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A bounty hunting survivor. A Galactic dark elf. A woman who has given up her humanity to become something more. These stories and more are available in the first short story anthology for the System Apocalypse, covering year one on Earth. When the world ends, humanity steps up, finding new ways to survive in a world with classes, magic, and monsters. The anthology features exciting, new stories by five new writers and a new, never publicly released short story by Tao Wong.

Anita Blake, Vampire Hunter for Animators, Inc., is offered a cool mil to raise a 283-year-old corpse. But she knows that the older the zombie, the bigger the death needed to raise it. Only a human sacrifice is 'big' enough to raise this old soul – and Anita’s no murderer. Now, a creature from beyond the grave is tearing a swath of murder through St. Louis. And Anita will learn that there are some secrets better left buried – and some people better off dead …

Meet Detective Zaniel Havelock. A man who can talk to angels. As an angel speaker, Zaniel once used his special gift to serve both the celestial beings and his fellow humans. But a terrible betrayal forced him to abandon that life. Now he's a cop working in the City of Angels. But where angels walk among us, so do demons. And there's no question that there's evil at work when Zaniel is called to the murder scene of a college student. But is this just evil that one human being can do to another, or something more?

This second collection of great sci-fi stories includes the following: "A Sense of Wonder" by Stephen Marlowe, "Seller of the Sky" by Dave Dryfus, "The Shining Cow" by Alex James, and more.

I'm Anita Blake and I kill monsters. The last thing I want to think about though when I get home after a night out is work. But someone has abducted a wereleopard from the Narcissus in Chains club. It's a dark world out there with shapeshifter crime and were-creature struggles. I may not have seen Jean-Claude, the Vampire Master of the City, for six months, but I need his help now, whatever the consequences. Someone is targeting the lycanthropes and we have to save them.

A bounty hunting survivor. A Galactic dark elf. A woman who has given up her humanity to become something more. These stories and more are available in the first short story anthology for the System Apocalypse, covering year one on Earth. When the world ends, humanity steps up, finding new ways to survive in a world with Classes, magic and monsters. The anthology features exciting, new stories by five new writers and a new, never publicly released short story by Tao Wong.

The first hit man came after me at home, which should be against the rules. Then there was a second, and a third. Word on the street is that Anita Blake, preternatural expert and vampire killer extraordinaire, is worth half a million dollars. Dead, not alive. So what's a girl to do but turn to the men in her life for help? Which in my case means an alpha werewolf and a master vampire. With professional killers on your trail, it's not a bad idea to have as much protection as possible, human or otherwise.

Edward is a hit man. He specialises in monsters. Vampires, shape-shifters, anything and everything. There are people like me, Anita Blake, who do it legally, but Edward doesn't sweat the legalities or, hell, the ethics. He is an equal opportunity killer. I may be one of the few friends that Edward has, but it's like being friends with a tame leopard. It may curl on the foot of your bed and let you pet its head, but it can still eat your throat out ...

First, there were the dead in the graveyard, 200 years dead. I'd been hired to raise them to settle a dispute over who owned the land they were buried in. Then there were the three dead teenagers in the woods, slaughtered in a way I'd never seen before. And then they found the dead girl, drained of blood and left in her bed. I knew what that meant of course. It didn't take a degree in preternatural studies to figure out that something was wrong. And I was right in the middle of it. My name is Anita Blake. Welcome to my life ...

Apparently the former love of my life had got himself thrown into jail for assaulting a woman. Since I make my living as a preternatural expert, I tend to believe almost anything's possible. But though he may be one of the monsters, Richard would never harm a woman. So it's Anita Blake to the rescue. I've got just a few days to spring Richard and find out who framed him – and why. There's a full moon coming, and if my werewolf love is still behind bars when it rises, he'll be facing a lot worse than an assault charge ...

The exciting sequel to K. Hamilton’s debut novel, Three Corner Rustlers, takes listeners on another fast-paced ride. Hamilton again spins a compelling tale rooted in the Old West with the intrigue and drama of present-day life. After years of drought, disaster threatens the Three Corner region. As wildfires devastate the landscape, relationships are tested, and life-and-death battles ensue against an intractable foe. Join Hamilton’s cast of characters as they face whether to save a lifetime of hard work...or leave everything they love to survive and start again.

'You can't trust anyone who sleeps with the monsters.' That's what I've always said. That's what I've always believed. But now I'm the one sharing a bed with the Master Vampire of the City. I'm Anita Blake, the woman the vampires call the Executioner. From part of the solution, I've become part of the problem. So it hits close to home when an arsonist begins to target vampire-owned businesses all over town – an arsonist who seems to want to destroy more than just property. It's the monsters who are in danger now. And it's up to the Executioner to save them from the inferno.

You don't volunteer for slugfests with vampires. It shortens your life expectancy. And you don't fall in love with a werewolf. It interferes with your work. Especially when you're a preternatural expert, like me. My name is Anita Blake. My business brings me up close and personal with all shapes and sizes of monsters. And not all of them want to kill me.

Most women complain that there are no single straight men left. I'd just like to meet one that's human. I'm Anita Blake, expert on creatures of the night. I've dined with shapeshifters, danced with werewolves, and been wooed – but not won – by Jean-Claude, the Vampire Master of the City. And now a darkly dangerous vampire named Alejandro has hit town. He wants me for his human servant. A war of the undead has begun. Over me ...

Inspired by real-life events, author K. Hamilton artfully combines the elements of a Western with the 21st century. Paths intersect and twist from Silicon Valley, to Colorado, to the wide-open spaces of the high desert of the Three Corner country of Oregon, Idaho, and Nevada.

Mein Name ist Anita Blake. Ich bin Expertin für Kreaturen der Nacht. Ich habe mit Gestaltwandlern diniert, mit Werwölfen getanzt und werde von Jean-Claude, dem Meistervampir der Stadt, umworben. Doch seit Kurzem ist ein neuer Vampir in der Stadt. Dunkel und gefährlich. Sein Name: Alejandro. Und er will mich. Deshalb wütet jetzt ein Krieg der Untoten. Ich würde mich ja geschmeichelt fühlen - wenn mein Leben nicht auf dem Spiel stände... Als in St. Louis eine Leiche gefunden wird, die von nicht weniger als fünf Vampiren ausgesaugt wurde, ahnt Anita Blake nichts Gutes und geht der Sache auf den Grund.

Vergiss Buffy, die Vampirjägerin. Anita Blake zeigt dir, wie es WIRKLICH zugeht unter Vampiren, Untoten und Gestaltwandlern... Eine Million Dollar ist eine Menge Geld. Harold Gaynor bietet Anita Blake diese Summe für einen 'Job'. Doch dieser Auftrag hat es in sich: Anita soll einen dreihundert Jahre alten Leichnam zum Leben erwecken. Sie lehnt ab, denn sie weiß, dass dafür ein Menschenopfer nötig wäre. Doch als die Stadt kurz darauf von einer Mordwelle heimgesucht wird, ahnt Anita, dass jemand den Auftrag angenommen hat.

Willkommen in meiner Welt. Einer Welt voller Wesen mit übersinnlichen Kräften, in der blutige Gewalt, aber auch prickelnde Lust auf dich warten. Bist du bereit? Traust du dich? Seit der Oberste Gerichtshof den Untoten gleiche Rechte gewährt hat, halten die meisten Menschen Vampire für ganz gewöhnliche Leute, nur eben mit spitzen Eckzähnen. Aber ich weiß es besser. Ich habe ihre Opfer gesehen. Ich trage selbst die Narben... Doch jetzt werden Vampire selbst zu Opfern: Ein Serienkiller bringt sie reihenweise um - und der mächtigste Blutsauger der Stadt will, dass ausgerechnet ich den Mörder finde.

Anita Blake ist daran gewöhnt, die Jägerin zu sein. Doch plötzlich hat sie selbst einen Auftragskiller im Nacken sitzen und alle Hände voll damit zu tun, einfach nur zu überleben. Denn ein Unbekannter hat einen Preis von einer halben Million Dollar auf ihren Kopf ausgesetzt, und sie soll innerhalb von 24 Stunden aus dem Weg geräumt werden. Anita muss also schnellstmöglich herausfinden, wer ihr nach dem Leben trachtet. Als ob das nicht Ärger genug wäre, soll sie sich auch noch zwischen zwei Männern entscheiden. Und wenn es sich bei dem einen um einen Vampir und bei dem anderen um einen Werwolf handelt, ist diese Wahl ein riskantes Spiel mit dem Feuer ...

Vampirjägerin Anita Blake steht vor zwei Aufträgen, die selbst sie an ihre Grenzen bringen: Sie soll einen ganzen Friedhof mit zweihundert Jahre alten Gräbern erwecken. Zugleich versucht sie den Mörder von drei Teenagern zu finden. Sie wurden so bestialisch zugerichtet, wie Anita es noch nie gesehen hat - und das will etwas heißen! Auf der Suche nach Antworten steht Anita wieder Jean-Claude zur Seite, der verführerische Meistervampir von St. Louis.