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The Vampire Huntress Legend Series (VHL) is a twelve book series written by Leslie Esdaile Banks under the pen name L.A. Banks. The series centers around a young "twenty-something" woman named Damali Richards who is a spoken word artist but is also the Neteru, a human who is born once every thousand years to fight the Dark Realms. Her most dangerous and most constant enemy from The Dark Realms are vampires. The entire series is based on the never ending struggle between good and evil. The ''Vampire Huntress Legend Series'' is also about the strong bonds of love. Love that exists in the form of family love, friendship love, love of self, love for the world (environment) and the love between man and woman. There is also intense subject matter on religion within this series. The cover art for this series was done by Vince Natale, while inside illustrations are the work of Eric Battle. Books 1 and 2 of The Vampire Huntress Legend Series (Minion and The Awakening), have been optioned for Hollywood films by Moontide Pictures, LLC. Originally a nine book series with St. Martin's Press/Griffin, has now become a twelve book series. ==Minion== The first book in the series, Minion, introduces Damali - a young twenty-year-old African American woman who is (Neteru ) (the huntress). Damali is a very influential spoken word artist who writes and produces all her material (a lot of which is based on her own life experiences). Damali was orphaned at an early age and her experiences in foster care led her to escape, starting her journey as a vampire huntress. Damali's guardian team is introduced, consisting of Marlene, Nafes Shabazz, Big Mike, Jose, JL and Rider. Every member of the group possesses some sort of paranormal abilities. Damali's team encounter an unusual breed of vampires, who differ from the "regular" ones in appearance and exude an odor so strong that it makes some of the team members physically sick. The protagonists eventually find out that these creatures are hybrids created by the evil vampire Fallon Nuit, who refers to them as "minions". Carlos Rivera is a young Hispanic drug lord seeking vengeance for his murdered friends and family, unaware that he is being led into a trap by none other than Fallon Nuit who sees plenty of potential evil and wants him to join his cause as a vampire. In order to save himself, Damali and the guardian team, Carlos forms an alliance with second highest council of the dark side. The Awakening (2) Synoposis: Carlos Rivera is on the hunt for the Neteru, and is stronger than Damali’s Guardians ever imagined. Prayer lines notwithstanding, he’s coming for his woman. This thing between them goes way back; it was there even before he’d turned. As a vampire and a man, he has a lot of decisions to make, a lot of factions after him, but there’s one thing that’s always been clear—he wants her. The Hunted (3) Synopsis: Carlos Rivera has descended another level, drawing more power from the dark side. The battle in Hell was nothing compared to the ongoing battle he’s fought against his desire for The Neteru. And this fantastically frustrating woman is going after the were-demon realms, too? Not on his watch. He’s more than a Master Vampire, he’s Council Level now… and still, for all his power, there’s one objective that has consistently eluded him—Damali Richards. But not tonight. The Bitten (4) Synopsis: Yeah… she knew what they’d said about not messing with this man, this temptation… but some things had to be learned by experience. For Damali, this brother was the one thing that had always slayed her, Isis blade notwithstanding. She’d gone to his lair to get turned out, not turned… which was a totally different thing altogether. Only problem is, there is nothing in Marlene’s big black book about how to cure this. An Encounter of the Forbidden Kind The Forbidden (5) The Body of a Goddess...with the Heart of Hell itself. The devil is a dead-beat dad and his consort Lilith couldn't care less. A stolen embryo stirs in Lilith's womb and a plan pulses through her veins: To unleash her child from the gates of hell—as soon as she destroys the only two vampire hunters who can possibly stop her... Damali Richards is a woman-child in a world running with blood, depravity and demons. Turned by her lover, Carlos Rivera, and brought back again, Damali clings to the one measure of purity that was handed down to her through generations of the wise, gifted and strong. Now, through the power of magic, through the ache of desire and the touch of her lover, Damali is on a journey from the streets of Philadelphia to the ancient earth of Africa. With a small army, with Carlos and with her own mad skills, she might just save the world from the demon seductress who wants her and her faith obliterated—before Armageddon begins... 抄文引用元・出典: フリー百科事典『 ウィキペディア（Wikipedia）』 ■ウィキペディアで「The Vampire Huntress Legend Series」の詳細全文を読む スポンサード リンク
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