VAMPIRE BOOKS

ANITA BLAKE - VAMPIRE HUNTER

Anita Blake, Vampire Hunter is a series by Laurell K Hamilton which takes place in a parallel fantasy world where vampires, shape shifters, werewolves, faeries, etc. exist.

Her night job, and primary source of income, is the legal profession of re-animating the dead. As an "animator" in a parallel St. Louis, her job entails using magical abilities to bring temporary life to dead bodies in order to question them for legal purposes. She is a necromancer, which allows her to control the dead, including vampires and zombies, but not ghosts and ghouls.

She is also a licensed vampire hunter/executioner, with eventual empowerment as a Federal Marshal. In her world this profession involves tracking down and killing vampires who have murdered humans. She is also held in retainer for the Regional Preternatural Investigation Team (RPIT), which investigates supernatural crimes committed involving magic, vampires, werewolves, and other supernatural creatures.