Kim Harrison's Dead Witch Walking
Kim Harrison Offers a New Book Series of Vampire and Witch Novels
Dead Witch Walking began Kim Harrison's novel series of witches, vampires, pixies and demons. With a sixth book coming out soon, the series has exploded in popularity.
When Kim Harrison's debut novel Dead Witch Walking was released in 2005, the author was completely unknown and the book received very little marketing. But, as fans discovered this new talent, the success of Kim Harrison snowballed. Her fantasy series now encompasses five books with a sixth to be released soon.
Dead Witch Walking
The first novel introduces the witch, vampire and pixy that live together in a church and work as private investigators. And yes, it's just as strange as it sounds. Kim Harrison's fantasy world uses an alternative history scenario, with events taking place in the last forty years bringing the Earths vampires and other non-human creatures coming out to humans. The novel is fascinating and rich in detail, but it suffers from being a little less than well written. As a debut novel, the lack of skill is somewhat understandable and the plot and characterizations more than make up for the few clumsy passages.
The Good, the Bad, and the Undead
This novel focuses more deeply on the problems that are caused by a witch and a vampire living together. One of which is of course the vampire's desire to drink from her roommate. This is compounded by the witch's human boyfriend and a host of complications that come from their investigations business and a pesky demon who won't leave them alone.
Every Which Way but Dead
In this one, the witch delves far more deeply into the world of demons than she ever intended. Needing to make a deal with a particularly horrific demon, their lives go in a different direction than any of them want to go. An elf is introduced into the mix as well, adding to the assortment of magical creatures that inhabit their daily lives.
A Fistful of Charms
Though there are werewolf characters in all of the Kim Harrison novels, this one is the one in which they figure most prominently. The characters become embroiled in werewolf politics and find themselves involved intimately in the budding class between vampires and werewolves. For the first time in the series, the characters leave the Cincinnati area and take their adventures on the road.
For a Few Demons More
As the characters become more and more entrapped in the evil web that has enveloped them, each supernatural society is battling against a rising new threat to the power of vampires. As the main characters from the series get too involved in the power play, the witch finds herself at the very center of the struggle.
The next installment of Kin Harrison’s series, The Outlaw Demon Wails, is expected to resolve some of the demon problems that have made life so difficult for the main trio. But, whatever the novel brings, her fans will line up to get the latest book. Unlike the first five books in the series, the sixth book will be released in hardcover. Kim Harrison herself can be reached through her website http://kimharrison.net/, where, despite her popularity she continues to answer questions from fans.
