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Dead As A Doornail
''Dead as a Doornail'' is the fifth book in Charlaine Harris's series ''The Southern Vampire Mysteries''. Summary It's the first full moon since Jason was bitten by the werepanther Felton Norris (in ''Dead to the World''). Calvin Norris comes to watch over him and help him, and Jason turns into a half man/half panther. Then Sam is shot in the leg and is therefore unable to run the bar. He asks Sookie to go to Fangtasia to ask Eric to lend him a bartender while he is out. Eric sends their new bartender, Charles Twining. Calvin Norris is also shot and seriously wounded, and Sookie learns that other shifters and were-animals are being shot throughout Louisiana. Calvin suspects Jason, based on the theory that Jason is angry at weres for turning him into a werepanther. Known for dispensing their own kind of justice, the real shooter needs to be found before the werepanthers turn on Jason. Colonel Flood, leader of the Long Tooth pack of Shreveport, is hit by a car and dies, so the pa ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Charlaine Harris
Charlaine Harris Schulz (born November 25, 1951) is an American author who specializes in Mystery fiction, mysteries. She is best known for her book series ''The Southern Vampire Mysteries'', which was adapted as the TV series ''True Blood''. The television show was a critical and financial success for HBO, running seven seasons, from 2008 through 2014. A number of her books have been bestsellers and this series was translated into multiple languages and published across the globe. Harris was born and raised in a small town in the Mississippi River Delta area of the United States. She now lives in Texas with her husband; they have three grown children and grandchildren. She began writing from an early age, and changed from playwriting in college to writing and publishing mysteries, including several long series featuring recurring characters. Life and career Harris was born and grew up in Tunica, Mississippi, in the Mississippi Delta. In her early work she wrote poems about ghos ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Characters Of The Southern Vampire Mysteries
This is a listing of significant characters in Charlaine Harris's ''The Southern Vampire Mysteries'' / Sookie Stackhouse novels only. HBO created a television series called ''True Blood'' based on the novels. Main characters Sookie Stackhouse Sookie is the main character of ''The Southern Vampire Mysteries'', and resides in the fictional town of Bon Temps in rural northern Louisiana. In the first novel, ''Dead Until Dark'', she describes herself as being 25 years old, with blonde hair and blue eyes. She also states that her "legs are strong and erbosom is substantial... itha waspy waistline”. She is written to wear a ladies size 8-10. Sookie, although not highly educated, is well read and has an extensive vocabulary. This is primarily attributed to her affinity for her “word-of-the-day” calendar. Although Sookie appears to be human, she possesses telepathic abilities, which manifested at a very young age. Later she learns she is a fairy-human hybrid. She is able to read ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
American Vampire Novels
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2005 Fantasy Novels
5 (five) is a number, numeral and digit. It is the natural number, and cardinal number, following 4 and preceding 6, and is a prime number. It has attained significance throughout history in part because typical humans have five digits on each hand. In mathematics 5 is the third smallest prime number, and the second super-prime. It is the first safe prime, the first good prime, the first balanced prime, and the first of three known Wilson primes. Five is the second Fermat prime and the third Mersenne prime exponent, as well as the third Catalan number, and the third Sophie Germain prime. Notably, 5 is equal to the sum of the ''only'' consecutive primes, 2 + 3, and is the only number that is part of more than one pair of twin primes, ( 3, 5) and (5, 7). It is also a sexy prime with the fifth prime number and first prime repunit, 11. Five is the third factorial prime, an alternating factorial, and an Eisenstein prime with no imaginary part and real part of the form 3p ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
2005 American Novels
5 (five) is a number, numeral and digit. It is the natural number, and cardinal number, following 4 and preceding 6, and is a prime number. It has attained significance throughout history in part because typical humans have five digits on each hand. In mathematics 5 is the third smallest prime number, and the second super-prime. It is the first safe prime, the first good prime, the first balanced prime, and the first of three known Wilson primes. Five is the second Fermat prime and the third Mersenne prime exponent, as well as the third Catalan number, and the third Sophie Germain prime. Notably, 5 is equal to the sum of the ''only'' consecutive primes, 2 + 3, and is the only number that is part of more than one pair of twin primes, ( 3, 5) and (5, 7). It is also a sexy prime with the fifth prime number and first prime repunit, 11. Five is the third factorial prime, an alternating factorial, and an Eisenstein prime with no imaginary part and real part of the form 3p ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
True Blood
''True Blood'' is an American fantasy horror drama television series produced and created by Alan Ball. It is based on ''The Southern Vampire Mysteries'', a series of novels by Charlaine Harris. A reboot is currently in development. The series revolves around Sookie Stackhouse (Anna Paquin), a telepathic waitress living in the fictional rural town of Bon Temps, Louisiana. It is set two years after the invention of a synthetic blood product branded "Tru Blood" that has allowed vampires to "come out of the coffin" and let their presence be known to mankind. It chronicles the vampires' struggle for equal rights and assimilation while anti-vampire organizations begin to gain power. Sookie's world is turned upside down when she falls in love with 174-year-old vampire Bill Compton ( Stephen Moyer), and for the first time, she must navigate the trials and terrors of intimacy and relationships. The show was broadcast on the premium cable network HBO, in the United States, and was pr ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
The Fifth Season
The Fifth Season may refer to: Music * ''The Fifth Season'' (Oh My Girl album) or the title song, 2019 * ''The Fifth Season'' (Quidam album), 2009 ** "The Fifth Season", the title song, originally from '' SuREvival'', 2005 * ''The Fifth Season'', a 2020 album by Lafawndah Other uses * ''The Fifth Season'' (film), a 2012 Belgian film * ''The Fifth Season'' (novel), a 2015 novel by N. K. Jemisin * ''The Fifth Season'' (play), a 1953 play by Sylvia Regan * Fifth Season (company), a film and television production company * The period of spring floods in the Soomaa National Park Soomaa National Park ( et, Soomaa rahvuspark) is a national park in south-western Estonia. Soomaa ("land of bogs") protects 390 km², the park was created in 1993. Soomaa is Important Bird Area since 1989 and a Ramsar site of protected w ... in Estonia See also * {{DEFAULTSORT:Fifth Season, The ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Characters Of True Blood
''True Blood'' is an American television drama series created and produced by Alan Ball. It is based on ''The Southern Vampire Mysteries'' by Charlaine Harris. This article includes main characters (i.e. characters played by a main cast member), as well as every recurring vampire, and every other character to appear in at least four episodes. http://tviv.org/True_Blood/Characters TVIV.com—True Blood characters Main characters Humans Supernaturals Seasonal antagonists Past main characters Additional characters Supporting vampire characters Additional characters, introduced in season 1 Additional characters, introduced in season 2 Additional characters, introduced in season 3 Additional characters, introduced in season 4 Additional characters, introduced in season 5 See also * List of ''The Southern Vampire Mysteries'' characters References External links ''True Blood''Official site * {{DEFAULTSORT:True Blood characters True Bloo ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Definitely Dead
''Definitely Dead'' is the sixth book in Charlaine Harris's series ''The Southern Vampire Mysteries''. Plot summary After surviving a Were attack while attending a play in Shreveport with her new boyfriend John Quinn, Sookie Stackhouse goes to New Orleans to sort out the affairs of her cousin Hadley, a vampire who was murdered. When she arrives, she finds Hadley's apartment under a stasis spell that was placed there by the talented and helpful young witch Amelia Broadway, Hadley's landlady. When the spell is removed, Sookie and Amelia are attacked by a newly turned vampire (later revealed to be a Were named Jake Purifoy) whose rising was delayed due to Amelia's stasis spell. Sookie and Amelia are taken to the emergency room after this attack and it is here that Bill, due to Eric interfering, tells Sookie the truth behind his move to Bon Temps. The following night, Sookie calls on the Queen of Louisiana, Sophie-Anne Leclerq, and her new husband, the vampire king of Arkansas, Pete ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
The Southern Vampire Mysteries
''The Southern Vampire Mysteries'', also known as ''The True Blood Novels'' and ''The Sookie Stackhouse Novels'', is a series of books written by bestselling author Charlaine Harris. The first installment, ''Dead Until Dark'' (2001), won the Anthony Award for Best Paperback Mystery in 2001 and later served as the source material for the HBO drama series ''True Blood'' (2008–2014). The book series has been retronymed the ''True Blood Series'' upon reprinting, to capitalize on the television adaptation. In ''The Southern Vampire Mysteries/True Blood'' Series, Harris develops a detailed mythology and alternate history that approaches supernatural beings as real; at the beginning of the series, vampires' existence had only been public knowledge for a few years, while other supernatural beings, such as werewolves, shapeshifters, fairies, etc., existed, but were not widely known until later in the series. The setting is contemporary, and the stories occasionally reference popular cul ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Dead To The World (novel)
''Dead to the World'' is the fourth book in Charlaine Harris's series ''The Southern Vampire Mysteries'', released in 2004. In ''Dead to the World'', Sookie aids vampires Eric and Pam in their struggle against a coven of witches seeking to take over control of their area, and takes care of Eric after the witches erase his memory. The novel was adapted as the fourth season of ''True Blood'', the HBO series based on the novels, however with a few notable differences. Plot summary This novel opens on New Year's Eve, three weeks after the events of '' Club Dead''. Sookie Stackhouse finds Eric running down the road close to her home, but he seems to have lost his memory. Sookie, initially reluctant to get involved in vampire matters once again, takes Eric in. Eric's second in command, Pam, is relieved at Sookie finding Eric, and explains a coven of villainous witches, some of them also werewolves, has arrived in Shreveport, set on extorting money from Eric and taking over the lo ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Amazon Kindle
Amazon Kindle is a series of e-readers designed and marketed by Amazon. Amazon Kindle devices enable users to browse, buy, download, and read e-books, newspapers, magazines and other digital media via wireless networking to the Kindle Store. The hardware platform, which Amazon subsidiary Lab126 developed, began as a single device in 2007. Currently, it comprises a range of devices, including e-readers with E Ink electronic paper displays and Kindle applications on all major computing platforms. All Kindle devices integrate with Windows and macOS file systems and Kindle Store content and, as of March 2018, the store had over six million e-books available in the United States.Kindle Store: Kindle eBooks . Retrieved March 30, 2018. Naming and evolution In 2004, Amazon foun ...[...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
