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Narcissus in Chains
| Publisher's Blurb"Laurell K. Hamilton, author of the New York Times bestseller A Kiss of Shadows, returns to the series that started it all. Narcissus in Chains, the tenth installment in the ever-popular Anita Blake series, finds everyone's favorite vampire hunter back on her home turf and delving into the heart of human—and non-human—darkness. Men are men. Jean Claude and Richard are each something else entirely. Anita Blake, Vampire Hunter, torn between them, has been avoiding both vampire and werewolf for months. But when a kidnapper targets innocents she has sworn to protect, Anita turns to them for help, which will require harnessing both their powers—and their hungers..." "Six months of celibacy have made Anita crave the two men in her life like never before. But merging their powers together will give this mortal woman a taste of immortal hunger that she''ll never be able to forget." |
Publication DateHardcover - January 2002 (Jove)Paperback - September 2002 (Jove) Audiobook - | ISBN0-425-18168-5 (Jove HC),0-515-13387-6 (Jove PB) (AB) |
Covers and Cover Art The above cover was from the 2002 paperback republication of the book. The artist is: Craig White. Additional cover designs for North America and the UK |
Synopsis Anita comes back from her self-imposed exile and discovery ready to try again with her two beaus only to find that there is more afoot in St. Louis than normal and it all wants to make her part of it. Someone is trying to disrupt many of the smaller and more established were groups and they aren't being subtle about how they do it either. Anita has to turn to her lovers for help and it escalates from there. For a more detailed plot summary |
Primary Characters Anita BlakeJean-Claude Richard Zeeman | |
Recurring Characters Ronnie SimsJason Schuyler Gregory Dietrich Nathaniel Graison Asher Jamil Shang-Da Elizabeth Zane Cherry Vivian Sylvie Barker Stephen Dietrich Rafael Dolph Storr Zerbrowski Detective Perry Belle Morte (only mentioned previously) Willie McCoy Louie Fane Raina (munin) Damian Ernie Gretchen (Greta) Dr. Lillian Christine | |
New Characters Marco - a werelionNarcissus - the Oba of the werehyenas Alex, Ulysses - two of Narcissus' bodyguards Meng Die - a master vampire, one of Jean-Claude's get Faust - a master vampire, one of Jean-Claude's get Coronus - a snakewere Chimera - a panwere Jacob - a werewolf mole in the Thronnos Rokke Clan Micah Callahan - an alpha wereleopard Merle - a wereleopard bodyguard Caleb - a young wereleopard Detective Jessica Arnet - a new member of RPIT Orlando King - a world renown Bounty Hunter Noah - a wereleopard bodyguard Gina - a young wereleopard Violet - a young wereleopard Donovan Reece - the swan King Claudia - a wererat bodyguard Igor - a wererat bodyguard Paris - a contender for the position of lupa Joseph (mentioned as missing) - the werelion Rex Gilbert - a werefox Bobby Lee - a wererat bodyguard Cris - a wererat bodyguard Bacchus - a werehyena Zeke - a werewolf, caught in animal form | |
Character Deaths Igor - by Chimera's minionsCris - by Chimera's minions Ulysses? - by Chimera, Coronus, Boone, Orlando King - by Anita, with the power shared with her by Obsidian Butterfly Marcos - by Jacob - by Anita, off camera Numerous unnamed werehyenas during battles at Narcissus in Chains Numerous weresnakes - at Narcissus in Chains, and at Anita's house Ursa of the werebears - by Chimera Male werecobra - by Chimera |
Important Revelations
- Anita is infected with the ardeur.
- We learn more about Julianna.
Explanation of the Title
The title comes from the name of Narcissus's BDSM club. "The Club was over the river on the Illinois side, along with most of the other questionable clubs. Vampire-run businesses got a grandfather clause to operate in St. Louis proper, but the rest of the human-run clubs - and lycanthropes still counted legally as human - had to go into Illinois to avoid pesky zoning problems." Page 18
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| Darkflamesanctuary | yay | 2 | Oct 30 2009, 9:33 AM EDT by Kiryuu-chan | ||
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I got this three days ago ^_^ , I had to go to three different book stores to find it......I still haven't been able to read it yet damn assignments are keepingme way to busy.
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| vampgroupie | Why doesn't Anita get mad at Micah at the end of NIC? | 11 | Sep 11 2009, 9:21 PM EDT by triscut | ||
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I just finished Narcissus in Chains and believe Anita should have reacted differently to finding out that Micah knew about Chimera's plans to take over Richard's wolves and her leopards. She was pissed at Richard for not lying but withholding information about him being a lycanthrope. How come she isn't mad at Micah for withholding information that could have gotten her, her leopards, and the wolf pack tortured and killed? Micah had an opportunity to come clean about his involvement after Marcos and the snake men attacked Anita's house and before they went to the Circus of the Damned to meat Jean-Claude.
Doesn't this lack of reaction from Anita seem inconsistent with her character?
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| ptreenee | help with confusion? | 1 | Sep 29 2008, 9:34 PM EDT by alice_redfern | ||
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So i just finished Narcasis in chains not to long ago. Can some one help me clarify what all happened in that book? I know that Anita found out some things about herself...buut i am still kind of in the dark. thnx!
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