Burnt Offerings (Anita Blake Book 7)

	Title: Burnt Offerings (Anita Blake Book 7)
	Author: Laurell K. Hamilton
	Date Published: 1998
	Pages: 392
	Genre: Paranormal Romance
	Format Read: Kindle Book (public library loan)
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In Burnt Offerings, Anita finds herself facing the vampire council that has come to look into the demise of Mr. Oliver, a member of the council. Richard is another state pursuing his Master's Degree and the wolves are until the rule of Richard's new second Sylvie. Sylvie, and most of the werewolves are no fans of Anita's... they see Anita's choice of Jean Claude over Richards as a betrayal, and that it lead to Richard's being broken. They are also extremely upset that she is the Lupa (female leader) of the pack, and a human.

The vampire council arrives, without prior notice and begins to make strong statements. They believe that the triumvirate that Anita, Richard and Jean Claude have created is too powerful to be allowed to coninue. They have come to kill. They begin by torturing not only Jean Claude's vampires, but the werewolves, and other were creatures, such as Rafael the Rat King. This type of action will not be tolerated by Anita, and she works to quickly free and regain control of her people.

However, the radical vampire groups have other ideas. Humans againts Vampires (HAV) begins to set fire to known vampire establishements. Anita is asked to go into the basemement of a burnt church to try and save the vampires inside. They are in their coffins, but firefighters are fearful that the roof will collapse before nightfall and that they will perish to the final death in fire. Anita asks the council, and the lead representative, The Traveler (because he can take over any vampire's body) to aid in the rescue.

The Traveler does eventually help with the rescue, but feels that for this service, Anita owes him a debt (even though she was trying to save his vampire people).
What will Anita be willing to pay for The Traveler's aid? Will she be able to save all of the people that look to her and Jean Claude for protection, the vampires, the werewolves, the wereleopards, the humans? Who is setting the fires, and why?