COVER BY: Harvey Talibao
WRITER: Laurell K. Hamilton
Jessica Ruffner
PENCILS: Ron Lim

Kidnapping. Murder. Zombies. It's just another day at the office for Anita Blake. Endowed with the ability to animate the dead, Anita's strange powers lead her to make some less-than-savory friends. But when mob-affiliated impresario Harold Gaynor offers her a million dollars to raise a three-hundred-year-old corpse, Anita begins to wonder at his true motives. She barely has time to consider the fiendish proposition, though, as a child has gone missing, and Anita must use her knowledge of the paranormal to track down the boy. Her investigation leads to confrontations with the voodoo priestess Dominga Salvador and an undead killer more powerful than any she has faced before. Now, the race is on as Anita fights to uncover the identity of the killer - and the animator pulling its strings - before it strikes again. Can she unravel the mystery in time? If not, she might be the next victim. Collecting ANITA BLAKE, VAMPIRE HUNTER: THE LAUGHING CORPSE - EXECUTIONER #1-5.