The Cursed

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From the national bestselling author L. A. Banks comes a walk on the wild side with The Cursed, the ninth novel in the popular Vampire Huntress Legend seriesThe Chairman has been slaughtered, along with Hell’s first almost-successful attempt at creating an Anti-Christ, using Carlos Rivera’s body-double. Dante’s son has also been vanquished. Now the evil Lilith sits on Dante’s old throne, a prize won in her negotiations with Cain. She is The Vampire Council’s new Chairwoman—and Hell hath no fury like a woman scorned.
All Lilith needs is Damali’s newly discovered angelic powers to allow her evil progeny to walk through the veil between worlds and usher in the true Anti-Christ. Damali and her crew enter a desperate race against time to stop Lilith—even if doing so brings the Neteru Councils out of the clouds and into the Biblical Holy Lands…and kicks off the Armageddon.

THE END IS NEAR—BUT NOT UNTIL THE FINAL BATTLE IS FOUGHT…The Chairman has been slaughtered, along with Hell’s first almost-successful attempt at creating an Anti-Christ, using Carlos Rivera’s body-double. Dante’s son has also been vanquished. Now the evil Lilith sits on Dante’s old throne, a prize won in her negotiations with Cain. She is The Vampire Council’s new Chairwoman—and Hell hath no fury like a woman scorned.
THE CURSEDAll Lilith needs is Damali’s newly discovered angelic powers to allow her evil progeny to walk through the veil between worlds and usher in the true Anti-Christ. Damali and her crew enter a desperate race against time to stop Lilith—even if doing so brings the Neteru Councils out of the clouds and into the Biblical Holy Lands…and kicks off the Armageddon.
“Stunning.”—Publishers Weekly on The Damned “Each book in this. . .series gets harder and harder to put down.”—Romantic Times BOOKreviewswww.vampire-huntress.com

L. A. BANKS is the author of the Vampire Huntress Legend series and the Crimson Moon Novels. She had a bachelor’s degree from the University of Pennsylvania’s Wharton School of Business and a master’s in fine arts from Temple University. Banks considered herself a shape-shifter. She wrote romance, women’s fiction, crime and suspense, and of course, dark vampire huntress lore. She lived with her daughter in an undisclosed lair somewhere in Philadelphia.

1. What do you think about Damali and Carlos’s new role as husband and wife even as they lead the team?
2. How do you think members of each couple are adapting to their new roles and situation, especially now that they have a stable compound again?
3. Would you like to see the team get back into music and performing?
4. What about children? Who do you think will be the first couple to conceive? Will having children be a positive or negative addition? Why?
5. What do you think is going to happen with Yonnie? Will he stay on the side of the team or go dark?
6. Do you think Yonnie will ultimately leave Tara alone? Why? Do you think she still has feelings for him? Why?
7. What did you think about the STD (sexually transmitted demon)? The harmony of the group was greatly affected by the STD. Explain how this may or may not occur in society in general with STDs.
8. What new insights do you think the team gathered from its journey to the Holy Land? How will this change them?
9. Did you like the joint Neteru Council of Kings and Queens? Would you like to see more of them? Why?
10. What do you think about Lilith’s latest plan?
11. Do you feel that the action in this story is the official beginning of the Armageddon?
12. What loose ends would you like to see tied up in the upcoming adventures of the last three books in the series? Is there anything you think can be left unresolved?

“Stunning.” —Publishers Weekly on The Damned“Each book in this. . .series gets harder and harder to put down.” —Romantic Times BOOKreviews

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