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The Hollows #1

Dead Witch Walking

Name: Dead Witch Walking
Rating: 4.04 (129181 reviews)
Author: Kim Harrison

Kim Harrison April 1, 2004

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Alternative cover edition of ISBN 9780060572969. Another edition can be found here

All the creatures of the night gather in “the Hollows” of Cincinnati, to hide, to prowl, to party… and to feed.

Vampires rule the darkness in a predator-eat-predator world rife with dangers beyond imagining – and it’s Rachel Morgan’s job to keep that world civilized.

A bounty hunter and witch with serious sex appeal and an attitude, she’ll bring ’em back alive, dead… or undead.

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