Best-selling author Laurell K. Hamilton’s heroine is back! Animator Anita Blake’s search for a serial killer takes her to a dangerous after-hours joint in St. Louis. But things go from bad to worse when a visit to the morgue turns into a bloodbath! Larry Kirkland, St. Louis’ newest animator, has bitten off than any novice animator can chew. Anita Blake is on call to pull his fat out of the fire, but a series of vampire attacks are keeping her hands full. Can Anita and Larry triumph over the venomous Mr. Oliver, or will the vampire pack hounding Anita for the Master of the City’s identity cost them dearly?

Laurell K. Hamilton’s beloved heroine turns up the heat in a story that will leave fans begging for more! Collecting Anita Blake: Circus Of The Damned — The Ingenue issues #1 to 5, written by Laurell K. Hamilton and Jess Ruffner-Booth, pencilled by Ron Lim and featuring cover artwork from Brett Booth.

Marvel, paperback, 120 pages, published March 2012