Dead to the World (Southern Vampire Mysteries, Book 4)
by Charlaine Harris
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Author: Charlaine HarrisEdition: Mass Market Paperback
Audio: English (Unknown); English (Original Language); English (Published)
Published: 2005-05-03
ISBN: 0441012183
Number of pages: 320
Publisher: Ace
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- ISBN13: 9780441012183
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Book Reviews of Dead to the World (Southern Vampire Mysteries, Book 4)
Book Review: The Wicked Witches
Summary: 5 Stars
Dead to the World (2004) is the fourth Rural Fantasy novel in the Southern Vampire series, following Club Dead. In the previous volume, shortly before Christmas, some Were friends of Jerry Falcon had beat up Sookie Stackhouse, but then Eric Northman and Bill Compton arrived and left bodies lying all around the house. Later Sookie found out who had killed Jerry and why. After Eric and Bill started posturing, she rescinded their permission to enter her house and everything calmed down enough for Sookie to relax for a while.
In this novel, the Merlotte's Bar and Grill staff had suffered through New Year's Eve. Sookie is very tired as she travels home from work, at least until she sees someone running down the road. He is shirtless and bare footed in the cold, so she stops her car and offers him a ride. Then she recognizes that the man is Eric Northman, the Vampire Area 5 Sheriff.
As she talks to Eric, Sookie soon realizes that he has lost his memory and much of the confidence that comes from knowing your place in society. Now he is afraid and uncertain, fleeing from something that he doesn't even remember. So Sookie takes him to her house and provides him a place to stay until she can notify his vampire subjects.
When Pam and Chow come to the house, Eric really doesn't recognize them, but they do have an explanation. Sookie learns that a group of powerful witches -- some of whom are Were -- are demanding a piece of the action in Eric's territory. These witches are even more dangerous because they are addicted to vampire blood, which makes them stronger, faster and able to heal more quickly.
Meanwhile, Sookie's brother Jason disappears. Sookie reports his absence to Sheriff Bud Dearborn, but the Sheriff is not concerned. Jason has been known to spend the night with many women and maybe he decided to take the day off to further explore some woman's charms. Yet Sookie knows that Jason doesn't miss any days at work.
Sookie starts looking on her own. She also wants to get the shotgun that Jason promised to bring to her. Arriving at Jason's house, she finds Alcee Beck, the county's only Black detective, already there. They work together to search the house and surrounding property and find some blood on the dock.
Later, Sookie checks out some of Jason's girlfriends. Carla Rodriguez knows nothing about Jason's whereabouts and really prefers not to have anything more to do with him. Crystal Norris, however, had been in the house when Jason arrived home the previous night.
Only orders from her Uncle Calvin makes Crystal tell Sookie about the interesting things that she had heard while inside the house. Yet Crystal claims to have never looked out the windows and to have not recognized the other voice(s). Thus, she does not know who had argued with Jason.
In this story, Eric had lost his memory as the result of an attack by one of his vampire subjects upon Hallow, the witch leader. As soon as Chow attacked her, Eric disappeared from a meeting with his inner circle. Obviously Hallow had been protected by a magical spell that was triggered by the attack.
These witches contact other covens and independent witches in the area and propose mergers. They also contact the Shreveport Were Pack and later kill a pack member. They break into Fangtasia -- the vampire bar -- and cause the death of a waitress. Indeed, the Witches frighten and irritate so many supernaturals in the area that they force an alliance against themselves.
This story contains even more sex, this time with the cursed Eric. Bill has left for Peru to work on his database, but returns later in the book to find his Sookie being intimate with his boss. Sam Merlotte is very helpful and is still featured in Sookie's fantasies, but she is determined not to have an affair with her boss.
Claudine the fairy -- the kind with pointed ears -- is introduced in this book. She saves Sookie from falling asleep behind the wheel, but just how did she get into the moving car? She also provides some critical information on the bad witches, but her blood is intoxicating to vampires. They become focused on her and just creep closer and closer to her until they are close enough to bite, so Claudine is often not able to remain in Sookie's vicinity for very long.
Highly recommended for Harris fans and for anyone else who enjoys tales of preternatural creature, vampire politics and telepathic waitresses.
-Arthur W. Jordin
Summary of Dead to the World (Southern Vampire Mysteries, Book 4)
When cocktail waitress Sookie Stackhouse sees a naked man on the side of the road, she doesn't just drive on by. Turns out the poor thing hasn't a clue who he is, but Sookie does. It's Eric the vampire?but now he's a kinder, gentler Eric. And a scared Eric, because whoever took his memory now wants his life.
Watch a QuickTime trailer for the HBO original series True Blood.From Emma Bull's War for the Oaks to Laurell K. Hamilton's Anita Blake, Vampire Hunter series, from The X-Files to Buffy the Vampire Slayer, creators are mixing old European myths and legends with modern American pop culture. Incorporating influences ranging from blaxploitation movies and erotic novels to tabloid staples like UFOs and Elvis, authors and directors are creating a new mythology for the strip-mall, tract-house, cell-phone America of the new millennium.
One of the best-known and best writers of the new American mythology is Charlaine Harris. Dead to the World is the fourth novel in her Anthony Award-winning Southern Vampire series. It continues the story of psychic waitress Sookie Stackhouse, who has fallen out with her undead lover, Bill. Bill has no sooner departed for Peru, than Sookie finds the head vampire, Eric, running naked and terrified through the rural night. She helps Eric, and discovers his memory has been destroyed by a coven of unscrupulous, astonishingly powerful witches, newly arrived in her small Louisiana town, and offering a huge reward for Eric. Sookie tries to hide Eric, but her brother sees him--and immediately disappears. And Sookie finds herself caught in a war among witches, vampires, and werewolves. --Cynthia Ward
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