the demand for Charlaine Harris and Sookie Stackhouse is bigger than ever.

Watch a QuickTime trailer for the HBO original series *True Blood.*

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From Publishers Weekly

Starred Review. Harris outdoes herself in this pivotal eighth Sookie Stackhouse novel (after 2007's All Together Dead), packing the story full of romantic tension and supernatural action. Having barely survived a catastrophic vampire hotel explosion, Sookie's back at work in Bon Temps, La., serving vintage blood and waiting tables at Merlotte's, a vampire bar. Participating in a friend's wedding and fending off the advances of her vampire ex-lover, Bill, and her blood-bonded pal, Eric, leaves Sookie chafing over the recent lack of communication from Quinn, her weretiger boyfriend. When a violent Were power struggle erupts as Vegas vampires attempt to take over Louisiana from disgraced queen Sophie-Anne, Sookie dives into the middle of it, determined to help her shape-changing, blood-drinking friends. Harris provides many fun twists, most significantly Sookie's meeting with her fae great-grandfather, Niall Brigant, which paves the way for a shock ending that will delight longtime fans. (May)
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Review

a[A] deliciously fiendisha]increasingly riotous series.a
a"Dallas Morning News"
aLayered.a
a"Entertainment Weekly"
a[A] delightful Southern vampire detective series.a
a"Denver Post"
aI love the imaginative, creative world of Charlaine Harris!a
aChristine Feehan
aWitha]an audacious wink of her eye Harris creates a world that is both a weird possibility and a wild ridea
?"The Anniston Star (AL)"
"Charlaine Harrisa
?"Rocky Mountain News"
aFans of Laurell K. Hamiltonas Anita Blakea]should cotton to Sookie Stackhousea
?"Publishers Weekly"
aA style thatas much more fun than Anne Ricea
?"Monroe (LA)" News- Star"
aA thoroughly engaging seriesa
?"Locus"

aWitha]an audacious wink of her eye, Harris creates a world that is both a weird possibility and a wild ride.a
a"ANNISTON (AL) STAR"
a[An] increasingly riotous series.a
a"DALLAS MORNING NEWS"

With an audacious wink of her eye, Harris creates a world that is both a weird possibility and a wild ride.
"ANNISTON (AL) STAR"
[An] increasingly riotous series.
"DALLAS MORNING NEWS"

?With?an audacious wink of her eye, Harris creates a world that is both a weird possibility and a wild ride.?
?"ANNISTON (AL) STAR"

?[An] increasingly riotous series.?
?"DALLAS MORNING NEWS"