The Vampire Huntress Legend Series Explained

The Vampire Huntress Legend Series
Author:Leslie Esdaile Banks (pen name: L.A. Banks)
Books:12

The Vampire Huntress Legend Series (VHLS) is a twelve book series written by Leslie Esdaile Banks under the pen name L.A. Banks. The series centers around a twenty-something woman named Damali Richards, who is a spoken word artist but is also the Neteru, a human who is born once every thousand years to fight the Dark Realms. Her most dangerous and most constant enemy from the Dark Realms are vampires. The cover art for the series was done by Vince Natale, while some first editions contain inside illustrations by Eric Battle.

Originally a single book, the first book in the series was 750 pages. Her editor, her agent and Banks herself decided to cut the book's length by half. Her editor suggested making the series a trilogy, so Banks extended the story. They decided to do four books and complete the series, but her editor suggested keeping main character Carlos. Eventually it became a six-book contract, then nine, and finally ended at 12.[1]

Minion

The first book in the series, Minion, introduces Damali - a young twenty-year-old African American woman who is Neteru (the huntress). Damali is a very influential spoken word artist who writes and produces all her material (a lot of which is based on her own life experiences). Damali was orphaned at an early age and her experiences in foster care led her to escape, starting her journey as a vampire huntress. Damali's guardian team is introduced, consisting of Marlene, Nafes Shabazz, Big Mike, Jose, JL and Rider. Every member of the group possesses some sort of paranormal abilities.

Damali's team encounter an unusual breed of vampires, who differ from the "regular" ones in appearance and exude an odor so strong that it makes some of the team members physically sick. The protagonists eventually find out that these creatures are hybrids created by the evil vampire Fallon Nuit, who refers to them as "minions".

Carlos Rivera is a young Hispanic drug lord seeking vengeance for his murdered friends and family, unaware that he is being led into a trap by none other than Fallon Nuit who sees plenty of potential evil and wants him to join his cause as a vampire.

In order to save himself, Damali and the guardian team, Carlos forms an alliance with second highest council of the dark side.

Complete series

The Vampire Huntress Legend Series (12 Book Series)

The Darkness (10), The Shadows (11), and The Thirteenth (12) are known as The Armageddon Finale to The Vampire Huntress (trademark) Legend Series.[2]

The first print, first edition copies of The Damned came with a limited poster illustrated by Eric Battle.[3]

Anthologies

(Rider and Tara's Story)

(Jose Ciponte and Juanita DeJesus' Story)

Other media

Official Website Content

Additional between the books chapters can be found in:

Films

The first two books were optioned by Gotham Beach Entertainment and Griot Entertainment.[8]

Jan Harrison of Moontide Pictures LLC ultimately ended up with the movie rights, going as far as writing a script for the movie and assuring fans that they'd be happy with the script.[9]

Comics

Dynamite Entertainment is released a four part limited series which continues the Vampire Huntress stories during the post-armageddon. A four part graphic novel containing all four partas as well as concept sketches and an interview with the author where she implied that she was intending to make more comics.[10] [11]

Other

External links

Notes and References

  1. Web site: Curl Up With Your Favorite Author: L.A. Banks . April 13, 2008 . December 20, 2020.
  2. Web site: The Vampire Huntress Legend . www.vampire-huntress.com:80 . 12 January 2022 . https://web.archive.org/web/20070828072635/http://www.vampire-huntress.com:80/leslie.html . 28 August 2007 . dead.
  3. Web site: The Vampire Huntress Legend . www.vampire-huntress.com . 12 January 2022 . https://web.archive.org/web/20060702195240/http://www.vampire-huntress.com/leslie.html . 2 July 2006 . dead.
  4. Web site: Leslie Esdaile Banks . leslieesdailebanks.com . 12 January 2022 . https://web.archive.org/web/20070104215755/http://leslieesdailebanks.com/blog . 4 January 2007 . dead.
  5. Web site: The Vampire Huntress Legend . www.vampirehuntress.com . 12 January 2022 . https://web.archive.org/web/20070212122044/http://www.vampirehuntress.com/ . 12 February 2007 . dead.
  6. Web site: Macmillan: Thirteenth: A Vampire Huntress Legend: (Vampire Huntress Legends): Books: L. A. Banks . us.macmillan.com . 12 January 2022 . https://web.archive.org/web/20090209055154/http://us.macmillan.com/BookCustomPage.aspx?isbn=9780312368760&m_type=4&m_contentid=10981 . 9 February 2009 . dead.
  7. Web site: Leslie Esdaile Banks . leslieesdailebanks.com:80 . 12 January 2022 . https://web.archive.org/web/20090126085037/http://leslieesdailebanks.com:80/blog/ . 26 January 2009 . dead.
  8. Web site: Lauretta . Pierce . L.A. Banks: Minion . Literary World . October 2005 . June 6, 2010 .
  9. Web site: Jan . Harrison . "The Hueman Experience," Medgar Evers College, and more… . L.A. Banks . March 30, 2009 . https://web.archive.org/web/20100328203031/http://leslieesdailebanks.com/blog/page/2/ . December 20, 2020. 2010-03-28 .
  10. Web site: Troy . Brownfield . L.A. Banks' VAMPIRE HUNTRESS Stalks Dynamite in July . . May 7, 2010 . June 6, 2010 .
  11. Web site: Steve . Sunu . L.A. Banks' "Vampire Huntress" Continues in Comics . . May 25, 2010 . June 6, 2010 .
  12. Web site: Banks . L.A. . Between Books . dead . http://web.archive.org/web/20070209003712/http://www.vampire-huntress.com/betweenbooks.html . 2007-02-09 . 2024-03-31.
  13. Web site: Secret Desires - The Intimate Lives of the Neterus and the Guardians . The Vampire Huntress Newsletter . 2024-03-31.
  14. Web site: Sex. Death. Art. The Devil's Candy Store "Exotic contraband from impossible worlds." . thedevilscandystore.com . 12 January 2022 . https://web.archive.org/web/20080809013533/http://thedevilscandystore.com/devil_html/main.html . 9 August 2008 . dead.

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