Sunglasses After Dark - Paperback

by Nancy A. Collins (Author)

A half-human, half-vampire hunts the bloodsucker who bit her in this "compelling" Bram Stoker Award-winning debut (Publishers Weekly).

One spring night in London, heiress Denise Thorne disappears while partying at a nightclub, never to be seen again. That very same night, Sonja Blue, a tough-as-nails punk vampire/vampire-slayer, conceived in terror and blood, is borne from the city's gutters. Saved by modern medicine before she could die, she is a living vampire who still possesses a soul and is determined to fight for what remains of her humanity. In the years since her bizarre resurrection, Sonja Blue travels the globe, hunting down and disposing of those creatures that prey on the innocent while searching for the vampire Noble who created her. But when she investigates a sleazy televangelist named Catherine Wheele, who is exploiting Denise Thorne's parents, Sonja finds herself up against a powerful inhuman adversary. But as dangerous as Catherine Wheele proves to be, Sonja's greatest foe remains the Other, the demonic personality with whom she is locked in a constant battle for control of their shared body. Can Sonja Blue overcome her inner demon in time to rescue an innocent man from Catherine Wheele's unholy clutches?

Acknowledged as one of the first Urban Fantasy novels, Sunglasses After Dark burst onto the fantasy/horror scene in 1989, garnering widespread critical praise and winning the Horror Writers Association's coveted Bram Stoker Award, as well as the British Fantasy Society's Icarus Award.

New edition: Revised and edited by the author.

Author Biography

Nancy A. Collins is best known for the female punk vampire and vampire slayer Sonja Blue, who made her debut in the award-winning Sunglasses After Dark, and as a founding pioneer of the Urban Fantasy genre. She is also the first woman to have written Swamp Thing for DC comics, as well as the Vampirella character for Dynamite Entertainment. She is a recipient of the HWA's Bram Stoker Award, the British Fantasy Award, the International Horror Guild Award, and the Scribe Award. She currently resides in Macon, Georgia, with interior and exterior cats.