Serpentine (Headline Publishing Group)

Anita Blake, Vampire Hunter, faces an ancient, Medusa-like curse in her twenty-sixth adventure. Anita Blake, Vampire Hunter, returns to face an ancient, Medusa-like curse in her twenty-sixth adventure.

Fans of Charlaine Harris and Anne Rice will delight in this series by Sunday Times and New York Times bestselling author Laurell K. Hamilton. 'I've never read a writer with a more fertile imagination' - Diana Gabaldon My name is Anita Blake, U.S.

marshal and vampire hunter. But this time, there's a monster that even I don't know how to fight... A remote Florida island is the perfect destination for my best friend Edward's wedding, and a much-needed getaway for me and wereleopards Micah and Nathaniel.

But it's not all fun, games and bachelor parties. Micah has unearthed a horrific new form of lycanthropy down here - a Medusa-like curse that turns its victims into a mass of snakes. The last thing I need is more drama, but when women start disappearing in this tropical paradise, my own friends and lovers become the prime suspects.

I can't fight this one alone and am ready to accept help from even the deadliest of places - help I know I will regret. If I survive at all.