Burnt Offerings is the seventh in Laurell K Hamilton's genre-straddling Anita Blake: Vampire Hunter series Anita carries a gun and an attitude: "Questions are great, but only if you know the answers If you ask questions and the answers surprise you, you look silly Hard to be threatening when you look ill-informed " As Burnt Offerings ожоюх unfolds, Anita agrees to help track down a possible psychic firestarter She's also policing the local werewolf pack, though she's split up with their alpha, Richard Then Jean-Claude, the vampire Master of the City and her lover, needs her help to confront a visiting delegation of the vampires' ruling council They wonder how he got the power to destroy a council member and believe him dangerous to the hierarchy This fast-paced, urban fantasy includes gore, hardboiled mystery and a romantic triangle The vampires and werewolves are as three-dimensional as the human characters, allowing us to join Anita in wondering who the real monsters are and to understand how her increased personal involvement with them is alienating her from her human colleagues Автор Лорел К Гамильтон Laurell K Hamilton Лорел К Гамильтон (до замужества - Лорел Клейн) родилась 19 февраля 1963 года в небольшом городке возле Ширли (штат Арканзас, США) Училась в христианском колледже "Мэрион" (Индиана), получила степени по английской литературе и биологию Во время учебы.  SummertИздательство: Jove, 2002 г Мягкая обложка, 400 стр ISBN 978-0-515-13447-6 Язык: Английский Формат: 105x175.