Vampire hunter Anita Blake has managed to overcome
everything she faces. But this time there's a monster that
even she doesn't know how to fight... A remote Florida island is the perfect wedding destination
for the upcoming nuptials of Anita's fellow U.S. Marshal and
best friend Edward. For Anita, the vacation is a welcome
break, as it's the first trip she gets to take with
wereleopards Micah and Nathaniel. But it's not all fun and
games and bachelor parties... In this tropical paradise Micah discovers a horrific new
form of lycanthropy, one that has afflicted a single family
for generations. Believed to be the result of an ancient
Greek curse, it turns human bodies into a mass of snakes. When long-simmering resentment leads to a big blowout within
the wedding party, the last thing Anita needs is more drama.
But it finds her anyway when women start disappearing from
the hotel, and worse--her own friends and lovers are
considered the prime suspects. There's a strange power afoot
that Anita has never confronted before, a force that's
rendering those around her helpless in its thrall. Unable to
face it on her own, Anita is willing to accept help from
even the deadliest places. Help that she will most certainly
regret--if she survives at all, that is...
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