And the summit starts out as a lot of fun, with vampire politics, unexpected murders, courtroom proceedings, vampire kings getting married (to each other), and a dealer's room with all kinds of fun stuff for sale, like prosthetic fangs, new coffins, Bill's vampire database, and Sanguinary Soup for the Soul. Sookie goes pretty much because she needs the money. Pretty much everyone Sookie knows tells her not to go to the summit: Claudine, Sam, Tara, Arlene. I really enjoyed this installment, and not just because the story finally started moving back in Eric's direction. Intrigue, romance, blood bonding, and lots o' vamps. And Pam tells Sookie the story of how she became a vampire, and asks Sookie to take pity on Eric.

Jason marries werepanther Crystal Norris, who is again pregnant. Sookie and Barry the bellboy use their telepathic talent to find human and non-human victims in the rubble.īack in Bon Temps, Amelia Broadway has moved in with Sookie more or less permanently because of the destruction of Hurricane Katrina. After a lot of murder and intrigue, the Fellowship of the Sun bombs the summit hotel. The Queen's close associate Andre decides that Sookie is so valuable to the Queen that he must force her to blood bond with him, but in the end, agrees that Eric can do it instead. Sookie, who is now romantically involved with weretiger Quinn, is hired by the Queen of Louisiana to work for her at a vampire summit in a city near Chicago. First a trial, then a few murders, then dancing.

All Together Dead by Charlaine Harris