Slayer

By Koehler, Karen

Book Id: WPLBN0000635281
Format Type: PDF eBook:
File Size: 0.1 MB
Reproduction Date: 2004

Title:	Slayer
Author:	Koehler, Karen
Volume:
Language:	English
Subject:	Science fiction, Fantasy & science fiction, Pulp literature
Collections:	Science Fiction Collection, Baen Library Collection
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Publisher:	Baen Publishing Enterprises


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Summary (520) written with AI assistance by the National Public Library on 2026-09-28 from the title, author and published reference sources; it is not taken from the text of this edition.

Summary
The first novel in Karen Koehler's Slayer series is a dark urban-gothic vampire story, first published in the early 2000s. Its hero, Alek Knight, is a dhampir, born of a human mother and a vampire father, who was abandoned as a baby with his twin sister Debra and raised in an orphanage. He is recruited into a secret coven of dhampir slayers allied to the Church, who police the vampires hidden in a violent, fear-ridden city, and he becomes its master swordsman and chosen heir. When Alek uncovers what the coven and its leader Amadeus are really planning for the vampire race, he turns against them and must fight to survive against his former brothers. Reviewers praised the book's atmosphere, sword-fighting action and memorable characters. The copy in this collection was made available through the Baen Free Library.

Excerpt
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