In L.A.Banks' The Awakening there is a vampire war brewing in the underworld and at the center of it all is Damali Richards, spoken word artist and Vampire Huntress. But she is not just any Vampire Huntress, she is the millennium Neteru. A woman so potentially powerful that the vampire world is about to invoke a bloody battle that threatens to spill over onto her streets in order to posses her. It's just a matter of who will get to her first. Fallon Nuit, a rogue vampire, is one of the most powerful Damali has ever encountered and he has allied himself with the deadly Amanrath demons in order to claim her. But the Vampire Council has plans for her as well. And now an unlikely variable has entered into the equation, an ex-lover now turned vampire with an agenda of his own. And she must risk trusting him once more if they are to survive.
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"It was very well written for a science fiction tale. "
— Adebayo (4 out of 5 stars)
" I couldn't get over the dialog enough to get into the story which bums me out because I really do like Banks' books. Oh well, moving on. "
— April, 5/11/2011" I rarely comment, but i must say that i really disliked this book. I felt the plot changed to often to keep up with and by the time i was 3/4 of the way through i finally gave up (very unlike me to not finish a book). I was a bit surprised, since this is my kind of book. "
— Mckenzie, 1/23/2011" I had a hard time with the language Banks uses. It just was not my thing although I have heard the rest of the series is written better. "
— Vfields, 1/18/2011" Disappointed...a little to urban slang. The main character is ok. "
— Christy, 1/18/2011L. A. Banks (1959-2011) was the author of the Vampire Huntress Legend series and the Crimson Moon Novels, including Left for Undead and Never Cry Werewolf. She had a bachelor’s degree from the University of Pennsylvania’s Wharton School of Business and a master’s in fine arts from Temple University. She considered herself a shape-shifter, writing romance, women’s fiction, crime and suspense, and of course, dark vampire huntress lore. She lived with her daughter in Philadelphia until her death in 2011.
Hillary Huber, a Los Angeles–based voice talent with hundreds of commercials and promos under her belt, was bitten by the audiobook bug in 2005. She now records books on a regular basis and has been nominated for several Audie Awards and won numerous Earphones Awards.