Review: Affliction by Laurell K. Hamilton

Title: Affliction

Author: Laurell K. Hamilton

Series: Anita Blake, #22

 •Source: Purchased
 •Publisher: Berkley Books
 •Publication Date: July 2, 2013

Opening Line: My gun was digging into my back, so I shifted forward in my office chair.

   

Some zombies are raised.
Others must be put down.
Just ask Anita Blake.

Before now, she would have considered them merely off-putting, never dangerous. Before now, she had never heard of any of them causing human beings to perish in agony. But that’s all changed.

Micah’s estranged father lies dying, rotting away inside from some strange ailment that has his doctors whispering about “zombie disease.”

Anita makes her living off of zombies—but these aren’t the kind she knows so well. These creatures hunt in daylight, and are as fast and strong as vampires. If they bite you, you become just like them. And round and round it goes…

Where will it stop?
Even Anita Blake doesn’t know.

Review: Shutdown by Laurell K. Hamilton

Title: Shutdown

Author: Laurell K. Hamilton

Series: Anita Blake, #22.6

 •Source: Free
 •Publisher: Vook
 •Publication Date: October 8, 2013

Opening Line: Have you ever had to have lunch with your lover's fiancé?

 

"A present from me to you, because our government is behaving badly. This story is for all my readers who have been impacted by the current political SNAFU – and for anyone else who might need to enjoy a free story in these difficult times.

“Shutdown”, will be available free for the duration of the government shutdown. Once the government is back in business then the short story will no longer be available on line, at least not until my publisher and I figure out what we might want to do with it. But for right now, while we’re all wondering how it got to this point, here’s a brand new Anita Blake short story, featuring our favorite bad boy werewolf, yep, I mean Richard Zeeman. Hey, I’ve been telling you, he’s been working his therapy: read on to see the results that hard work and being brave enough to own your whole self can get you." -Laurell K. Hamilton