The Awakening

A paranormal romance about a vampire slayer who confronts her old lover "solidifies [this] intriguing, dark series as a project worth watching" (Booklist).

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 millenium 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 possess 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.

Praise for Minion, the first book in The Vampire Huntress Legends

"[Banks is] wildly creative and invents a totally new and refreshing milieu." —Fangoria

"Blade meets Buffy the Vampire Slayer . . . A pulsating blood-booster." —Kirkus Reviews

"An exciting premise and a cliffhanger ending . . . packs a powerful punch." —Booklist

"An action-packed journey . . . If you enjoy Anne Rice, Blade or Buffy then Minion is the novel you have been waiting for." —Tananarive Due, author The Good House

"L.A. Banks writes a killer vamp series." —New York Times–bestselling author Sherrilynn Kenyon