No one is purely good or purely bad like all actually people, Francis' characters are complicated. Despite the fantastical elements, characters are well-drawn and believable. The repeated deaths by graffiti hit ever closer to home, and eventually Dakota is a suspect because she always seems to be in the wrong place at the right time.įrancis creates an interesting world, in no small part because it is placed in a real setting: characters visit actual restaurants, businesses, universities, etc. To complicate matters, the vampire (Revenance) was once guardian to Dakota's foster daughter Cinnamon, a weretiger. Dakota is called to the scene by her uncle, police Detective Andre Rand, because he thinks the graffiti might be like her magical tattoos. This book opens with a magical piece of graffiti literally tearing a vampire apart at sunrise. The Atlanta, GA, of his Dakota Frost books features an Edgeworld where vampires, werekin, and more live in an often uneasy truce, with magical tattoo artist Dakota Frost moving among them. If the graffiti isn't stopped, Cinnamon could be the next victim.Įpic Award winner Anthony Francis writes the Skindancer series while working fulltime for 'that famous search engine whose name begins with a 'G'.'Īnthony Francis writes some of the most unique urban fantasy I have ever had the pleasure to read. Saving Atlanta may cost her everything, including custody of her 'adopted' weretiger daughter, Cinnamon. The hungry, graffiti magick loves to kill, and the Edgeworld is no longer safe from its own kind.ĭakota begins a harrowing journey to save those she loves and to discover the truth behind the spreading graffiti-even if that truth offends the vampires, alienates the werekin and creates police suspicion of her every action. Deadly magick is at work on the city's walls, challenging even the amazing power of Dakota's tattoos to contain it. Graffiti comes to life in the dark heart of Atlanta's oldest cemetery, slaying one of the city's best loved vampires before the eyes of his friend Dakota Frost.

Dakota Frost is back, and the ink is about to hit the fan-again.

Blood Rock by Anthony Francis