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Author | Laurell K. Hamilton |
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Cover artist | Cover design by Judith Myrello, cover art by Craig White |
Country | United States |
Language | English |
Series | Anita Blake: Vampire Hunter |
Genre | Horror, mystery, erotic |
Publisher | Jove Books (Jove edition) |
Publication date | 2006 (Jove edition) |
Media type | |
Pages | 288 (Berkley edition) |
ISBN | 0-515-14087-2 (Berkley edition) |
OCLC | 64021233 |
LC Class | CPB Box no. 2450 vol. 12 |
Preceded by | Incubus Dreams |
Followed by | Danse Macabre |
Micah is a horror/mystery/erotica novel by American writer Laurell K. Hamilton, the thirteenth book in the Anita Blake: Vampire Hunter series.
Micah represents a side-adventure of Anita Blake. Rather than follow up immediately on the various plotlines left open in the previous novel, Incubus Dreams, Hamilton has written a much shorter work focusing primarily on Anita's relationships with one of her lovers, the eponymous Micah Callahan. Specifically, Anita is called to Philadelphia to perform a zombie animation and takes Micah on the trip. While in Philadelphia, Micah and Anita have sex, discuss their relationships and his earlier traumas, and encounter some strange twists in Anita's assignment. As with some of the other later novels in the series, Micah blends elements of supernatural, detective and erotic fiction.
In this case, the title is eponymous, named after Anita's lover, Micah Callahan. To date, only four of the Anita Blake novels, Obsidian Butterfly, Micah, The Harlequin, and Jason have had titles related to a person or being, rather than location, within the story.
Micah apparently takes place approximately one month after the events of Incubus Dreams. (Tammy Reynolds, one of the characters in the series, is four months pregnant in Incubus Dreams and five months pregnant in Micah). As usual, Anita must juggle several problems simultaneously.
Incubus Dreams features the following major characters.
Recurring characters include:
Non-recurring characters include:
The death toll in Micah includes: Arthur Salvia and a salesman die in this novel's timeline. Other deaths are mentioned that happened in the past, however. The zombie took care of Salvia, after Salvia tried to hire someone to take care of the animator who would raise the zombie.
A March 26, 2006 review in the Boston Globe was largely negative, writing "To be fair, this may not have been the best place to jump into a series, but we were not impressed. Hamilton no doubt appeals to romance and erotica lovers, but it does not take long for the clichés and the constant droning about sex to become tiresome." [1]
Anita Blake: Vampire Hunter is a series of urban fantasy novels, short stories, and comic books by Laurell K. Hamilton. The books have sold more than six million copies; many have made The New York Times Best Seller list.
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